If you travel a lot and live life from one hotel room to the next, this collapsible portable night stand will bring some much needed consistency to your nomadic lifestyle. Forget toiletries, this is the first thing we’re packing for our next trip.
If you’ve got decent soldering skills, a soft spot for dated 1950s technology, and $US150 burning a hole in your pocket, this DIY Nixie desk clock kit will let you experience what gadget lust was like for your grandparents.
They’ve been used to launch missile strikes, eject warp cores and sound countless alarms, and now you can have a big red panic button of your own for the considerably less dramatic purpose of turning off the lights. Unless you consider saving electricity a life or death matter.
Star Trek encouraged us to boldly go where no man has gone before. And as long as that’s no where near a thumbtack or a safety pin, you can do so in comfort and style with ThinkGeek’s new inflatable Captain’s Chair.
Everyone was pretty happy when Thinkgeek announced it was doing economy shipping for Australian customers. Looks like it’s time to rejoice once more, as the popular geek gift destination is doing free economy shipping for orders over $US40.
ThinkGeek sells all sorts of awesome stuff, from foam Minecraft tools to Enterprise-shaped Pizza cutters to cuddly bacon. Only problem for most Australians is that shipping of smaller goods was often prohibitively expensive — but not any more, as the popular online store has just announced economy shipping options.
I love everything about these ninja-inspired throwing star sticky notes from ThinkGeek. Everything except the fact they’re made from black paper, making them next to impossible to write on with anything other than a special marker.
The best board games also teach important life skills. Scrabble improves spelling. Monopoly imparts valuable business strategies. And now Strain can make you a genetic engineer on par with Dr. Moreau.
As an artist, if you choose to work in the medium of UV light and glowing tees instead of paint and canvas, be prepared to be frustrated. Because that masterpiece you spent five seconds sketching will fade almost as quickly.
