Sunday, December 14, 2008

Last Minute Sale at Yellow Ibis


Tomorrow, December 15, is your last day to take advantage of the Last Minute Sale on Science T-Shirts at Yellow Ibis. They have a great collection of tees of various geekdoms. There's something for everyone:

Saturday, December 13, 2008

Laptop for Geeky Fashionistas


A few months ago I posted about the catwalk unveiling of the Vivienne Tam Digital Clutch. Now you can buy this fashionable laptop, just in time for Christmas!

Some of the features: 
  • HP Mini 1000 notebook
  • fashionable red case inspired by Vivienne Tam's 2009 collection
  • 2.25 pounds, 1" thick
  • built-in HP Mini Webcam
  • 10.2" diagonal BrightView Infinity LED display

Friday, December 12, 2008

Geeky fabric designs at Spoonflower

Spoonflower is a fantastic custom fabric printing company that allows users to share their designs. Some of them are geek-fabulous:

binary by Beth Boller
binary

map by f lane shows the various moon shots
Map

ant_swatch by pigeoncircus
ant_swatch

Angler_skeletons by Nalo Hopkinson
Angler_skeletons

It makes me wish I could sew!

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Molecular Holiday Cards

Made With Molecules sells festive solstice-centered holiday cards with molecular flair:

The DNA Transcription Tree card has "an electron micrograph of a gene being heavily transcribed into RNA, an early and fundamental step of gene expression." It's tinted a holiday green.




The PEACE Peptide card spells out "peace" in amino acids: Proline (P), Glutamate (E), Alanine (A), Cysteine (C), Glutamate (E)


The Holiday Spice Card celebrates the molecules that give the winter holidays their flavor: chocolate, peppermint, clove, sinnamon, ginger, siguar

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

DIY Geometrical Jewelry

What could be more special that home-made jewelry? Instructables member davisjan has posted directions for creating some geek chic earrings perfect for any lover of cool geometrical shapes:



(via Fairer Science "DIY Holiday Presents")