Gifts for nerds

A towel is about the most useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can own.If you have a towel with you, others automatically assume that you also h...

There are exactly two reasons why The Big Bang Theory can make tears trickle down your cheeks: 1. You cry from laughing. 2. You find out that the s...

If you happen to be present at a dihydrogen monoxide (DHMO) breach, you need to act fast! After all, this vile chemical compound sends countless pe...

Over the last few decades, geeks and nerds have managed to conquer most parts of everyday life and we can proudly display our interests by wearing ...

Even a computer scientist/genius/geek/nerd (delete as appropriate!) has to take a vacation every now and then. He/she leaves the familiar lab, offi...

He wanted to become a real, rough-and-ready pirate. The most notorious pirate ever. Only everything kept going wrong! No one took him seriously as ...

We nerds often make a strange impression on other people. After all, in our free time we hack at monsters with swords or sit with our friends in fr...

If school has taught us one thing, it's that nothing would work without chemistry. Ever since shedding the stigma of alchemy in the 17th and 18th c...

Unfortunately, we're pretty limited when it comes to choosing essential "equipment" for the bathroom. In most hardware and home depot stores you us...

Let's be honest, in most role-playing games, style over substance is the name of the game. From Dark "Fashion" Souls all the way to MMO juggernaut ...

The Magic Cube stands for the golden age of nerds like hardly anything else. With Star Wars, the first PCs and consoles for the home and the rise o...

Dihydrogen monoxide is just like many other chemical substances – the dose makes the poison. It is not only the quantity that determines the danger...

The gentle nature, magical powers and awe-inspiring horns of unicorns are facets of unicorns we all know of. But apart from that, almost nobody eve...

If you're bored in everyday life and looking for a bit of adventure, it's a good idea to incorporate a little thrill here and there into the most m...

Sometimes all it takes to get the day off to a good start is the right attitude or a strong coffee. On other days, neither seems to help. Why is th...

Even the youngest amongst our peace-loving religious community (also known as "cult") knows that Cthulhu, the Great Old One from H.P. Lovecraft's p...

Water. Without this invigorating liquid, we'd be in trouble. To be more precise, we wouldn't be at all, since we require water to exist. The same g...

To turn a morning shower into a truly magnificent experience, a few essential things are needed: a shower (who would've thought?), warm water, some...