Where’s the best place to put a geek’s to-do list? On a customized mousepad of course! This geek schwag specimen has a nerdy to-do list imprinted on it, with just one crucial item missing…

Posted: March 3rd, 2010 under General.
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Check out these nifty custom coasters that were given out at the MacWorld trade show. Each one resembles a different application icon from the iPhone. Nice and geeky, just the way we like it!

Posted: February 25th, 2010 under Apple Schwag.
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Talk about geeky souvenirs: someone on eBay has somehow gotten his hands on a broken stair from Apple’s flagship store on 5th Avenue in New York City. According to the auction the 250 lb. slab of glass was broken when someone dropped a bottle on it, and this guy happened to take it off of the repair crew’s hands before they trashed it.

Whatever happened to lusting after normal geek schwag like customized USB flash drives and good old-fashioned promotional computer accessories? Kids these days!

Posted: February 23rd, 2010 under Apple Schwag.
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Reddit is a popular social news aggregation site that has an active and loyal community. I just noticed these custom USB flash drives in the shape of the Reddit alien mascot, and being an avid user of the site myself, went to purchase one - until I realized they were $25! I’m all for supporting your favorite companies by buying their promotional merchandise, but I’m not willing to submit to this kind of highway robbery. I understand it probably cost them some money to get the custom design they were looking for, but let’s do a bit of market analysis BEFORE the promotion if that’s the case. I can’t picture many people, no matter how loyal, buying such overpriced USB drives.

Posted: February 18th, 2010 under Social Media Schwag.
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If you and your desktop are no longer satisfied with those puny little keys on your keyboard, try plugging one of these behemoths into your USB port. These giant key-shaped lamps (available in the fabulous foursome of Esc, Del, Ctrl, and Shift) can sit next to your computer as you type, glowing and giving your keyboard an inferiority complex it will never shake off. Tap them briefly and they light up, again and they shut off. Sure, they’re mostly ornamental, but your computer might think twice about crashing with these things watching…

[via Technabob]

Posted: February 10th, 2010 under General.
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This set of etched wine glasses, featuring the Star Trek insignia, brings instant class to any Trekkie’s table. Perfect for fine dining and drinking at conventions, the local interstellar bar, or anywhere else Star Trek fans happen to find themselves in the social company of others through some strange quirk of fate (not to contribute to any stereotypes or anything…).

One of the many disturbingly exhaustive Star Trek wikis assures us that there have been many types of wine consumed on the show, so this custom glassware could totally be found aboard the Enterprise. Good to know, right?

[via Technabob]

Posted: February 3rd, 2010 under General.
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If you’re like me and the guy who modified this mp3 player, you’ve always wanted to see an iPod transformed into a real eye-pod. Maybe you have an eyeball fetish, or perhaps you’re just tired of seeing a lowercase “i” in front of every single portable electronic device on the planet. Anyway, this guy went ahead and did it, encasing his iPod nano in this insanely cool steampunk case (if you don’t want to plug in your headphones, the Victrola horn on the base really works as a speaker, too!). The real thing can only be visited at Oxford’s Museum of the History of Science, though - unfortunately, it’s not for sale.

[via Technabob]

Posted: January 27th, 2010 under General.
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If you were a superhero, you’d already be able to dodge raindrops in order to stay dry during a storm. Unfortunately, you’re not, but never fear - this oversight offers you a chance to become closer to your favorite caped Gotham City crimefighter. Yes, it’s a Batman umbrella, delightfully geeky and dubiously useful in case of actual rain with its bat shape. Whether you use it in the street or just as an accessory in the goth club is up to you, but it’s sure to bring swift justice wherever it goes.

[via Technabob]

Posted: January 20th, 2010 under General.
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For those graphic design geeks looking to extend their passion into their food, the Zuse print maker toaster is a truly wonderful appliance. Inseq Design based their toaster on old matrix-style printers, and it toasts 12 x 12 pixel designs into the bread one line at a time. Sure, you can’t toast your latest hi-res Photoshop masterpiece, but you can store up to 12 images in the toaster’s memory chip, adding some much-needed graphic excitement to breakfast.

[via Applicancist]

Posted: January 13th, 2010 under General.
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Ever dream of actually being able to sneak into the Millennium Falcon and join the heroes of Star Wars on their mission? No? Well, what are you waiting for? Designer Kayla Kromer, who is probably fending off thousands of worshipful geek suitors at the moment, has recreated Han Solo’s spaceship from the film as a fully functional bed. An extra-functional bed, really - this one has working LED headlights, a map on the inside of the sheets, and even a miniature “cockpit” area that holds Star Wars toys.

While I don’t think we’ll be seeing any Star Wars bed and breakfasts any time soon, I’m sure there are a ton of people who would buy this bed, and some who might even admit to sleeping in it…

[via Street Level]

Posted: January 6th, 2010 under General.
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