Shopping for Nerds

Blinking Lights?

Posted on February 10, 2012 by admin

I talked last week about finding an Snes in my room while cleaning. The game I ordered from Ebay (NBA Jam TE) came in earlier this week. I was sooooo excited to pop it in and play it! I waited until this evening to put it in. I was going to jam all weekend long. We had a tournament planned with my friends and we were going to rock it all Saturday night!

However, the system does not work. My Snes will not play the game. Luckily, I found a website that cleans and fixes old systems. I will be purchasing the cleaning kit from my friends at nintendo repair shop. Check them out at Nintendo Repair Parts, Service and Guides . These guys have great cleaning kits for your old systems. You might think that rubbing alcohol will do the trick, but you will never get into your old games and systems without the right screw bits.

These kits come with the proper screw bits and great cleaning solutions to get your systems up and running again. It sucks that I have to wait for mine, but I can wait another week to play my game.

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Nerdy Pet Owners

Posted on February 8, 2012 by admin

I never really had any pets until I got married. We always had cats, but I never considered them pets. I always felt like I was their pet. I was always dancing and trying to get them to love me. They always sat their with the disapproving looks and their judgement. They reminded me of my dad, in that way. However, my beautiful wife came two dogs. We now have three, but that’s because my wife gave me the ultimatum of a puppy or a baby. I thought I was getting off easy with choosing the puppy, but it turns out the only hassle you don’t have to deal with is paying for college. So, to help me enjoy my new puppy and our pets, I scoured the interweb to find some awesome nerdy pet gifts.

The Bolt Interactive Pet Laser Toy and the Dart Automatic Pet Laser Toy are great gifts for those people who want their pets to enjoy laser pointers when they are not around. Both of these devices have an automatic mode, so you could be playing with your kitty or puppy without even being in the room. Do you think that they will really miss you with a freakin’ laser beam bouncing around the room? I think not!

They are also great toys for those of us with fat pets. I have a Miniature Dachshund that balloons up if she even looks at a doggy treat. The Dart Automatic Pet Laser Toy goes ’round and ’round at an adjustable speed. You can set it from “Droopy Dog” all the way to “Cat-Nip Caper”. Check out both of these fun and hands free devices.

Finally, one of the coolest gadgets that I saw was the Pet’s Eye View Digital Camera. This device attaches to your pet’s collar and takes pictures every 1 to 15 minutes. It will finally answer the question, “What do your pets do when you are away?” This could solve almost all of the mysteries in the house, like where the missing slippers went and who hid them. The camera easily uploads the pictures with a USB cord, making it easy to find the culprits of the shoe crimes. So if you think that you can handle the truth, then check out this item.

So check out these gifts for the nerdy pet lover in your life. These items will help whip their pets into shape: literally and figuratively.

Posted in Pets, Tools | Tagged camera, kitty, laser, nerd, pet, puppy, toys, usb | 4 Comments

Zombie Literature

Posted on February 5, 2012 by admin

I found a great iTunesU series, last week. It is a University of Alabama Literature Course on Zombies in film and literature. The instructor, Sean Horde, discusses in seven interviews the merits of zombies in art and culture and why they have become such a force in the modern zeitgeist. One of my favorite conversations with him was about zombies in books. Sean talked about how zombies are the greatest movie creatures because they don’t think; they just do. He said that only recently have zombies broken into the literary world. Well, I have scoured the internet, and I have found some great zombie literary works.

The Walking Dead Compendium is a great start to any zombie bookshelf. For all of us who live in Atlanta, AMC’s “The Walking Dead” has been a great show to watch. We have seen zombies eat some of our friends and family who were lucky enough to be extras on the show. We have seen HWY 85 just as traffic jammed as in the first season. Well, The Walking Dead Compendium is where it all began. This is the first 48 issues of “The Walking Dead” for your reading pleasure. 1088 pages of zombie attacks are here for your reading pleasures.

Some of us wish that we were more prepared for the impending zombie apocalypse. If only our parents would have started training us earlier, we would have our priorities straight. Well, my generation can begin the zombie propaganda early with That is Not Your Mommy Anymore – A Zombie Tale. This is a tale that educates your children on when to love mommy and when to blow her brains out Zombieland style. It has great lines, such as:

“”When she’s shambling ‘cross the bedroom floor,
that’s not your Mommy anymore.
When her voice sounds just like Daddy’s snore,
that’s not your Mommy anymore.”

Your kids will love the tale, and if you do the zombie grunts and groans, they will love you, too (unless you’ve been bitten).

Finally, if you have enjoyed this post so far, you are probably the proud owner of “The Zombie Survival Guide“. It’s ok, I read it when it came out. But just like medical licenses and math classes, we all need to be tested every now and then, or else we will forget what we learned. That is why they created Z-SAT Zombie Survival Aptitude Test. Test your knowledge of zombie survival tactics and see how long you could survive. This is the perfect book to get your boyfriend or girlfriend. This will see if they are really the perfect mate for you. Anybody can put the toilet seat back down and reload the toilet paper roll, but do they know what the softest part of the skull is? Find out before you make the big leap with the Z-SAT Zombie Survival Aptitude Test.

So help your nerd start his zombie bookcase with these excellent literary works. Who knows? Maybe one of these gifts could save both of your lives, someday.

Posted in Books, Zombies | Tagged books, guide, literary, nerd, survival, test, walking dead, zombie | 1 Comment

Real Retro Gaming

Posted on February 3, 2012 by admin

My wife and I were cleaning our bedroom this past weekend. Since I graduated from college, I have free time to do silly things like clean. We ended up with thirteen bags of trash to take to the curb, sixteen loads of laundry, and a desk that we filed bills and bank statement going back three years. The greatest discovery happened while we were cleaning the last drawer out from my desk.

I discovered my Super Nintendo! It had two controllers, the power cord, and the RF switch! I was sooo excited! I then found a stack of sixteen Nintendo 64 games. I was in nerd heaven!

These gaming systems remind me of a better time in life. It was the time were I had the least amount of worries. I had all summer long to play Mario Bros. and Metroid. There was never a day that went by in my youth where I did not play Nintendo. I was glad to rediscover a little bit of that magic when I found these games and the systems for them.

The problem was the SNES was dirty, the games wouldn’t start, and the N64 controllers had bad analog sticks. Luckily, I found a great website that can help you with all of your real retro gaming needs. It is Nintendo Repair Shop. They have the tools to help you with all of your Nintendo Repair Parts, Service and Guides.

They even have the old gaming systems and video games. They have a great collection of vintage games and accessories for your systems. My wife asked me what I wanted for Valentine’s day, and I told her that I wanted the N64 cleaning kit. I want to be able to play my games the way I use to play them. I don’t just want to play a emulator: I want the real thing. So check out Nintendo Repair Shop for Used Original Nintendo Systems and Original Nintendo Games, Cleaned and Tested.

Posted in Controllers, Tools, Video Games | Tagged gaming, nintendo, repair, retro, shop, tools | Leave a comment

Cooking with Nerds

Posted on January 30, 2012 by admin

There comes a time in every nerds life when it is time to leave the nest and make their own home. Whether it is right after high school or when the basement floods and your 40 year old has to fend for himself, your nerd will need awesome stuff for their new place. Your nerd will have a great living room and bedroom already with their video game set ups and their life sized cut-out of Spock (by the way, I feel like one of Zachary Quinto is not as cool, but alright). The one room in the house that the nerd will need some help making fantastic is the kitchen. I have found some great items to make your nerd feel at home in the kitchen.

The Titanium Spork is the perfect gift for the nerd’s kitchen. It’s perfect! It’s one utensil for every eating occasion! This spork is not only corrosion resistant and can kill a man, it is also dishwasher friendly. No more switching between a fork or a spoon like at your parent’s house. Get the Titanium Spork and begin gaining ground against your newest foe: dirty dishes.

A great gift to help remind your nerd to take a break from the computer is the Ctrl-Alt-Delete Cup Set. This cup set consist of three 8 oz. heavy duty plastic cups that are not only dishwasher safe, but awesome. It comes with the stylized circuit board tray that displays your amazing cups for all to see. Show your nerd that it is alright to stop everything with the Ctrl-Alt-Delete Cup Set.

Once your nerd has their own kitchen, the next task is to make them feel comfortable in them. The best thing to make a nerd comfortable in the kitchen is to give them the Cheat Sheet Kitchen Apron. This kitchen apron has all of the measurement conversion tables on it for weights, liquids, cooking times for meats, and much, much more. It is a great reminder that cooking can be a science and not just an art. Give your nerd this gift of knowledge and comfort with the Cheat Sheet Kitchen Apron, and let them know that the kitchen is a place of invention and endless wonder.

With these three gifts, you can help your nerd start their new life. These gifts will make your nerd’s new kitchen not a place of fear, but an adventure into the unknown. Even if they are just making a bowl of Chef Boyardee.

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Xbox 360 and Ps3 Controller Adapters

Posted on January 29, 2012 by admin

I play a lot of fps games, and I am always looking for an edge over the competition. I get tired of losing to 13 year olds at Modern Warfare. I also hate the guys who are cheating while playing. I want my edge to be fair and yet completely awesome. That’s why I have assembled some of the greatest controller adapters that I could find online for your viewing pleasure. These are the perfect accessories for your First Person Shooting nerd.

The FPS Freek Prestige by KontrolFreek is the cheapest and best way to enter
into the controller modding game. These two analog sticks will attach to either your Xbox 360 or Ps3 controller. They sit on top of your original analog sticks to give you more precise control over your character. With more precision, you can aim better while in sniper mode and give yourself the extra edge you need to take out those 12 year olds.

If you are ready to dive into the controller mods, then the Avenger Controller for the Xbox 360 and the Avenger Playstation 3 Controller Adapter are the items for you. These adapters allow you to have your thumbs on your analog sticks, your pointer fingers on the triggers, and push all of the other buttons on your controller at the same time. The arms are customizable and can be adjusted to fit your specific needs. This controller allows for fluid motion between buttons and analog sticks and will give you the extra edge and speed to beat your opponents. Check out the video that shows you how the Avenger works.

With these controller adapters, your nerd will get more kills than he has ever had before. That will make your nerd the happiest person in the world. So if you are ready to make you nerd happy, then check out these controller adaptors.

Posted in Controllers, Video Games | Tagged adapters, controllers, mods, ps3, video games, xbox 360 | 1 Comment

Smartphone Controlled Robot

Posted on January 25, 2012 by admin

I grew up in a house with four other brothers. Every Christmas day, our home’s airspace was taken over by our new helicopters and airplanes attached to wire. Our street was the site of many great RC car races and demolition derbies. I would like to tell you that at 26, my love of RC toys has diminished. I know my wife would like that, too. Apparently, the older I get, the more I want to fly little helicopters and airplanes. I found the coolest little RC toy for the nerd in your life.

The Smartphone Controlled Desk Pet Tankbots is the RC gadget for the 21st Century. This robot is controlled by an app that you install on your Android or iPhone. It can navigate your messy desk either by remote control or in automatic mode. This is the perfect gift for your smartphone obsessed nerd. Check out the video of the Smartphone Controlled Desk Pet Tankbots.

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Retro Gaming for the 21st Century

Posted on January 24, 2012 by admin

When it comes to living in the past, nobody does it bigger and better than a nerd. We hold onto our childhoods for far too many years and we relish in the things that made our childhoods amazing. Nostalgia is the key to your nerd’s heart, and I have found some great gifts to warm your nerd’s soul.

The first thing that needs to be said in this post is that we love retro gaming. Our motto is “Give us 8-bits or give us death”. We want the real system and cartridges, but we end up settling for emulators. Here is your chance to help your nerd feel like he has the real thing with the Retro NES USB Controller. This controller feels like your old NES controller, but it plugs into any computer or system with a usb port. No drivers required. No installation. Nothing but the great feeling of a perfectly rectangled controller in your hand. Relive the best moments of your gaming childhood with the Retro NES USB Controller.

Some of us nerds love our Apple products. Some of us love our Windows and Google smart phones. All of us love our games. That’s why the JOYSTICK-IT iPad Arcade Stick was created. Yes, Android fans, it does say iPad, but it works on any screen. This little joystick sticks to the screen of any smart phone or tablet and allows your to play your games with the comfort of a joystick. Stick it in the middle of the d-pad when the game comes up and play to your heart’s content. When you are done, just pull it off of the screen. It is safe for your screen and fun for your thumbs.

Finally, the moment you have all been waiting for. Yes, we nerds love our emulators. We have been trying to hack our psp’s and our smart phones for years trying to get to play our retro games. Well, no more bricking psp’s and no more jail breaking your iPhones. I found a great portable gaming device that was specifically created for the emulator and rom heads out there. The a320 Pocket Retro Game Emulator is the perfect gift for on-the-go nerd. The handy device comes preloaded with emulators to play 8-bit and 16-bit roms. Just plug the device into your usb port, copy your NES or SNES roms over and start playing. This device allows the nerd in your life to carry their childhoods with them wherever they go.

As we watch technology advance, it is always nice to see the things from the past stay alive. I have revisit the games of yester-year over and over again, and they never seem to get old. The best part about it is that the new technologies have just given us more ways to enjoy the past. So give your nerd the greatest gift of all: childhood 2.0.

Posted in Video Games | Tagged 8-bit, emulator, joystick, pocket gaming, usb, video games | 5 Comments

Decorating Your Nerd Cave

Posted on January 20, 2012 by admin

I have always heard people say that the “Eyes are the window to the soul”. I have never learned that much about someone from there eyes, but I have learned a lot about someone from their room. How someone keeps their room tells the world more about them than their eyes do. You can find out whether a person is a slob or a neat freak. You can figure out what bands they like or what their favorite movie is. Now, thanks to the incredible invention of space age vinyl with non-wall-damaging adhesive, you can also tell if they are a nerd or not. Here are some great wall decorations for your nerd.

Nintendo Wall Graphics are the perfect start to your new “Nerd Cave”. These wall decals come in three different packs: Original Mario, Donkey Kong, and the New Super Mario Bros. With the mix and match capability of each pack, you can decide how faithful you want to be to the original games. Do you want to set up your room as the first stage of Super Mario Bros. and see if you can beat your video game time, or do you want to create your own path to rescuing Princess Peach? The only way that these packs could be more of a perfect nerd item is if they had a wall decal of the Donkey Kong “Kill Screen” shot.

Maybe your nerd is not the biggest Mario fan. No problem. I a great wall decal for your special someone, as well. It is the Capcom Wall Decals featuring Mega Man! This wall decal pack includes 25 individual stickers that can be stuck and re-stuck over and over again to the wall. This pack has Mega Man fighting his original enemies, and you can have them battle it out right in the comfort of your own room. These decals can turn a normal, boring teenager’s room into a battle of epic proportions!

Finally, this wall peel is for the creative nerd in your life. The other wall decals are amazing inventions and will make normal rooms amazing nerd caves, but they are not for everybody. Some of the nerds out their like to make their own art and create their own space. For that person, I have found the Peel and Stick White Board. This vinyl wall decal can be placed anywhere on your wall and can be cut to fit any walled area. This is great gift for the college student’s dorm room, the computer nerd’s den for coding, or for the up and coming comic book artist. Turn a boring white wall into a work of art with the Peel and Stick White Board.

With all of these amazing peel and stick products, you can tell the world a little bit more about yourself. Show your friends and family how awesome you are by showing off your new room. But before you do, could you clean up a little bit? It will be hard to see your new wall decals past the mounds of dirty clothes.

Posted in Wall Decals | Tagged capcom, decorating, mario, wall decals, white board | 7 Comments

Tools for Fixing Video Game Systems

Posted on January 19, 2012 by admin

Everybody has that person in their life that loves to tinker with electronics. For as long as anyone can remember, they were taking radios and TV’s apart just to see how they worked. I have searched the web and I have found a great gift for your repair nerd.

Amazon’s Pro’s Kit 30-in-1 Video Game Screwdriver Set is the perfect
gift for the gamer/repair man in your life. This kit has every screw bit to fit every single screw on almost all of the video game systems that have been created! You see, every system has a different kind of screw head to protect the company that made it from having it easily opened up. The easier it is to open up, the easier it is to learn how to make one and to make replicas of the systems. It is a great way to protect your product, but it sucks for the person who wants to fix their gaming system.

That’s why this screw driver set was created. Now you can get in and change the 72 pin connector on your NES, replace
fuses to prevent the “Black Screen of Death” on your SNES, and even get into the new systems to prevent the Red Rings of Death on your X-Box 360. This is the kit to have that will let you get into everything Nintendo, Microsoft, Sega, and Sony related.

So the next time you are shopping for the “Fix It” person in your life, ask yourself this question: Does that person have all of the tools that they need to fix my broken Nintendo DS screen? If the answer is no, then the Pro’s Kit 30-in-1 Video Game Screwdriver Set
is the perfect gift for the repair nerd in your life.

Posted in Tools | Tagged games, tools, video games | 2 Comments