Valentine’s Day is in a few short weeks and it’s time to think about what to get that special person in your life. There’s flowers, but they die. Not exactly a way to express love. There’s chocolate, but that’s unhealthy and no one wants to bite into anything featuring marshmallow by accident. For the geek in your life, here are 6 great options for you to knock the socks off the nerd in your life. Read more »
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 »
Many people dream of a romantic diner by candlelight and a bouquet of roses for Valentine’s Day. Your geek usually can be satisfied with much less: a pack of Mountain Dew cans, free pizza delivery and small gizmos. But what does your geek REALLY want? Usually your geek also has some ‘out of the world’ wishes and by that I do not mean save the planet or discover the new Pi but gadgets with a rather large price tag. Examples of science, perfect in design, assembly and function. We have assembled the ultimate Valentine’s Day gift guide for geeks. Optimus Maximus Keyboard The Optimus Maximus is the ultimate keyboard for Read more »
I saw this post over at Geeks Are Sexy called 25 Incredibly Geeky T-Shirts and it inspired me to go out and find a few really cool geek t-shirts myself. Most of the geeky t-shirts over at GAS were from ThinkGeek and very programmer oriented so I decided to find some great ones NOT from ThinkGeek and not overly biased towards computer programmers. Let me know if you like them! 1. Magic is just stuff science hasn’t made boring yet Read more »
Valentine’s day is creeping in on us and what to be your favorite geek? Geek have a weekness other than gizmos and cubicle war weapons: t-shirts. You can find lots of schwag given away by online brands, but many geeks prefer to be more original and show their true nature with nerdy t-shirts.As a big fan of Questionable Content I often must smirk at the simple, but oh so nerdy tees Jacques draws for his comic. Obviously, with many years in IT and as FT internet nerd, I also have a considerable amount of geek T-Shirts. What follows is a list of geek tees every nerd should have, a list Read more »
Perhaps one of the best things about the DS is the sheer variety of gameplay on offer, which means that over this Christmas you shouldn’t have any problem at all either finding a present for yourself or for a loved one! This year, look out for the brilliant Professor Layton And The Curious Village for something a bit special. It’s an adventure game with a huge puzzle element – that will have your brain working for weeks trying to complete all of the many challenges. Other particularly good games for the festive season this year include Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia – an actioner that will keep you busy. Alternatively, if Read more »
Uberdemand on the Nintendo Wii may become a problem again when the Holiday season arrives. There is a very real prospect of consumers facing hard-to-find stocks of the best-selling console in the market. No less than Nintendo President Satoru Iwata admitted to Forbes Magazine that the company cannot promise US shoppers will be able to get their hands on the Wii this holiday season. Iwata-san said that they are doing all they can to increase shipments to the US but he cannot give a firm commitment that their efforts will solve the shortage problems that they foresee. It’s a good thing I don’t have to worry about getting a Wii Read more »
