Another year, another Christmas. So what did Santa Claus bring you this year? The latest and greatest gadget? Your favorite movie or video game? Something else? Read more »
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Who the Heck are ‘Dunder’ and ‘Blixem’?
Everybody knows Clement Moore’s famous 1823 poem, The Night Before Christmas. Most of our traditions about Santa Claus are based on it. So I was kind of flummoxed to learn that Donner and Blitzen the reindeer were originally named Dunder and Blixem. Read more »
The Best Geek Gifts for Christmas
If you’re looking for the perfect gift for the geek in your life, look no further. Here are the must-have gifts, the absolute best of the best from 2011, in gadgets, movies, TV, video games, and more! Read more »
Weekly Poll: The Holidays
Now that the holidays are upon us, we here at ForeverGeek are curious. What winter holiday do you celebrate? Read more »
LEGO-ize Your Christmas Tree
There’s something so simple and genius about these LEGO ornaments, which are sold exclusively at lego.com. They come in three festive holiday colors — green, gold, and red — and you can hang them as they are, or you can open ‘em up and build something Christmas-y. Read more »
Best Tree Topper Ever?
It’s that time of year: time to string up the lights, deck the halls, and all that jazz. So when you’re picking out the family tree (or putting together the artificial — hey, no judgment here, my family uses a fake every year) and considering the most optimum placement of your decorations, I humbly submit what may be the geekiest tree topper of all time: Master Yoda. Read more »
Why There’s No Christmas on the Death Star
Simply perfect, and perfect in its simplicity is this little LEGO minifigure scene explaining why they don’t celebrate the holidays on the Death Star. Read more »
R2D2 Has Never Been This Cool
In my part of the world, there is no such thing as winter. We only have two seasons – dry and wet. As such, you are quite unlikely to find creations such as snowmen. We have to content ourselves with living these experiences vicariously. Read more »
Make the Most of Your Stocking the Scientific Way
When was the last time you put up a stocking for Christmas? I certainly am too old to put one up tonight, but if I were to do that, I would put into practice what a group of researchers have “discovered” in an attempt to see just how efficiently you can stuff a stocking. After all, if you’re going to do something, might as well do it right, right? Read more »
The 12 Geek Trees of Christmas
The modern Christmas tree is more than a thing to put presents under. It’s a representation of your tastes, your hobbies, even your personality. Mash up some wildly outside-the-box creativity with the kind of devotion that only a geek can have, and you get some amazingly awesome Christmas trees. Like these. Dalek Tree Such a perfect marriage, it’s a wonder no one’s done it before. It’s all the more impressive when you zoom in and see just how simple it was to make out of ordinary household items like a laundry basket and a plunger. By Lindsay Testolin. Lightsaber Tree Okay, so technically these aren’t lightsabers — they’re flourescent light Read more »
