Geek is chic.
Years ago, we used to fill albums with photos and pile them high on shelves. Nowadays, we fill up USB memory sticks and keep them scattered around our workspace! TeamSugar user Calamari has just brought this USB Memory Box from dialog05 to my attention, and it's totally tech chic! Featured on Swissmiss, this USB memory box helps keeps all of your flash drives filled with pics from various events Read more
I asked my boyfriend to put together a Christmas wish list this year so I don't overload him with gadgets per usual. His response to my request, however, was only half serious - or so I suspect. Among his appeals for a new laptop bag, the Blackberry Pearl and a wireless adapter for our TiVo was the iPod Dock Toilet Paper Holder, which is either the greatest invention ever, or too geeky to Read more
Hug Shirt is a wearable Bluetooth accessory for your mobile phone that allows users to exchange the physical sensation of being hugged through telecommunication networks. The shirt contains embedded sensors that feel the strength of the touch, the skin warmth and the heartbeat rate of the sender and actuators that recreate the sensation of touch and warmth. Created by CuteCircuit, the Hug Read more
While you're baking up deliciously nerdy treats or working on your latest genius DIY, you've got to protect the duds. Don a geek-chic apron by Etsy seller HauteMessThreads, and you'll feel like a superhero as you tackle household chores. Plus it's not just all work for these creations — they make perfect Halloween, party, and Comic-Con costumes. Check out the whole HauteMessThreads collection Read more
Even the CFDA is abandoning the Garment District — The Cut Is Karl Lagerfeld being stretched too thin? — The Daily Beast Why you shouldn't buy Jason Wu for Target on eBay right now — Styleite 10 most (and least) Oscar-worthy gowns from Couture Fashion Week — FashionIndie Lane Crawford casts a trifecta of Asian models for its latest campaign — Style.com Is there a place in fashion for Read more
How Siri hurts your cell service — Newser Say farewell to the iPhone home button — Geek.com Imagine The Dark Knight as a romantic comedy — Cracked How to prep for the nearly year-long Apple interview process — Geekosystem Apple CEO Tim Cook responds to negative reports of Apple factories — Tecca Obsolete tech turned into geek-chic furniture — Dvice Read more
We have brainy icons like Woody Allen and more recently Tina Fey to thank for popularizing geeky specs; now they're showing up everywhere — in Madewell's lookbooks, on bloggers and celebs, and here at Sugar HQ, our Fab editorial assistant's been sporting them all week, sans prescription. Case in point, you don't need a doctor's note — and neither do these celebs. Vision may be 20/20, but Read more
If you're obsessed with photography, you'll probably dig these handmade Vintage Camera Pillows ($45) from Etsy seller Intheseam. Each camera comes in at about 16 inches wide and would definitely make a statement in your hipster-chic abode. But what do you think — too geeky, or geek chic? Vintage Camera Pillows: Totally Geeky or Geek Chic? Totally geeky! Geek chic! Read more
This year's CES didn't just teach us about gadget trends and the future of the industry — it also taught us a few things that we'll remember in our everyday lives as well. Here, we offer up a few tips to take with you on your next journey to a big tech conference, or to keep in the back of your mind for life. Trust me: our pain is your gain! Get plenty of sleep. Between long hours on the Read more
Pacman fans rejoice! Japan LA has these perfect-in-pink Pacman T-shirts on sale for $24 for geeky gamer girls like myself. I don't know if this falls along the same lines as the Polaroid Tee (which most of you loved), but it's got that retro geek-chic appeal that looks so adorable on a fitted tee. What do you think? Too over-the-top geeky for your liking? Or so geek chic that it's worth paying Read more
