Things I Think Are Kinda Cool

Artists Chris McMahon and Thryza Segal add crazy monsters into boring paintings they find at thrift stores and garage sales. These are some of my faves…watch out!

- via Twisted Sifter

Before pop-culture turned pocket protectors into geeky Scarlet Letters, I thought they were the coolest things on the planet.  I’ll never forget my Grandpa taking out a slim black pen from his pocket protector to do the Word Jumble in the Sunday paper.  The amazing website ‘It’s Okay To Be Smart’ has unearthed a collection of images of countless vintage pocket protectors – these are some of my faves:

- Link via It’s Okay To Be Smart and @BrainPicker

For the sleepy geek in your life – a floppy disk pillow!

-Buy is HERE for $18.  (via Jaz Jaz)

The next time you’re in a boring meeting, instead of physically forcing your eyelids open, or chugging a cup of coffee, just give in to the waves of sleepiness by blowing up your Pillow Tie and catch some Z’s! For $20, you can’t really go wrong – just don’t drool on it, ok?
- Link via Presurfer

Not to be too over-dramatic about things, but when this spray is released in early 2012, life as we know it will never be the same again!  Wow.

-via @JeriRyan

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As a geeky kid, I used to be obsessed with anything that levitated – globes, toys, pens – whatever it was, I loved it.  The stronger (and more dangerous) the magnet, the better.  Fast forward to ‘adulthood’, and well, I’m still obsessed.  Check out these new levitating lamps!

-Buy it HERE for the low low bargain basement price of $1350!

This awesome new camera from Lytro has an 8x optical zoom, an incredibly unique design, and because of it’s aperture, it barely ever needs a flash in most situations. And best of all, you can adjust the focus of your shot after you take the photo! Take a look at this vid and you’ll see why I’m obsessed:

-via Geeks Are Sexy

Turtles. Lightsabers. What else could you possibly need?!?

-via Geekologie

Seeing the Northern Lights in person is near the top of my Bucket List, but I never knew what it actually was…until now:

-via Brain Pickings

I love how completely ‘bitch, please’-unfazed Hitchcock looks:

-via My Modern Metropolis

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