apartment therapy changing the world, one room at a time


Posts tagged “geek”

Tech Gifts For the Home and Beyond, Etsy Edition

We at Unplggd are no stranger to Etsy. Etsy is a great source for wonderful and unique items for your home and a neat place to find some fun geek accessories. With a variety of items and price point...

Final Frame Geek Cred

Just an early holiday gift suggestion for the tech nerd in your life....

Are You Planning Techie Halloween Costumes?

With less than a week until that costume-fest that is Halloween, you should have your costume all lined up. It's easy to go for a sexy cop outfit or to be the thousandth guy that's dressed as 'Swine F...

Why Not Carve a Geeked-Out Pumpkin?

Certain times of year make us proud to be geeks. May 25th (Geek pride Day), March 14th (Pi Day) and now, Halloween. We're seeing so many cool ways to geek out our fall fest......

The Geek Urn: Your Final Userspace

A traditional urn on the mantle? That's for boring people. When true geeks head up to that cyberspace in the sky, they leave their mortal selves behind on Earth inside classic computers....

Geek Out a Table Setting with Fire Flowers

You can't beat the look and smell of fresh flowers at the center of the table. What we can do without is having to replace them ($$) when they get old and wilted. Many are taking up fake scented flowe...

Roundup: Novelty Nerd Pillows

At first we had wanted to showcase the new social media icon pillows we found (that are seen above), but the more we thought about it, we decided it would be a great time to showcase, exactly how de...

Craftsquatch Geek Pillows Unite 'Em All

We've seen our share of geek-inspired plush pillows - from OSX dock icons to chat phrases we wouldn't dare use here in fear of the grammar police - but we now have social networking pillows to join th...

MakeUseOf's 5 Ways to Propose With the Internet

So you've found the girl or guy of your dreams. You both love playing Tetris, defragging hard drives and taking long walks on the beach with your iPods on. You're ready to take the plunge and ask your...

Close-Up: Contemporary Meets Modern Geek

click for more picsWhen we first stumbled on Tila's and her partner's space, we were blown away by how well they mixed together sheer simplicity with high-end technological mastery. Using lots of care...

Geek Rap: I Got 99 Lives and a Power Glove

Here's a little something to start off your week (Gotta love holiday weekends for turning Tuesdays into "Mondays"): An old school-style rap about playing vintage Nintendo. It's considered the "NES rap...

Getting Ready For Geek Pride Day?

Are you putting together a shopping list of outdoor grill-out staples like hot dogs and potato chips for your big Memorial Day fiesta this weekend? Well change up your plans. There's a much more impor...

Laptop Stands Hit the Infomercial Mainstream

Laptop stands have yet to hit the mainstream, non-techie world. Blame it on the fact that people like your neo-luddite mom don't even know they could use one to keep their shiny new laptop cool and ra...

Tony Alleyne's Star Trek Bachelor Pad

It's been three years since Apartment Therapy first posted Tony Alleyne's Star Trek themed bachelor pad — Bachelor Pad Report: Bliss is a Room Without Wires. With the newest Star Trek making B...

Wear Your Geek on Your Feet With XBox Nikes

click for more picsGeek fashion has come a long way since taped eyeglasses and pocket protectors were the nerd gear of choice for Hollywood directors. Now you can flaunt your love for online encyclope...

Roundup: Geek-Centric Home Decor
Via eighty one

click thumbnails for larger pics With so many folks becoming so computer and design savvy, it's only natural that we begin to fully embrace our inner geek and fully translate it into our decor. Poster...

What is This Gadget and What Does it Do?

We spotted this pretty stellar camouflaged home office on Lifehacker, belonging to reader MacintoshDZNR. The office itself is great and unique, but we couldn't help but stare at the low-budget-movie s...

Geek Doormat: Slide to Unlock Your iDoor

Addicted to the iPhone? Want to let all your guests know about it before they even step a foot in your house? This doormat we spotted on OhGizmo! is designed to look just like the iPhone's distinct 'u...

64 Things Every Geek Should Know (via Laptop Logic)

If you've been reading Unplggd, you might already have an arsenal of geek skills at your disposal. You probably already know how to display the date and time in Mac's finder bar, how to skip automated...

1950's Facebook: The Electric Friendship Generator

Yeah, we lol'd. This mid-century vintage-styled video comes courtesy of relationship advice site YourTango to teach all of us good Facebook etiquette. Start watching, and you'll find out that Alice an...

Draw-In Digital Message Cards

When you care enough to send the very best and most geeky greeting card you can find, you'll probably settle on these cards from Urban Outfitters' Web site that we spotted on always-on-top-of-cool-tec...

Computer Mailbox Takes Geek Decor Too Far

Now here's something you don't see everyday—even on Unplggd, where geek-inspired decor is our lifeblood. It's a mailbox that is oh-so-NOT subtle in its nerd roots. And by not subtle, we mean tha...

More Geek Jewelry From The Waveform Ring Artist

click for more picsI think we have a bona fide geek on our hands! Remember the "I Do" waveform wedding bands from a few posts back? well it turns out the designer, Sakurako Shimizu, has an extensive c...

Say "I Do," Record it, and Wrap it Around Her Finger

Did you guys see the waveform bracelets we posted? They're a cool way to wear your heart—and your lover's voice—on your sleeve, as virtual waveforms of a recorded message are transformed i...

Roundup: A Merit System Every Geek Can Love
Pins, badges, and medals to celebrate all things nerd.

We were never in the Girl Scouts, but we always wanted to be. Aside from those delicious Samoas, we loved that amazing logo, cute uniforms, and rad merit badges. We looked through the merit badges th...