Jonathan Franzone The gift of portable reading is a great idea! The Kindle from Amazon is an electronic book reader that you can carry along with you. It’s revolutionary electronic paper technology provides a crisp, clear image that looks amazingly like real paper (well, at least that’s what they say). Of course you’ll have to wait in …
Here’s another great idea to get a geek (or really anyone) this Christmas. A portable GPS (global positioning system) unit that can be plugged into your car and mounted on the dash. These neat electronic devices can tell from satellite signals where in the world you are and can give you directions! Most allow you …
For this Friday Song of the Day I am going to get a little religious… and somewhat comical. This is Jesus Is My Friend by the band, Sonseed. The band was formed in the late 1970’s at the Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Brooklyn, NY. The band was (for obvious reasons) fairly …
Have you ever forgotten to turn your alarm clock on for Monday morning because you had a busy weekend? Wouldn’t it be nice to just have it always be on for Monday morning? Well, now you can with the Neverlate 7-Day Alarm Clock. This alarm clock allows you to set a different alarm for each …
Remember that great, cult-classic move The Princess Bride? Well there was one (of many) great line in that film that almost anyone slightly familiar with the story will recognize. “Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die!” Here is the great quote put on a t-shirt as if it were …
Since I brought up gaming consoles… there are more options than just the Wii. This is a holiday bundle of the Xbox 360 Console that includes a 60 GB hard drive and two games (LEGO Indiana Jones and Kung Fu Panda).
Here is a great gift idea for the geeky family in your life. The Nintendo Wii is a gaming console that gets the kids up and jumping around. The first of its kind controller uses motion to control games. The console comes bundled with the Wii Sports games which include Tennis, Bowling, Baseball, Gold and …
Nothing says geek lovin’ like an iPod Touch from Apple. This one on Amazon is a 16 Gb version which can hold 3,500 songs, 10,000 photos or 20 hours of video. That some serious personal entertainment that fits right in your pocket!
For the RPG (role playing game) geek in your life there is always the Medieval Steel Gauntlets. Seriously? Yeup! These are actual steel gauntlets fashioned in pure medieval, knights of the round table goodness. Now role that 20 sided die, raise your spear and tally ho! or whatever it is that knights are supposed to …
Geeks can get pretty defensive about their (sometimes limited) cubicle space. This USB Rocket Launcher should do the trick for giving them the edge they need to ward off intruders. Anyway, this rocket launcher connects to your Windows 2000, XP or Vista machine via USB. Install the included software, plug in the Rocket Launcher, and …