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	Archive for the ‘Uncategorized’ Category « Older Entries 10 Geeky Valentine’s Day Ideas Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011 If you’ve ever wondered how you could be more unique and make this Valentine’s Day more memorable for that special geek, you found the right list. A few years ago, I gave you 5 Geeky Ways to Say “I Love You” on Valentine’s Day, but this time, let the gift speak for you. Below are my 2011 geeky gift ideas for Valentine’s day. Beating Heart Pillow Is your CoderGeek all wound up at the end of the day after trying to make a web site look the same across 8 variations of web browsers? If so, a plush heartbeat pillow will help them relax with its rhythmic vibration. It’s designed to do that, but the unadvertised bonus, feature is that it will remind them of you every time they embrace it. Cost: $39.99 Mix Drive Mix tapes are so 80′s and mix CDs are so 90′s. It’s 2011 and these days, more and more people are putting their mixes of music on flash drives. Bring the romantic thought and planning of the old-fashioned mix tape into 2011 with a mix drive by putting your mix of music on a flash drive. Most common flash drives hold more music than a CD and it’s easier to carry around with you. If your geek works in an office, I suggest grabbing them a Split Stick. It’s two flash drives in one, so your geek can keep that music mix on one side and use the other to move files from home to work and back. Cost: $24.99 Kiss My Valentine™ iPhone App Send digital kisses, hugs, and wishes from the App, to be delivered to those in the App user’s contact book. Example of text sent is: “You’ve received a text kiss((kiss)) & hug((hug))! Happy Valentine’s Day! ….” It’s another geeky way to show some love and if you’re on Android, it’s free, so you can just add this to your other Valentine’s day plans. (Search for it in the Android Marketplace or iPhone App Store) Cost: Kiss My Valentine™ is free of charge for Valentine’s Day from the Android Marketplace (if you download before Valentine’s Day, it will not expire), or can be purchased thereafter for $4.95 for full lifetime coverage. “I Love My Geek” Shirt This I Love My Geek shirt is made for men and women (not just the baby doll tee I’m linking to), but this is one you buy for yourself to wear. Every time my wife wears her shirt that bears this phrase, I grin and feel proud to be a geek. Cost: $18.99 Superhero Stamp Cuff Links When I came across these cuff links for comic geeks, I knew they just had to be added to the list. Choose between Superman and Batman and send your geek into their meetings in style. Cost: $89.95 Scent Drive I think I should let the seriously unique Scent Drive speak for itself… From causal Fashion Drive to Smart Elegance, our one-of-a-kind Scent DriveTM diffuses fragrance when in use. Scent DriveTM also comes in a Luxury line, crystals by Swarovski, and other exotic materials. Many of the designs are out of stock, so if you want one, you should hurry. Cost: $29 – $60 8-Bit Dynamic Life Shirt ThinkGeek’s gamer shirt with an romantic twist is animated, fun, and definitely geeky. Your GamerGeek will appreciate the Life level the hearts represent, your TechGeek will love that the shirts interact by proximity, and your RomantiGeek will enjoy his or her hearts getting filled up when you are near with the same shirt. Cost: $17.99 – $24.99 Custom Mouse Pad Or Coffee Mug Get creative! Armed with your favorite couples photo, a phrase that means a lot to you both, or an image of anything that you know will brighten their day, head to Zazzle or Cafe Press and create a custom coffee mug or mouse pad. Heck, put that design on just about anything they’ll use regularly for a simple but thoughtful gift that will last. Cost: Varies Fyre BoXXX – Like Netflix For Adults Here’s a gift you can both enjoy for a little extra kick on those intimate nights. The FyreTV: Fyre BoXXX is an adult entertainment portal that delivers a multitude of personal movie and scene options to enjoy in the comfort of your home. It’s like Netflix for adult entertainment. Connect it up to your wi-fi to access over 20,000 movies (120,000 scenes) from the most popular adult studios in the industry with a number of customization and pricing options. Cost: Two Options: Purchase BoXXX for $89.95 (no monthly fees, no contract, or setup cost), and purchase scenes as low as $.95 each or titles as low as $4.95 each Subscribe to FyreTV Monthly (no hardware or Boxxx cost, no hidden contract fees, free rollover minutes) Monthly Rates-1 Month Plan: $24.95 per month, 3 Month Plan: $16.95 per month, 1 Year Plan: $9.95 per month. Put Down The Computer Finally, there’s the gift that can’t be bought. If you are the geek and you’re like me, you’re on the computer all the time. Make a commitment for just one day to stay off the computer, stop checking your phone, avoid gaming, and whatever else you need to do in order to devote all your attention on Valentine’s Day to the person you love. If your love is the geek, find fun ways to get them away from the computer for a day for some relaxing down time. Cost: Depends on you Tags: app, geeky, ideas, presents, Valentine's Day Posted in Uncategorized \| 12 Comments » What Do I Get A Geek For Christmas? Geek Gift Guide Wednesday, December 8th, 2010 Every year, before we’re even done with our Thanksgiving dinner coma, Christmas decorations are up in stores and my nephews are telling Uncle Joey about all the presents they want. Adults can be a little harder to shop for, though, especially if you’re dealing with a geek. Where do you even begin to shop for a geek for Christmas? While I may not have all the answers, I hope this guide will give you some good ideas. Pivot Power It doesn’t seem like something that might be on someone’s Christmas wish list, but anyone who has ever found themselves staring at their normal power strip, with a couple otherwise available plugs half covered by large brick power supplies, should appreciate this in their stocking. Pivot Power pivots to make more room for all those bulky power supplies. Your six-outlet power strip can finally fit six power adapters. Price: $25.00 Magic Wand Remote Control If they’ve seen more than one Harry Potter movie, let them cast some spells of their own… on the TV. This TV remote shaped like a magic wand lets you change the channel, volume, etc. with a flick of the wrist. Blurting out funny phrases is optional. Price: $89.99 Cloak Does your favorite geek have an iPad? If they do, you can help them protect it while also making it more comfortable to use. The Cloak by Quirky is an iPad case that also works as a three-way stand. Price: $49.99 App Magnets All you need is an Apple fanboy/fangirl and a fridge to make this a great gift. These App magnets are magnets that look like popular iPhone application icons. Just don’t buy these for the Android phone geek in the family. Price: $12.99 Wrapster Another great stocking stuffer, Wrapster is a way to keep your ear bud headphones untangled without any fuss. Price: $4.99 Pandora or GrooveShark Gift Cards If that special someone on your Christmas list has ever mentioned Pandora or GrooveShark streaming music sites, they’re sure to appreciate a gift card to help them get the most of their listening. The GrooveShark membership comes free with the purchase of a t-shirt. Pandora 1 Year: $36.00 GrooveShark 1 Year: $18.00 PeeWee PC: PeeWee KIT PeeWee PC is a USB security suite that provides on and off line safety for children of all ages. It includes parental privacy controls and limits how much time children spend browsing and gaming, blocks inappropriate sites and prevents children from changing system settings. It even comes with a few games to keep those computer-eager kids busy. Price: $34.95 Credit Card Light Bulb What a novel idea. Really more of a novelty, but a light bulb credit card is a geeky little conversation starter and a unique stocking stuffer. Price: $4.99 Bucky Balls These things (and variations of them) have been all over YouTube. Bucky Balls are tiny little super powerful magnets that you can combine into shapes. Search YouTube to see all the fun things people are making with them. Price: $29.95 – $34.95 Trek Support Quirky’s Trek Support is a backpack. It’s also a mobile charging station for your geek on the move. The battery in the backpack can be recharged and will last about 7 hours (depending on what you’re plugging into it). Price: $130.00 Zibra: Open It! Half the gadgets I get come in the plastic packaging that can defeat the best of men. This year, you might want to make it easier on you and yours with a Zibra. You can’t enjoy all those cool gadgets if you can’t get them open, which Zibra makes easy. Available at: enjoyZibra.com, Walmart, Bed Bath and Beyond and other select national retailers. Price: $9.99 Of course, there’s also all the obvious gifts like any of the iPod models, iTunes gift cards, an iPad or a Samsung Tab, memory cards (think 8GB and up), and computer and phone accessories like a travel mouse or Bluetooth headset. Games and gaming accessories are always winning gifts, too. Make sure you know what console to buy for and take a sneak peek at what’s in your giftee’s collection so you don’t buy duplicates. What’s on your (or your geek’s) wish list? Disclosure. A few of the items on my list use referral links that make me money if you buy the item, but they’re still items I would want, myself, for Christmas. Tags: 2010, Christmas, geek, gift, guide, ideas, present Posted in Computers, Uncategorized \| 1 Comment » Dog-E-Minder Winners Drawn Monday, May 10th, 2010 A couple weeks ago, we had a contest to give away a few Dog-E-Minders. For those unfamiliar, it’s a digital dog ID tag that helps track when you last fed, walked, or gave your dog medication. Click either link above for more information. To enter, I asked people to tweet a photo of their dog or link to a Facebook photo of their dog while linking back to the contest. Some entries came in and after some procrastination (sorry, everyone), I finally plugged them into random.org and came up with three winners: Jenni Keleske-Rugg’s dog Amy Barton Gumas’s dog Dina Riccobono’s dog What an adorable group of dogs. Congrats to all the winners. I will contact each of you for mailing information. Thanks to everyone who entered and to Dog-E-Minder for providing the prizes! Everyone who didn’t win should go check out their site where you can grab a Dog-E-Minder for only about $20. Tags: contest, dog, dog-e-minder, gadget, reminder Posted in Uncategorized \| 1 Comment » Win A Dog-E-Minder During National Scoop The Poop Week Saturday, April 24th, 2010 I’m sure you’ve heard of National Scoop The Poop Week. No? For those who haven’t, the week of April 24 through 30th is for making sure you clean up all the little presents your dog leaves behind. To celebrate National Scoop the Poop Week we’re giving away a unique and techie pet gadget. About Dog-e-Minder The Dog-e-Minder is a digital dog ID tag that helps track when you last fed, walked, or gave your dog medication. Here’s a little more information about it: Easy-to-use 3 button system keeps track of your dog’s walking, feeding, and medication schedule • Records when your dog was last fed, last walked, and last received their medication • Perform a task and save the date and time by holding in the corresponding button • Press corresponding button once to retrieve the last time each task was completed • Acts as a dog ID when at idle, backlit screen displays pet name and owners contact phone number • Attaches to dog collar or key chain for easy access • Durable waterproof casing is available in 4 stylish colors (pink, red, blue, black) Available at: www.dogeminder.com Price: $24.95 How To Enter I bet you love posting pictures of your dog, so this will be a breeze. Just post or tweet a photo of your dog to Facebook or Twitter with a link to this contest blog post. Each photo posted with the link counts as an entry. To be sure I count your entry, post a link in the comments below to your Facebook or Twitter update. I’ll accept entries from now through 7:00 PM (MST) on Saturday, May 1, 2010. At that point, I will draw three winners at random and contact each via Twitter or Facebook. Enter often and don’t forget to scoop the poop. Tags: contest, dog-e-minder, gadget, scoop the poop, win Posted in Uncategorized \| 5 Comments » « Older Entries