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geeksugar's Christmas Tree Tech Tips

GeekSugar — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:02:49 -0800

If you plan on rocking around the Christmas tree this holiday season, here are some techie Xmas tips to ensure you have a bright, safe, and energy- and money-conserving Christmas!

Popgadget offers some nontraditional Christmas tree suggestions including this pink prelit artificial tree from Treetopia.
Wondering whether or not you should switch to LED Christmas lights? Gizmodo provides a condensed list of the pros and cons of LED lights from Consumer Reports. Did you know that LEDs use 3–33 percent less power than traditional lights, saving you up to $10 every 300 hours?!
Storing Christmas lights can be such a headache - broken bulbs, tangled cords, ugh! Never struggle again with the $10 Christmas Light Storage Kit featured on Coolest Gadgets.
Looking for a geek-chic outdoor Christmas tree? Check out this multicolored LED tree that was featured on 7Gadgets. Soaring 4-ft. tall, this $56 Christmas tree comes with 100 lights and a star top that changes color continuously. Bulb life is said to last up to 100,000 hours.

USB Christmas Tree: Love It or Leave It?

GeekSugar — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 11:00:11 -0800

Ok ok, I know I may be jumping the gun on this one since Halloween was just last week, but I can't help it-I'm already getting into the festive spirit! And what better way to spread some Christmas cheer then by outfitting your laptop with a mini USB Christmas Tree-definitely a much more stylin' desk accessory than the USB desk vacuum. This fiber optic tree, which was featured on Trendhunter will glow once plugged into a USB port. Each tree costs around $20 each. Would you ever hook up something like this to your laptop? Let me know below!

Motherboard Christmas Tree With Flashing Lights

GeekSugar — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:00:11 -0800

Go Urban Outfitters for getting their geek-on this holiday season! For only $10 you can score a pretty sweet Motherboard Christmas Tree at U.O. to go alongside your Circuitboard Ornament Set.

Adorned with flashing LED lights, this battery-operated tree is the ultimate geek gift or Christmas decoration for serious computer nerds.

As you can see in the pics, the battery is used as the trunk which holds the tree upright. You'll also notice that the lights flash red, unlike white which I had expected-and hoped!

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Xmas Eve Time Waster: Light Up Tree

GeekSugar — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 13:00:16 -0800

If you're at home today twiddling your thumbs, here's a fun way to not only get into the Christmas spirit, but to get your game on as well! Light Up Christmas Tree is a skill-testing logic puzzle that provides some quality time wasting fun.

The object of the game is to connect all the wires and lightbulbs to the electrical source. To rotate the bulbs and wires, just click on them. Just start at the bottom of the tree and work your way up. Good luck!

GeekSugar's Gift Guide For Dads

GeekSugar — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:05:22 -0800

I happen to think that my dad is pretty easy to shop for, but I know that a lot of you out there don't know where to begin when it comes to picking out gifts for your dads. If you fall into that category, fret not! From now until Christmas I'll be giving you the lowdown on all sorts of cool gadget gifts to stash under the tree this holiday. I got our moms covered yesterday, so let's see what I have on my short list of gifts for dads!

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CD Christmas Tree Ornament: Love or Leave?

GeekSugar — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 09:00:55 -0800

The results are. Over seventy percent of you loved the Circuitboard Ornament Set, as did I. If you need some more geek inspired tree swag, check out this recycled CD ornament, which will shine and shimmer beneath your twinkling Christmas lights.

Just like the Circuitboard ornaments, the CD ornaments come individually or in a set of three. Priced at $21 for a set or $8 on their own. What do you think? An improvement from the Circuitboard designs or still too geeky for you? Leave your comments below!

O Christmas Tree With a PDA Ornament?

GeekSugar — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 10:05:03 -0800

Wow. Just wow. This BlackBerry-inspired tree ornament was once available on the Saks Fifth Avenue website, and if you can believe it - is actually sold out.

Handmade in Poland, this PDA ornament comes mouth-blown and hand-painted, making it almost as crafty as the handmade BlackBerry earrings.

Considering my mom loves to put a few old-school kitschy ornaments on the tree, I could totally see something like this making an appearance on the family tree. Talk about the perfect holiday gift for crackberry addicts!

Apple Gives Spotify the Thumbs Up For an App

GeekSugar — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 06:30:49 -0700

Spotify isn't even accessible from the US right now, but it sure is receiving a ton of buzz! The free peer-to-peer streaming music service allows you to play and share songs from its huge online library (similar to Pandora). But what's great about it, you get to listen to what you want, when you want, without having to store songs on your hard drive.

Geeks like Mark Zuckerberg are already confessing their love for it, so we were happy to hear that an Apple spokesperson has announced that a Spotify iPhone app will be coming very soon. Although only available in Europe and the UK right now, Spotify has said that it will be making its way stateside before the end of the year, which means there's a chance I might be rocking around the Christmas tree with free tunes via the iPhone app around that time as well.

Scrolling LED Christmas Tree Ornament: Geek or Chic?

GeekSugar — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 11:00:00 -0800

Unlike the snow-mouse or CD, ornaments, this geeky ornament walks and talks. Okay, not quite, but it does flash eight different festive messages like Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Joy to the World, and Feliz Navidad!

Glowing with LED lights this Season's Reading ornament, which I came across on Coolest Gadgets, is powered by four AA batteries and costs $15.

You can't help but want to go deck the halls or something, right? Or is it too geeky? Scroll down to leave your answer!

Now Your Legos Can Rock: Harmonix Plans Lego Rock Band

GeekSugar — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 06:05:06 -0700

It goes without saying that I'm a big fan of Rock Band, Guitar Hero, Lips, anything that has me and my friends rocking out together. And since it seems that no one is immune from the karaoke bug, Harmonix is taking its cue from previous Lego branded video games and will be bringing us Lego Rock Band for your musical pleasure this Winter.

I loved Lego Indiana Jones on my DS, so it's gonna be pretty freakin' hilarious to see the little Lego guys shredding to tunes like "Song 2," "Kung Foo Fighting," "The Final Countdown," and Pink's "So What," which have all been confirmed as launch title songs. Although the game will be aimed at the younger set, I'm pretty stoked to see if this game turns up under my Christmas tree . . . and I'm a grown adult.