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Commentary on emerging trends, especially cool or absurd innovations across a broad range of geekiness. ...with your Host, Mr. Alex.

12 Geeks of Christmas: The Rudolph Files

December 19th, 2007

So here we are, less than a week to go before Christmas. There’s still time to shop online, if you don’t mind paying extra for shipping, and there’s a solid 3 days this weekend to pick over the unsold dregs at the mall. It is about this part of the season where I start to […]

The 12 Geeks of Christmas, Part 3-Santa

December 13th, 2007

There is perhaps no stronger early childhood memory than that of coming downstairs on Christmas morning to behold a treasure of wrapped gifts under the Christmas tree, larger by at least an order of magnitude than the anemic pile of boxes and packages placed there the night before by family members. There, staring you in […]

12 Geeks of Christmas, Day 2 (Special Guest Blogger edition)

December 7th, 2007

Today, Mr. Alex invites a dear old friend as a guest blogger for the 12 Geeks of Christmas series. Jean Thomas is based in Boston, and has endured the annual gift exchange with Mr. Alex for more years than anyone should have to endure. Here we discuss the aspect of what a non-geek thinks when […]

Twelve Geeks of Christmas

December 4th, 2007

There is no shortage of lists of gadgets that geeks want to receive for Christmas (or to be more inclusive, Chrismahannakwanzakuh). Gizmos for Geeks, Geekfoolery’s parent site, is just one of many that review and highlight the many shiny electronic objects that we geeks desire, which in the interest of time, can be summarized as […]