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1 Dot Matrix Wallet: Totally Geeky or Geek Chic?
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2 Binary Birthday Cards: Totally Geeky or Geek Chic?
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3 Binary Button-Down Has Me Doing the Math For Shipping + Tax
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4 Binary Encoder Ring: Love It or Leave It?
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5 Ones and Zeros: Geeky Binary Goods
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6 Website of the Day: Binary Encoder
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7 T-Mobile Teases G2 With Geekiest Tweet Ever; Confirms Specs
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8 5 Wrapping Paper Options For Geeks
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9 Zero and One Gear For Binary Day
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10 Video of the Day: Flight of the Conchords' Binary Solo
In further celebration of the zeros and ones in today's date, binary code geeks can check out this oldie but goodie musical ode to our future robot overlords courtesy of the Flight of the Conchords. Make sure to stick with the video until the end for the epic binary solo. Read more
Wear your geek badge with pride in honor of the few Binary Days, which is a date made up of all zeros and ones, on this year's calendar. Tracing back to code used in ancient days, the current form of binary code is used to represent symbols, letters, and instructions in modern computing systems. In honor of all things zero and one, check out a few of our favorite binary things. Read more
Tis the season to go shopping, fa la la la . . . well, you know how it goes. Now that you're gearing up to cross off a few names on your holiday shopping list, might I suggest going 100 percent geek and covering your gifts in some nerd-friendly wrapping paper? I can't guarantee that the recipient will appreciate the nod to robots and aliens, but hey — it's the thought that counts, right? Read more
Rumors of the T-Mobile G2 have been flying around since 2008 (!) but there's new confirmation that an announcement of the device is finally in the works — via an incredibly geeky tweet. The message, posted by T-Mobile's Twitter account is entirely in binary code and, according to those familiar, translates to "G2newscomingsoon." .bbpBox23954686014 Read more
If you can't get enough of the binary goods, create your own binary secret messages with this website that allows you to encode and decode binary messages on the fly. Just type in your message, and encode to get your equivalent in ones and zeroes. Alternatively, if you find some binary code you want to translate into words, just click on "decode" to get your answer. Do you have a cool website Read more
If you really want to show off your geek pride, nothing screams geek louder than a binary code tee. Except for maybe a few of these other binary goods that will leave few questions on whether or not you're a fan of the code. Check out a few of my faves, including one that's not really binary, but I couldn't help but throw it in anyway. Read more
Binary apparel is so hot right now! First it was that awesomely chic clothing line Rhombus, and now there's this Binary Encoder Ring by designer Jonathan Ben-Tovim. Now if I were going to wear a binary ring, I'd pick this over the metal Binary Wedding Ring — the material is rad looking, and you can of course customize the code, but no price on it kinda scares me. I think they're cool and Read more
Yesterday I introduced you to the geeky clothing line Rhombus, and because I was so caught up in the presentation of nerd courtship, I didn't get to highlight any of the individual pieces. Something I couldn't resist showing you was something truly geeky, but in such an undercover way that it's not like wearing a message T and bashing people over the head with it: The James dress shirt in binary Read more
When you're a geek you're a geek all the way from your first motherboard to your last coding day. But does that mean you should celebrate your birthday geek style? I'd be happy to receive one of these handmade Binary Birthday Cards, $2.50, but I'm not sure my friends would feel the same way. What do you think? Binary Birthday Cards: Totally Geeky or Geek Chic? Totally Geeky Geek Read more
There are a lot of geek items out there that we might want, but we really don't need. I'll never use a digital keychain, but I want one. I can't imagine even trying on a Cycling Bib With Built-in MP3 player, but I wouldn't mind seeing someone else in one. The Dot Matrix Billfold, $15, falls in that same category, of semi-useless, but very entertaining items. It's covered in Dot Matrix printer Read more
