Archive for November, 2008

How is a girl to know that the same website about which she posted last night will do its own blog feature on geekitude goodies the next morning? Hmm. On to the fun. The products in Etsy’s gifts for one’s “beloved” geek are quite original; nothing I’d really seen before. Here are my two highlights, but I personally feel I must amend that these products are much more for brainiac nerds than geeks (according to my terms). But still, fun!

Elements of Structural Crochet

It took me a few minutes to figure this out, hint: look at “increase” and “decrease”.

Math on a Chalkboard Coasters

At first view, these freak me out with thoughts of aluminum scratching on slate with that #1-hated sound … but they’re really just printed! Whew… *still admittedly nervous*

Below the original article there’s a collection including even more nerd-appealing handmade products. Check it out!

I may be a computer whiz now, and though I’m generally a fast learner, some technologies take me a while. Things like cell phones did, and now it’s the Facebook (mostly the new ver.) that gets me with its bugs and general lack of untuitive flow – yes, I blame FB. Anyway, one thing I just can not be good at is video games. Dexterity and quick reacting? Leave those to the boys and non-magpies, I guess.

However one game I always loved was Tetris, and maybe it is a generally more girl-friendly game, because here it is – on a purse.

Adorable. Made with felt and selling for $19 by Lightning Strike @ Etsy.com. I’d say this should take off onto a whole product line!