Diamond-encrusted earbuds ($3,500)

Add some bling to your earbuds with those pictured above.  The sound quality may be no different from Apple’s standard earbuds, but you’re recipient will be the envy of all iOS device owners and the target of any criminal who sees your sweetheart wearing them.

Gold and diamond encrusted bluetooth headset ($50,000)

If you’re looking to keep your loved one’s hands on the wheel, and look good while doing so, why not spend $50,000 on a bluetooth headset?  Seems like a no-brainer right?  Aside from the extravagance, the device is functional and will make one the talk (pun intended) of anyone who sees it.

Circuit Board Earrings ($20)

Nerd with not too much to spend?  Circuit board earrings will make the perfect gift for the geeky girl in your life.  They’ll go with practically any outfit and are far from traditional, bored, gifts.

Set of Ethernet Jack Rings (Price Unavailable)

Want to really make a connection with your partner?  What better way to do so than with an eternal ethernet expression of your love?

Pi Necklace ($345)

How many different ways can you tell another you love them?  With this necklace you’re guaranteed at least 3.14159265358979323846264338327950288… ways of showing your penchant for another person without spending too much money.

Macintosh Power Ring ($125)

Want to press all the right buttons this Valentine’s Day (again, pun intended)?  For the Apple fanboy or fangirl in your life, nothing says, “I love you,” more powerfully than a Macintosh Power ring.  Purchase one and instantly become the Apple (yes, that’s 3) of your loved one’s eye.

Will you purchase any of the gifts listed above for your love this Valentine’s Day?  What other geeky gifts have you given to show your affection towards another?

So this group of researchers probably got tired of being frustrated when stuffing stockings and ending up not having enough space. Armed with M&Ms and some D&D dice, they set out to discover the best way to put things in a stocking.

Their conclusion? Forget toys and trinkets that are shaped oddly. Never mind that the shape is not the first thing that comes to mind when you choose toys/gifts to give the kids. If efficiency is what you are after, then all you should buy for stocking stuffers are those that are spherical in shape.

The scientists – a curious bunch who had nothing else to do – found out that if you simply throw everything in a stocking without putting much thought into it, you can utilize up to 64 per cent of the space. If, however, you are meticulous about it, you can use up to 74 per cent! How neat is that?

You still have time to fix things in case you’re already tearing your hair out because of those darned stockings. Go get M&Ms or chocolate balls wrapped in bright foil. Just wrap those other toys in something else. Nothing beats a nicely stuffed Christmas stocking, right? ;)

For those of you who want the concrete details, download the study on Platonic Solids.

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 every geek. With customizable OLED keys and reprogrammable for most games and applications your geek tells you that this keyboard will optimize his efficiency, workflow. In reality this is one of those keyboards everyone wants, but just unaffordable at almost $1700.
Be warned that the drooling will only increase with every further released screenshot of the Optimus Tactus keyboard. Still just a concept, but with multitouch technology, even more OLED and without keys. Can things get any shinier?

Golden iPhone

UK Based Goldenstrike will goldplate almost anything, even tables, but their most popular articles are without doubt the gold plated iPhones and iPod Touch and this at reasonable prices even. With this decoration you are guaranteed to have your iPhone stolen within the shortest amount of time!

£599 for the iPhone, £499 for the iPod Touch 32GB and £449.95 for the iPod Nano 4G.

Swarowski USB flash drive

Most USB sticks look horrible and are way too large. She will be in heaven when she opens a gift box with one of these Swarowski USB Keys in. Philips and Swarowski have collaborated on a range of computer accessories and offer USB drives, headsets and keyboards. Lots of bling for your bang.

Alternatively you can always go to Crystal Icing where they will put Swarowski crystals on about everything you have or send them, as long as you pay enough. Almost any bling Star of Hollywood fame belongs to their customer base.

Golden USB Stick with Diamonds

He might want his USB drives a little more discrete and stylish and opt for the golden 16GB USB drive with encrusted diamonds at 5650EUR.

ModBook Pro

As long as the folks at Infinite Loop 1 continue to be stubborn, only the ModBook from Axiotrom can realize the dream of the Apple Tablet. On the base of a new unibody MacBook Pro, with both pen and touch options, the Modbook Pro starts at $4998 and will make your geek extremely happy. Control the drool level!

Hasselblad H3DII-50

Every year again when one of the usual suspects, Canon and Nikon, release and upgrade their high-end DSLR camera models, geeks worldwide start drooling, but if they would be really honest and price were no restriction, there’s only one camera they want and that’s this one. The Hasselblad H3DII-50.
The 50MP 36x48mm sensor generates 300MB files at 1FPS and can be found from $27.995.

If price is an objection you can always settle for the Canon EOS 5D Mark II or the Nikon D3X, both available for less than $5000.

Pioneer SC-09TX (UK: SC-LX90) Multichannel Amplifier

After many hours of hard work (to pay all these gadgets obviously!) your geek of course wants to chill and sip a good drink, while listening to some audio or watch a movie. Because your geek always wants the best, preferably even technology which isn’t applied yet he dreams of this Pioneer SC-09TX cinema amplifier with 10x140Watt, delivered by a ‘pre’- and ‘power’ unit, all in a very sleek design. This amplifier has everything needed, is fully network capable and can upscale almost any imaginable videoformat. All for a meager $7000.

Bower & Wilkins 800-series Speakers Package

Now your geek can kick back with a powerful, deliciously sounding amplifier you obviously also need an appropriate set of speakers and these B7W 800 series speakers will blow you, and the neighbors, away.
When selecting a standard 7.2 speaker package consisting of 803D front speakers, ASW825 subwoofers, HTM2D center speaker and DS8S surround speakers, this will cost you easily another $30.000, but I promise you that you will enjoy listening to Apocalypto, one of the only Blu-ray releases with *7.1* soundtrack so far.

Marantz VP-11S1 1080p Projector

When being honest every geek will admit that HDTVs no part of their dreams are, but hopefully a soon to be realized perspective if they haven’t gotten one yet.
Instead they dream of FullHD quality projected on the wall, preferably from this Marantz VP-11S1 1080p DLP projector with 6500:1 contrast ratio. The image of this projector is amazing and the black in The Dark Knight are deep and one can even distinct different shades of grey from black.

Just admit it yourself, what is better than playing GTAIV on this setup? Oh, the projector costs $19.995.

Koenigsegg CCX

Last but not least your geek needs a car. A fast one. And that is the Koenigsegg CCX is a masterpiece of perfection and carbon fibre. 806BHP, 0-62 in 3.2 seconds and look at those doors! At top speed 245+ mph this gift will set you back around 540.000EUR.
The reason for the Koenigsegg is simple: every other nerd already has an Ascari or a Zonda!

1. Magic is just stuff science hasn’t made boring yet

2. Get Real, Be Rational

3. I am not a geek

4. There goes the neighborhood

5. Shirt of Invisibility

6. Snailbot

7. 2600: A Video Game Odyssey

8. I’d Hit That T-shirt

9. I Am Away From My Computer Right Now

10. Firefox Logo T-shirt

Oh, and if you’re curious, I found all of these t-shirts using the geek t-shirts search over at Teenormous.

What follows is a list of geek tees every nerd should have, a list of perfect geek gifts for your valentine’s nerd!

(All the names of the T-shirts are clickable and start the lightbox gallery. You can browse every T-shirt in the gallery.)

Internet LULZ

• I’m tweeting this. The new hype, I’m so blogging this is for traditionalists, today you have to tweet that! Preferably with Twitpic too! (via Think Geek)
• ROFLCOPTER When text speak meets ASCII art meets internet LULZ. (via Think Geek)
• I am logged in, therefore I am, internet psychology. The “Cogito, ergo sum” of the 21st century. (via zazzle)
• University of STFU. Often you want to tell your less scientific and geeky friends to RTFM, but those who just don’t learn when to ask questions or those who always are being loud, dumb and entertaining they need a more direct language and might have to attend the University of Shut The F**k Up!. (via Think Geek)
• OMG 1337 Eye Chart. Test your eyes with this 133t eye chart. (via zazzle)

Science Tees

• Caffeine Molecule. What is geekier than the scientific display of the ultimate survival molecule? Caffeine scientifically represented on a T-shirt. That’s an addiction I proudly display! (via Think Geek)
• Classic science shirt. (via PalmerCash)
• Robot evolution. Darwinism optimized to the 21st century. Also worn by Sheldon Cooper Phd in The Big Bang. (via zazzle)
• The Mystery of e! I guess this one only applies to math nerds, so no real explanation needed. Understand it or don’t. (via Think Geek)
• Stop following me!, evolution with attitude t-shirt. Find your own way in life, n00bs! (via zazzle)

IT T-Shirts

• There’s no place like 127.0.0.1. For the system administrator there’s no place like home. (via Think Geek)
• System administrators our a special kind of species with lots of attitude… and lots of power. Imagine how they can annoy you when they decide to throttle your bandwith at work or worse even restrict your internet access. Therefore they also like to show off their superiority with shirts like this Bow before me model. (via Think Geek)
• Pwned by an admin. Go away or I’ll replace you with a very small shell shell script t-shirt. The sysadmin might not have been to the University of STFU, but will pwn you with his h4x0r skillz! (via Think Geek)

Design



• I know HTML. We all know the routine: you start a blog on blogspot. Discover that you can uglify the colors of the standard blogspot templates and because you are unemployed suddenly you decide to start your home design studio! You think this tee is for you, but wrong, it’s all in the small print! (via zazzle)
• *Personal Favorite!* The awesome Hel-F**king-Vetica shirt for typography nerds is made by noone less than design guru and head of the design director of the NYT Online Khoi Vinh and is an absolute must have!(at Wire & Twine)
• *Personal Favorite!* Keming, the result of improper kerning by David Friedman. (from zazzle)
• #FFFFFF. Somehow the display of this T-Shirt seems incorrect to me. Find the error? (via zazzle)

Monkeyness



• *Personal Favorite!* Zombies ate my brain. A great design by Dave from Blogography. I don’t know if this T-shirt is till available because Dave launches every year a special design for his blogiversary, but it’s definitely worth it. What can a geek want more? Zombies AND a monkey!
  Check out A little Geeky to see another example of Dave’s awesome art. (at Artificial Duck & Co.)
• Timmy The Monkey. Monkeys rule the world! Suffice it to say that to a geek, coder, designer or tech-head, a monkey is one’s muse. The creative force behind all killer code, l33t h4ck5, usable designs, and all around cool stuff. If you don’t have a monkey of your own, try out the Timmy the Monkey t-shirt. (via Think Geek)
• Your Chimpnazeeness May Vary, but we are honest and admit it. 98%! (via Think Geek)

Gamerz t-shirts



• *Personal Favorite!* 1-Up Mushroom t-shirt. Who doesn’t remember the days of Super Mario Bros on their Nintendo console? Revive the nostalgiac spirit with this t-shirt. (via zazzle)
• The ultimate t-shirt for gamer chicks: I pwn n00bs!. In pink! (via zazzle)
• If you can’t have any cubicle wars because… you don’t work in a cubicle d’uh, you can still show everyone how nerdy you are with this flash gun t-shirt. Also from Sheldon Cooper fame. (via PalmerCash)
• More Nintendo nostalgia with this excellent Nintendo Controller t-shirt. (via Urban Outfitters

Various Shirts



• A mashup of robots and King Kong, Robot-Kong shirt definitely deserves a spot in your wardrobe and is a perfect geek valentine gift. (via Anonymous Venice)
• Is there a better way to be green than with this recycling t-shirt? (via CafePress)
• Exploded iPhone shirt, an almost instant classic when released. Displayed in pink to fend of the feminists! (via CafePress)
• *Personal Favorite!* If you thought you wanted the previous -tshirt, wait a second and check out this awesome iPhone as designed by Leonardo t-shirt. The iPhone steampunked… on a t-shirt.. (via iSteamphone).
• It isn’t all iPhone though, apparently the Google Android platform seems to be popular too and how better to show off your preferred mobile platform than by wearing this Android hoodie? (via zazzle)
• Last but not least, what would any list be without at least one Star Wars shirt? Although there are many, Yoda is everyone’s favorite and therefore you absolutely need this Yoda t-shirt for your collection. (via zazzle)

I am aware of that this list isn’t complete at all, but now you should now what t-shirts most geeks love. I have left the binary classic There are only 10 kind of people… out on person because I can think of at least 10 people who don’t understand it but have that shirt. Suck it!

Also watch out for our upcoming Valentine Gifts for Your Geek special next week.

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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 you like your games in the shooter genre, then go for Bangai-O Spirits – a very Japanese, weird, but very addictive title.

Whether male or female, your loved one is sure to get a kick out of Viva Pinata: Pocket Paradise. Much like the original Xbox 360 game, this is a title that really is suitable for all and filled with the wonderfully gaudy, sweet-stuffed animals.

If you want to nurture the animals and look after a virtual garden on your handheld, then don’t miss this title. Finally, if you’re after a racer, look no further than TrackMania on the DS. It’s the best thing since Mario Kart and in some respects it’s more fun – at times the action seems even faster.

Overall, the DS has a great range of games this Christmas and is sure to have something for everyone. It really is a console for all and I’m impressed year after year by what Nintendo and all third party publishers are offering.

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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 because I already have one. But I do suffer from Nintendo’s distribution and shortage dilemmas because I still can’t find the Wii-Fit whereever I go. Good thing here is that I’m actually losing weight going to different malls and shops looking for that damn peripheral/game.

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