I'll be honest, I thought nothing could tear my love away from my darling Henry vacuum, but my mind may have just been changed by this new product from Vax. Student Jake Tyler designed the world's first cardboard vacuum cleaner as part of his final year degree project after working with Vax under … [Read more...]
Top Toys for Geeky Pets
The fact that one of my favourite websites (Think Geek) had an entire section dedicated to pets had passed me by until now. How did I miss this? I named my cat Professor Moriarty, of course I want geek themed toys for him. I lost most of an evening gleefully bookmarking my top items and I … [Read more...]
Pizza Express, Paypal and the app that pays for dinner
I hate waiting for the bill in restaurants. If I know I've got to be somewhere after my meal I find my blood pressure rising as I watch waiters take their time over other customers. How dare they! Don't they know I've got somewhere to be?! Thankfully, Pizza Express is leading the revolution in … [Read more...]
Dork Fashion Icons: Velma Dinkley
We all know that 'geek chic' is terribly fashionable right now, what with the world and his wife sporting oversized glasses and deliberately terrible haircuts. But what about the real geek fashion icons; the ones who are cool because they are so nerdy, and not in an uber fashionable way? Well, my … [Read more...]
LEGO does the Royal Wedding
Featuring 180,000 bricks (who counted?), almost 400 LEGO figures and at 2.5m high and over 60kg, this amazing structure was built by only four adults in eight weeks. It's two and a half meters high and weighs over 60kg. The attention to detail is breathtaking -- even the stained glass windows have … [Read more...]
Royal Wedding Apps: Dork Adore Round-Up
The whole world is already fed up with Royal Wedding fever, right? And we haven't even got to the big day yet. Still, in the interests of civic duty we've had a look at some of the apps on offer to help you enjoy the special day just that little bit more... … [Read more...]
Star Trek Mr Potato Heads
I don't think I've been this excited about the release of a toy in, well, ever. This August sees the release of the Star Trek: The Original Series Mr Potato Heads by PPW Toys, retailing at $30 a set (approximately £19). The first two in the range will be Captain Kirk and his Klingon nemesis Kor, … [Read more...]
Lady Gaga-designed Polaroid glasses
Love her or hate her, Lady Gaga certainly has a unique sense of style and so it came as no surprise when she was named as Polaroid's Creative Director back in January 2010 -- well, no more surprising than a meat frock, anyway. Recently, she unveiled some of her work with the brand so far in the … [Read more...]
The Google 2011 cushion
Every year since 2005, Brooklyn based design company ElastiCo has produced a cushion emblazoned with the top ten Google searches of that year. In this digital age of transient trends, where celebrities are forgotten as soon as their 15 minutes of fame is up, the cushion is a permanent reminder of … [Read more...]
Geek Chic Cosmetics
Sometimes it's tough being a girl geek in a market seemingly geared towards men, so it's fantastic to see a cosmetics company aiming to challenge that preconception with their range of cosmetics inspired by all things dorky. Geek Chic Cosmetics are a small independent US company (who ship … [Read more...]
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