Forget the Gift, Get the Star Wars Bevvie Set For Yourself


Updated 11/22/11 2:54 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Star Wars Hot Chocolate, Coffee, and Green Tea

'Tis the season to put others ahead of your own wants and needs, but this Star Wars Breakfast Beverage Set ($30) is the perfect gift to give yourself this Winter. Keep warm in the cold morning air with this trio of Vader's Dark Side Roast, Hoth Chocolate (my fave), and Yoda Dagobah Green Tea, each packed in a tin can for freshness, which can then be reused for a variety of other things — as a Read more

Creepy Villains and Scary Scenes For the Spookiest Pumpkin on the Street


Updated 10/28/11 3:20 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Scary Geek Pumpkin Templates

There's still a few days to get your carving on and craft the best jack-o'-lantern on the block. The annual Great Geeky Pumpkin Template Contest sponsored by the delightfully geeky web store ThinkGeek is the perfect spot to find pop culture patterns before Halloween. If you're looking to give trick-or-treaters a good seasonal scare, check out these templates for scenes from familiar horror movies Read more

8 Cuddly Pumpkin Templates For Your Geeky Jack-o'-Lantern


Updated 10/24/11 1:40 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Animal and Sci-Fi Pumpkin Carving Templates

We may be slightly obsessed with the pumpkin templates over on ThinkGeek's website. The online shop for everything nerd culture is currently holding its annual Great Geeky Pumpkin Template Contest, and submissions are pouring in to help readers carve clever and crafty pumpkins for Halloween. We picked our favorite cuddly templates that are a little bit sweet (Hello Kitty), a little bit whimsical Read more

6 Sci-Fi Pumpkin Carving Templates


Updated 10/18/11 3:15 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Sci-Fi Pumpkin Templates

For the last several years online, ThinkGeek, the online shop for everything sci-fi and nerd culture, has held a Great Geeky Pumpkin Template Contest, scouring the Internet for the best pumpkin carving templates to create the craftiest and most clever jack-o'-lanterns in the geek world. Score some major sci-fi cred by placing a pumpkin outside your door carved to resemble the Death Star, your Read more

Ghost Lamps: Love 'Em or Leave 'Em?


Updated 10/14/10 2:15 PM · Posted by · 5 comments

Pac-Man Ghost Desk Lamp

Pac-Man (and his costars) are getting quite a bit of play on the Internet recently, and the love continues with these Ghost Lamps ($70) from ThinkGeek. Coming in a set of four, the lamps will light up your life (or your desk, anyway) with soft colors of red, yellow, green, and white. If nothing else, they'd probably look great in a bookshelf or as a nightlight for your geeky baby. Read more

Andrea Owens of Think Geek: Geeky Girl We Love


Updated 02/04/09 3:38 PM · Posted by GeekSugar · 7 comments

Andrea Owens of Think Geek: Geeky Girl We Love

ThinkGeek has long been a go-to destination for geek shoppers online, so when I was introduced to one of their Merchandising Assistants and she immediately divulged she is a geeksugar fan, I realized we were a match made in heaven. Andrea Owens, who describes herself as "laid back, high strung, random, a little bit crazy, fun, and a little bit of an organizing control freak," had always been a Read more

Video Game-Inspired Pumpkin Templates


Updated 10/12/11 5:35 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Pumpkin Templates For Geeks

For the last several years online, ThinkGeek, the online shop for everything sci-fi and nerd culture, has held a Great Geeky Pumpkin Template Contest, scouring the Internet for the best pumpkin carving templates to create the craftiest and most clever jack-o'-lanterns in the geek world. Pumpkins are the perfect canvas for the rounded, pop animation of favorite video games. Here are some of my Read more