“You know the hat. It’s become an iconic symbol which is, thankfully, finally returning to the big screen. Indiana Jones’ hat is the hat we’ve always wanted to wear. But the hat really wasn’t just one hat. There were at least three different types of hats (of various costs and specialties) used in the films. …
I just wanted to post a few quick tips on using the Vim (vi iMproved) text editor. Whenever you are editing a large text file in vi you may want to know where you are? What line am I on? Well, it’s actually quite easy. Just type CTRL-g and look at the bottom/status line of …
Have you seriously waited this long to get your geek a gift? Well, not to worry! ThinkGeek.com has you covered with a gift certificate. What a great idea too! Your geek can get whatever (s)he wants at the greatest online geek store on the internet. Gift certificates come in denominations from $10 USD all the …
Have you ever wanted to build a potato canon? a rocket powered by match sticks? a Cincinnati fire kite (yeah, I don’t know what that is either)? a tennis ball mortar? or a pneumatic missile? No? Well, then this book is not for you. If it is… then hot dang, Backyard Ballistics is just the …
56 Geeks Poster Scott Johnson, the always smooth and sultry baritone of the Extra Life Radio podcast and The Instance podcast, has created a poster full of 56 stereotypical geeks. This is a very nice poster, too! You are sure to find yourself peeking back at you from one or more of the characters. Comes …
Ah… sweet, sweet revenge! This little gadget can be your secret weapon in office warfare. The annoy-a-tron is simple, yet effective. This gadget is extremely small and has a magnet so that it can be concealed in a variety of places. What does it do? It simply produces a tone (that’s a sound for the …
Today’s Geek Gift Idea is the latest book in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. This is the latest and the last book in the saga and finally brings the conflict between Harry Potter and Lord Voltimore to a dramatic finish. If the geek in your life is into this …
How many times have you been to a large meeting and every person in the place is typing away at a laptop, tablet PC or handheld device to keep notes? I’m a software engineer so the meetings I have been too have been full of fairly technical people. However, this situation has never occurred to …
The Dell XPS M1730 World of Warcraft Edition is the ultimate notebook for serious Warcraft players. With exclusives like next-gen SLI technology and the custom Warcraft case design, this M1730 has the power to play and the style to impress. Did you catch the post on the World of Warcraft Figure Prints yesterday? This complete …
With over eight million subscribers world wide, World of Warcraft is the largest MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role playing game) in history. Chances are very good that the geek in your life has another life in this world. Here is a gift idea that caught me entirely by surprise. Figure Prints can recreate your geek’s …