It's almost beyond my creative powers to imagine a universe where I have a big enough garden and the necessary capital to purchase a wood fired oven: reality keeps tapping on my brain and reminding me about mortgage repayments and childcare fees. But if you're lucky enough to be wading in a … [Read more...]
The Periodic Coffee Table
Since mentioning the words Periodic Coffee Table in my last post (The Geek Craft Book review) I have been inundated with people asking me “What? Where? How?”…So here it is: everything you need to know about this, well, rather large find! Little did Periodic Table inventor, Dmitri Mendeleev, … [Read more...]
Treat yourself to a Wingdings font-inspired teacup
If the Mad Hatter was throwing a tea party for a bunch of techno bods, I reckon he’d probably invest in a few of these Wingdings inspired teacups from notonthehighstreet.com. Delicate and prettily patterned, the bone china cups and saucers hark back to the good days of tea and biscuits in the … [Read more...]
Where’s the Doctor?
Illustrator Jamie Smart has been producing Doctor Who picture searches for the Doctor Who Monster Invasion magazine for a year and a half now and has just put some of his favourites up on his site. They're superbly detailed. We love them here at Dork Adore but have been driving ourselves mad … [Read more...]
Press the Enter key…
I have a feeling this'll be a Marmite piece of furniture. It's an Enter key stool. Those who love it will coo over a giant Enter key you can sit on (Fact: giant versions of little things are almost as brilliant as miniature versions of big things.) Those who hate it will point out the … [Read more...]
What to buy your geek mother this Mother’s Day
I don't know about yours, but my mother would laugh in my face if I gave her any of the presents on offer for Mother's Day at most shops. Chocolates, rom-coms & cushions? She'd rather have a sonic screwdriver. So what do you get the dork mum for Mother's Day? Check after the jump for our … [Read more...]
Therm Au Rouge: no more cold wine
If there's one thing I hate, it's cold red wine. To me, red wine is a tasty, heady drink best served at room temperature (and with a block of cheese). So, I've developed a rather worrying tendency to warm bottles up by popping them on the radiator or plunging them into boiling … [Read more...]
VHS Tape Notebooks: two obsolete media combined!
When I was little, I had a VHS tape that I used to record all my favourite snippets of programs. If memory serves me, it was bright pink with "Please keep off, this means you!" scrawled across the top to warn off my family. Rocking the passive aggression note writing from a young age there. If … [Read more...]
Five essential shops to browse this Christmas
Christmas shopping is hell. Actually, scratch that. Christmas shopping on the high street is hell. Why on earth would you choose to spend several hours being elbowed, standing in mile-long queues before collapsing in a sweaty, tired mess under a bundle of panic-bought gifts. Just don't. You … [Read more...]
Doctor Who Christmas Tree Decorations
The organised ones among you will already have your tree up and raring to go for Christmas. But if you're more lax in your festive arrangements, you might like to cast your eyes over these trinkets. These Doctor Who tree decorations are available from the BBC Shop. You can choose from a Tardis or … [Read more...]