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In honor of the upcoming scholarly holiday, I am highlighting a fun shirt from my shop. Yes, self-promotion time. Plus, I think this is a very cool shirt. I guess that might tell you something about how un-cool I am.
The “I LOVE PI” shirt expresses my nerdy tendencies and punny sense of humor (I [...]
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This water-powered clock is so cool! Not only does it run on water (or any electrolyte liquid), but it can even do bud-vase duty.
That’s good news, because not only will it tell time for two to three months on a single fill of the reservoir, but looking at flowers in the morning can help you [...]
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Remember those super cool calculator watches from the 1980s? Well, if you had one of those back then, you will definitely want one of these new video watches now!
The one pictured here is available from ThinkGeek for about $79 US. Features include:
A 128 x 128 pixel full color OLED screen (better picture and uses less [...]
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Have you seen the new ultra-thin laptop from Apple? It looks amazing! Even when it’s all folded up, the MacBook Air (sounds kind of like a shoe by Nike) is just 0.76 inches wide. I was trying to visualize that, and I stacked up a couple of CD jewel cases on my desk and got [...]
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Wow! This Hercules laser looks amazing. Besides that, I’m sure it has some very useful, scientific, real-world applications.
Among the capabilities listed on the Laserglow site, it is visible in direct sun, can light a fireworks fuse, pop a balloon, cut through electrical tape, and even burn through plastic. Well, what the heck have I been [...]
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This is my latest geek design: “Lorem ipsum…” Lots of people won’t understand the humor of this one, but if you are someone who routinely builds or uses web site templates and such, you’ll recognize the familiar dummy text. I thought it would be funny to put it on shirts and stuff, so [...]
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I Am SOOO Not “With It”
by GeekMom on January 15, 2008
I was talking with another mom (name withheld to protect the un-cool) yesterday, and she said she had asked her favorite babysitter where Hollister is. She’d been noticing a lot of the young people wearing shirts from Hollister, and figured it must be a popular place to visit.
The teenager (a very sweet 18 year old) [...]
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