VXI BlueParrott B100 Specifications download pdf (Page 29)

PC TOOLKIT

When people think of tools, the staff

of our sister magazine PC Gamer

usually comes to mind. But there

are other tools actually quite valu-

able to geeks, and hardcore geeks

like us need hardcore toolkits like

this one. The handsome black carry-

ing case includes everything from a

lost screw picker-upper, to a solder-

ing iron, to a wire stripper.

$37, www.crazypc.com

USB CAFE PAD

After the USB Lava Lamp and

the USB Smokeless Ashtray,

this USB-connected cup

warmer doesn’t seem so

strange. In fact, it seems like a

darned fine idea. The warmer

keeps tea and coffee at a

toasty-yet-comfortable tem-

perature, can be used to melt

Cadbury Eggs into dessert top-

ping, and even converted into

a mosquito torture chamber

with an overturned shot glass.

$22, www.thinkgeek.com

WI-FI FINDER & USB

ADAPTER

It scans for 802.11b/g/a

hotspots, then reports their

SSID and encryption status,

among other details. Pop it

into your USB port, and it

becomes an 802.11b/g/a USB

Wi-Fi adapter. And if you’re

feeling generous with some-

one else’s broadband, it can

even turn your laptop into an

access point. Holy frijole, did

Wi-Fi just become sexy

$100, http://us.zyxel.com

FRETLIGHT GUITAR

Everything’s made better with LEDs, including a

guitar. Simply connect this axe to your PC and the

126 LEDs will display virtually every chord and scale,

illuminating the path to geek-rock stardom. Your fin-

gers have better places to be than in your ears, and

the Fretlight shows you exactly where to put them.

$600, www.optekmusic.com

20Q

All the accumulated

knowledge of the human

race has been digitized

and condensed into a

yoyo-size ball called the

20Q. Well at least enough

info for this mysteri-

ous artifact to correctly

answer “naked mole rat,”

“bazooka,” and “slime

mold” based on our

“yes” or “no” answers

to 20 questions each.

And we used to think the

Magic 8-Ball was cool.

$15, www.radicagames.

com

G ifts for

G eeks

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