Looking for a last-minute gadget to get your mom for Mother's Day?

This digital picture converter by Hammacher Schlemmer is a great way to bring your mom into the 21st century! Easier then a conventional scanner, this nifty device will back up all your mom's photos into digital format, so she'll never have to worry about losing negatives or prints again!

By placing photos in a tray that slides into a converter, the pictures will be recorded with the touch of a button. The converter is connected to your computer via a USB cable and unfortunately is for PCs only. It's priced at $150, which isn't totally outrageous considering you can scan all your albums in a short amount of time!

Not that it should be thought of as a trend, but it's clear that this is the year that people are finally paying attention to how they can green their weddings and cut down on the event's impact on the environment. And if it is a trend, let's hope that it stays "in" forever!

So today's wedding geek tip succeeds in being green, geeky, and creative: seed packets with you and your fiancé's face on them! With my DIY skills below, adapted from Kodak's website, you'll be able to make seed packets for other stuff too — invitations, announcements, greeting cards . . . there's no end to creativity when you have an inkjet printer and a little brainpower.

To see how to make the packets, just read more

• Labeled as one of the biggest science experiments ever, 1500 students from Belgium dropped mints into bottles of Coke in an attempt to break the world record. — Telegraph UK
• Apple Canada Inc. will be giving a $45 reimbursement to Canadians who purchased one of the first third generation iPods before June 24, 2004. Supposedly the batteries in this model died after three hours of use. — CrunchGear
• Switched gives its rundown of the top 12 gadget picks for mom this Mother's Day! — Switched
• After checking out HTC's Touch Diamond in London this week, I have to say there were many similarities between it and the iPhone. TechDigest lists some of the pros and cons of each mobile. — TechDigest
• A DIY master created this fully functional NES controller coffee table. If only a bigger controller meant Mario could run faster! — Engadget

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I don't know why this excites me as much as it does, but Research in Motion (RIM), the creators of the BlackBerry, showed off their very first commercial on NBC last night. In case you happened to miss it, here it is in all of its vibrant glory. You can also check it out on the BlackBerry website!

You can find me any day of the week pretending to be in a hot rock and roll band with my geeky friends, and I'm not ashamed to admit it. But if I were pretending to be riding my own show horse in the confines of my own home that would make me feel kinda icky. Granted, this horse riding simulator called the Ridemaster Pro is meant to be used in gyms, horse riding schools and whatnot, but the question begs to be asked: If you're in a horse riding school, wouldn't you want to ride a real horse? Just asking. . .

Caught on Gizmodo, this interactive game lets you ride your (fake) horse around a virtual ring. Learn how to ride, jump, and work those muscles you need to grip on to a real horse all for a cool ten grand. Actually, this totally reminds me of the mechanical ponies I used to ride outside the drugstore for a quarter - minus the LCD flat screen. Now those were good times. Check out a demo of how this baby works (complete with awesome old school Japanese country music) when you read more

As you probably already know, Mother's Day is only two short days away!

I've been sharing my tips, tricks and product suggestions over the past couple of weeks to help get you prepped for the big day, but in case you missed some of my geek chic ideas, here's a roundup of everything you'll need to make your mom feel super special this Sunday!

• Send Your Mom A Recordable Card
• Fabulous Laptop Bags Your Mom Will Adore
• Mother's Day Geek Gift Slideshow: From High to Low!
• Mother's Day Video eCards Are Unique And Sweet

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