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Vintage Geek Fix: Oregon Trail Coming to the iPhone!
It's time to get your oxen hitched and your cholera vaccinations scheduled! Oregon Trail, the classic video game that you let you simulate the arduous cross-country feat of our forefathers, is being readied to come to the iPhone.
So far, the only details are screenshots from IGN, but I can't wait for this to come to the App Store.
Use This Shirt to Declare That You're a Mac Daddy (or Mommy)
Have you been a Mac lover since the days of the Apple IIe, tapping out Oregon Trail with your chubby little fingers?
Then rock this Mac Daddy T-Shirt ($26) from Fred Flare — the soft blue tee flaunts a vintage Apple computer and will assure everyone who can see your shirt that yes, there was a day that you didn't right click.
This may say it's a men's tee and use the word "daddy," but shoot, I'm ordering a small and calling it a day.
Geeks We Love: Peter Ha of CrunchGear
In my daily online tech travels, there are always sites that I visit not once, not twice but multiple times a day. One of the sites in this daily line-up includes CrunchGear, a chic tech blog filled with gadgets, geek gear and up-to-the minute news stories. I particularly enjoy reading posts by freelance writer Peter Ha, who dishes about everything from his wild Seoul trip adventures to his first experience on a Virgin America flight.
DIY Custom-Painted Purple DS
When Shawn Potts of Portland, Oregon, wanted to get his girlfriend to start playing video games, he decided to give an original Nintendo DS a complete makeover. Shawn took apart the entire DS, sanded each piece, and used two coats of primer to cover all of the parts. Since his girlfriend's favorite color is purple, he went with a metallic sparkling purple to coat the DS parts and finished it off with a clear coat for extra shine.
This Week on Geeksugar - Luxurious Cell Phones
- The Touchmate TM-M800 cellphone is ready to give the glittery Prada and Gucci phones a run for their money.
- If you are in the market for bunnies, chicks, eggs and chocolates consider asking the Easter bunny for geeky treats instead of something sugary-sweet.
- There's a new gadget trend in town, and love it or not, its hit the geek circuit with a bang. Geeky product connoisseur Thinkgeek has unveiled the Hip and Shoulder Holsters. It's James Bond meets Dwight Schrute.
- Words like "geek," "techie" and "diva" can drum up some nasty stereotypes, but Gina Hughes, the Chief Editor and Founder of TechieDiva, seems to embody only the sugar-sweet aspects of each and her site is anything but diva-driven.
- Alert the press!
R2-D2 Mailbox Sighting! Reader Responds
After hearing the United States Postal Service has decided to pay homage to the 30th Anniversary of the Star Wars series by covering select mailboxes with R2-D2 shells I went on a hunt in San Francisco in search of pimped out mailboxes.
I searched and I searched, but it was all in vain. Luckily, msugar and her friend Anika spotted the kitschy mailboxes near their office in Oregon.
Bring Your Dance Floor Into The Great Outdoors
Having a holiday party? Yumsugar,which launches tomorrow, has all of the right recipes, but when it comes to entertainment, you better make sure you have some speakers to really get the party started.
Oregon Scientific's StyleFi Music Sphere uses wireless digital technology to play from up to three different audio sources at a distance of 100 feet or less, and its design is about as chic as they come.
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