From The Princess Bride, a t-shirt with the ultimate event name tag: "Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."
$18.99 from thinkgeek.com
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Miniature Enigma machines (from Bletchley Park): for the ubergeek in your family.
Pocket Enigma
Designed exclusively for and only available through Bletchley Park, Pocket Enigma is a little cipher machine with a single wheel that rotates on the CD mount in a compact disk case. It works on exactly the same principles as the real Enigma machine used by the German armed forces during WW II.
Enigma-E
Enables you to build your very own battery powered Electronic Enigma machine, based on those used by Bletchley Park codebreakers during WWII. DIY simulation of the 8 wheel M3 and M4 Enigma. All components are included. Features an alpha-numerical display, lamp panel and 26 key keyboard as well as separate Stecker board. Requires only basic soldering experience, although basic knowledge of electronics may be required to understand the circuit description.
Just when you realized that you could not live without a t-shirt with a built-in graphic equalizer that responds to sound comes the next geek t-shirt: one that detects 802.11 wi-fi signals and displays the strength of the signal.
[Show-off t-shirt from x-treme geek] $29.95
[Wi-Fi detector t-shirt from ThinkGeek] $29.99
Barbecuing is occasionally complicated by unreliable charcoal bricks. Sometimes they don't start even when you douse them with that nasty kerosene fire starter. I'm expecting that this low-tech solution from Weber will work better. It's basically a custom-made chimney for igniting charcoal bricks. The coals draw air from the bottom and the fire spreads up the chimney.
2008-07-17: I've been using this product for two months now and I have a few comments to add:
- No liquid fire starter required
Or recommended. - Intensity
Within a short period, the fire is consistently red-hot. The coals are amazingly hot throughout. - Ease of starting
Every time I have used this, I've had one-match fires. Just one match was needed to get it started. You put two sheets of newspaper in the bottom and that's enough to get the coals started.
Okay, so this is my favorite sleep sound machine. A few of the things that make it so good in my view:
- the sounds don't repeat very quickly
- the sound quality is good
- you can add cards to extend the system
- there is a great big button to turn it on and off (as opposed to many machines that have combination volume and on-off)
- the sound can be played for a set time (30-, 60-, or 90-minutes) and it automatically shuts off
- the sound fades out gradually
- Rhythms of the Sea Sound Card
- Wilderness Journey Sound Card
I'm rather partial to these miniature headphones. I never really got into the iPod bud-phones.
[Shure E4c Sound Isolating Earphones]
LightInSight is a clear windshield mounted fresnel lens for assisting drivers in seeing traffic lights that would not be in the driver's normal field of view. If I only had a car, I think I'd get one.
[LightInSight Super wideangle windshield view]
Who doesn't need a high-end laser pointer for -- well, just about everything?
[Wicked Lasers]
T-shirt with a built in sound sensitive graphic equalizer panel. As the music beats, the shirts equalizer lights up to the beat of the music. Great for concerts and parties.
[Show-off t-shirt from BimBamBanana] $99.95
[T-qualizer t-shirt from ThinkGeek] $39.95
[T-qualizer t-shirt from tqualizer.biz] $39.95
Not really sure why someone would prefer to spend $60.00 more.
This is a really cool device for reducing stress. It's a biofeedback device that trains you to control your heart rate and breathing. I got one for the wife and she sleeps better when she uses it.
2008-09-03: There is a writeup on the Stress Eraser at Kevin Kelly's Cool Tools, one of my favorite websites.
