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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