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ShopWomens. Random Stuff I Don't Need But Kinda Want theBERRY. Geek Furniture. Sometimes you just need to redecorate your home. Instead of heading down to your local IKEA and picking up furniture being held together with toothpicks, check out some of this furniture and get your geek on. Binary Doormat It either says "welcome" or "no solicitors" We start at the front door and while I’m a bit rusty on my binary, I’m assuming that this says “Welcome” or something to that effect. Blank CD Chair It's either going to massage your back or rip it to shreds. While I’m not going to comment on how comfortable I believe this chair to be, you have to at least admire the resourcefulness of it.

Bracket Shelving Remember your rules for which item you have to count first. Nice to see somebody incorporating brackets and parentheses into their wall shelving. Geek Clock The left hand is on the g, the right hand is on the square root of 4 Not everybody wears a watch or has their cell phone on them to know what time it is. Frozen in Carbonite Desk iPhone Coffee Table Keyboard Chair. 11 cheap gifts guaranteed to impress science geeks. Science comes up with a lot of awesome stuff, and you don't need a Ph.D, a secret lab, or government funding to get your hands on some of the coolest discoveries.

We've got a list of 11 mostly affordable gifts that are guaranteed to blow your mind, whether or not you're a science geek. Click on any image to see it enlarged. 1. Aerogel Also known as frozen smoke, Aerogel is the world's lowest density solid, clocking in at 96% air. It's basically just a gel made from silicon, except all the liquid has been taken out and replaced with gas instead.

Aerogel isn't just neat, it's useful. Price: $35 2. Inside these sealed glass balls live shrimp, algae, and bacteria, all swimming around in filtered seawater. EcoSpheres came out of research looking at ways to develop self-contained ecosystems for long duration space travel. Price: $80 3. NASA has been trying to figure out how to get a sample of rock back from Mars for a while now. Price: $70+ 4. Price: $150 5. Price: $110 6. Price: $80 7.

Price: $15 8. Mental_floss Blog » 10 Ways to Game Up Your Home. The first generation to grow up playing video games is now feathering empty nests, and plenty more gamers are buying and filling homes. Furniture and home decor companies keep adding designs catering to video game lovers, and those with a bit of time and creativity keep designing and building their own! A really dedicated gamer could furnish the entire house this way, but it's more likely you'd want to add just one or two game touches to your home to honor that side of your personality. 1. Space Invaders Couch If you love playing Space Invaders, you'll also love the Space Invaders Couch designed by Igor Chak. 2. Instructables user rpaxton and her mother made this awesome Nintendo Bedding Set with comforter, pillowcases, and bed skirt as a surprise birthday gift for her brother, and then posted the pictures for the rest of us to envy. 3. The Tetris Cooking Timer works almost like an electronic hourglass. 4. 5.

Dennis and Judith built this Mario Brothers storage unit for their apartment. Random Stuff I Don't Need But Kinda Want theBERRY.