Gifts for amateur chefs

Are there piles of dirty dishes in your kitchen? Are creepy noises coming from your sink? And what smells so funny? It almost looks like you have a...

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Ever since the first mention in the Vitae Columbae (565 A.D.) by abbot Adamnan, Nessie aka the Loch Ness Monster hasn't had much time to relax. Fue...

Cooking for friends is... er, fun, right?You get a questionably stained plastic board and the instructions to chop something up! (In cubes, please!...

As a nerd shop, we don't usually offer religious devotional objects. Usually. But for the Flying Spaghetti Monster, the noodly deity of the Pastafa...

Many have long since realised it: Floppy disks are simply no longer an adequate storage medium. They are very fragile and simply don’t offer enough...

Layer 8 of the OSI model for network protocols is almost exclusively used in a joking manner to imply that most problems are not problems of the sy...

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The legendary hammer Mjölnir is wielded by Thor in his battles against ice giants, red buttons and other monsters. But on quiet days, it’s used not...

Generally speaking, one would think that most humans would avoid dangerous situations and substances in their everyday lives. But our investigative...

Basically, programming has a lot in common with Lego: on the one hand, it's worth starting at a young age (keyword: practice makes perfect), and on...

Some science fiction series develop into real cultural assets over the course of decades. And this sometimes goes so far that even some props from ...

When the dirty dishes in your kitchen are stacked so high that you start to expect Sauron's fiery eye at the top of them, it's time to do the dishe...

The stereotypical nerd never leaves his mom's basement, is anti-social and only eats cold pizza and drinks warm soda. This image of our subculture ...

“It's dangerous to go alone!” These famous words from a video game don't just apply when you're a hero fighting dragons or rescuing princesses. Som...

The Plantarium Garden Lab lets you grown seeds without the need for constant watering. Perfect if yours is the kind of home where plants usually ha...

Whilst others are still ranting about the resolution of Fallout 4, we remember that an epic game doesn't need too many pixels. Alright, a litt...

While dogs are considered man's best friend, cats are the soulmates of nerds: introverted loners with a mind of their own, who often seem a little ...

Cookies – those small text files stored on your computer – have been around for quite a while. But only since 2021 have we had to consent to their ...

Nobody likes to fix the mistakes another person has made due to incompetence, laziness or simply by accident. But when you yourself are that person...

As we know, alcohol is never really a solution. Well, unless you ask a chemist. They'll tell you that, in fact, alcohol IS a solution. Maybe not to...

As nerds, we like jokes and plays on words that outsiders might not get. Our favourite dead horse to beat is the number Pi. After all, Pi is basica...

Anyone who thinks that all nerds are the same has never witnessed a heated debate about whether D&D or Shadowrun is the better pen & paper role-pla...

Have you ever thought about the proper way to drink coffee? Sure, you might think: "Pour coffee into the mug, lift the mug, drink, repeat as necess...

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If there is one location where you certainly would not expect Godzilla to show up, it's your kitchen. After all, the famous giant lizard is usually...

In the centuries since the so-called Loch Ness Monster has spent in the famous Scottish lake, it was bound to pick up one or two rather British qui...

Like all villains, the dark side of the Force usually lures us in with empty promises. Who hasn't heard the famous quote from Darth Vader to Luke: ...

For someone who is in contact with chemicals such as sodium chloride and dihydrogen monoxide on a daily basis, handles all kinds of acids and bases...

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If a towel is the most important utensil to have with you when traveling the galaxy, then a tea towel is definitely the most important item in your...

SpongeBob is not only known for his bright yellow colour and his (almost unbearable!) good mood but also for his overbite. He wears it with pride, ...

You call it “baking”, we call it “experiment observing the qualities of different chemicals under the influence of continuous heating”. And for tha...