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Gifts for every geeky girl and boy

Do you have a geek in your life that you need prezzies for? You’re in luck! Geeks are easy to shop for because we’re total geeks and get excited over the most ridiculous shit. But if you’re still struggling to find that perfect geeky gift, no worries I GOT YOU! Here’s Megan’s guide to gifts for geeky girls and boys alike.

Turn your iPhone into a working retro telephone

So this thing not only looks cool, but it’s also a charging base For iPhones or iPods, AND turns your iPhone into a larger vintage-style telephone with one button pick-up/hang-up. Plus it can also work as a landline phone.

Gifts for people you really like but hardly know

Holiday shoppers, stop stressing: Offbeat Home has gotchu covered this year. All this week we’ll be bringing you helpful Homie shopping guides. First up: gifts for people you like but don’t know that well. This can be co-workers, perhaps a couple of in-laws, what about your trainer or tutor? These things will please EVERYONE, and make you look like you give a shit about ‘ol what’s-his-name.

Stash your sex toys (but remember where the hell you put them)

We already talked about ways to hide your sex toys in plain sight by using household objects and even exercise equipment. This is great advice… except for if you’re living with parents or roommates and you don’t want to repurpose stuff they use! Living together will mean we know where things are, but we’ll still want to hide our very-obviously-for-sex equipment. Let’s take a look at some options for discreet and designated stashing!

Where can I get geeky holiday cards?

Where can I find really nice geeky holiday cards? I want to order them in bulk to send out to my whole address list, but most of what I find on Etsy is photo cards (which my partner begged me not to make him do, at least until we have kids) or single cards that are $3.50/piece.

Steampunk-inspired home decor

So you love the Steampunk aesthetic, and you want to encorporate it into your home, but DON’T want it to look like a movie set. I feel ya. I’m a fan of subculture-inspired home design. This is why I’ve rounded up my favorite Steampunk-y home goods, featuring sneaky, mad scientist-y objects that transform from one piece of furniture into another.

Kids these days have all the luck: light-up shoes are so much better in 2012

Y’all: light-up shoes have come a LONG WAY since I was seven-years-old. As far as I know, no one’s yet designed light-up shoes for adults (or if they have, I can’t find them), the kid crowd has some amazing option now-a-days.

Do I need this solar power generator?

I live in California, so I’m basically just waiting for the next large earthquake that’s going to really fuck shit up. Ever since Hurricane Sandy, I’ve been worrying about losing power for long periods of time. That’s why I’ve been lusting after this solar power generator from the Hammacher Schlemmer catalog. But I have questions…