As bloggers, we know it's important to keep our laptops safe. As stylish bloggers, we know it's important to keep our laptops safe in the coolest way possible. The Gelaskin has been an interesting and visually pleasing way to dress up a laptop, but it doesn't offer much protection apart from light scratching and scraping. Some other items, like the Speck shell, have sparked complaints online, after consumers found their anti-scratching cases to be the main culprits in scratching up their covers. Here comes InCase to the rescue!

The geniuses at Thinkgeek are very fancy. Look what they did! They put a camera into a badass looking pair of sunglasses!

At right, the 1.3 Megapixel Spy Camera Sunglasses. $99.99. Holy awesome.

Whit Honea is a slacker, a borderline degenerate, and a daydream believer. He's also our resident expert on casual chic. If it's comfortable, and not heinous, he's all over it. He's quite charming, really.

We've had geek shirts on here before, and we'll probably have them on here again. Let's face it, we blog for a living, of course we have a soft spot for the wonders of geek chic.

Geek Gear has more than a soft spot. They're all about all things geek. According to their website they are "dedicated to making computing fun with distinctive and unique gifts." We're guessing they find computing to be fun already, but we get the idea.

Gallery: Geek Gear

"When in doubt, try another hole." If we had a nickel for every time we heard this, we'd either be rich or in jail. Actually, to be honest we don't recall ever hearing this piece of sage advice before (we just like dragging our posts through the gutter, it builds character), but you can bet your respective farms that we will now shill it out like it is the answer to everything. It is, isn't it?

Behold the prettiest, geekiest thing we've ever seen: The Lilypad Arduino.

This is a microcontroller board you can sew into/onto your clothing. That means you can use it to make your clothing do crazy electronic things! We would perhaps program it to make the phrase "Styledash is in contol of this T-Shirt" flash on and off on a t-shirt! Ha! Next stop: world domination.

Is that a home theater system on your head or are you just happy to see us? If you chose anything but "both" then keep reading. We've got something to show you.

The Vuzix iWear may look like something off of Star Trek, but it's much cooler. That's right, we said something was cooler than Star Trek (see Battlestar Galactica), deal with it.

This "face-furniture" as the good people at Firebox call it, provides "a fully immersive audiovisual assault" that replicates watching a 62" screen from a safe distance. Really. It's like watching a huge big screen on your face.

As we all know, the video game industry has continued to bust its hump trying to grab that ever-elusive fashionista demographic. Pasty-faced gamers with joysticks permanently attached to their hands just aren't cutting it anymore.

In an attempt to draw in the fashion-savvy crowds, Rockstar Games has thrown Karl Lagerfeld into the fourth installment of Grand Theft Auto. Although it would be insanely cool to speed through the streets as silver-haired Lagerfeld, he won't be featured as a character. Instead, he's playing DJ -- you do know he's a DJ, right? -- and taking care of the music for the game.

As much fun as this sounds, it still seems like a bizarre choice. Will Grand Theft Auto players know enough to appreciate Lagerfeld? Will Lagerfeld-lovers be enticed enough to get into the game? I guess we'll have to wait and see.

Geeks are known to be socially awkward, especially when it comes to talking to members of the opposite sex. So, what is a geek to do once he or she is ready to pop the question? Well, if both sides of the couple happen to be geeks, things might be a little easier to manage.

Just take a look at these USB engagement rings by designer Jennifer Flume. The idea is that a couple can exchange lovey-dovey data with these flash drives. And yes, those are Swarovski Crystals. The rings also come with necklace chains, in case you're not particularly fond of wearing your thumb drive on your finger.

I love all the flash drive mods that have been appearing over the past year or so. The more creative, the better! I can't get too excited though, because this is just a design concept and isn't on the market. Until then, stay pasty, indoors and painfully anti-social, geeks.

[via Neatorama]

Who are you? If you could define yourself in a word what would it be? Are you awesome (that's my label!)? Perhaps you are a geek or a jerk, or maybe you define yourself by your availability. You shouldn't, but maybe you do. What the hell do I know (other than I'm awesome!)?

The crew over at David and Goliath want to show the world what sums you up. They have a line of t-shirts that have one word or a small phrase that shares "you" with the rest of the world, or at least those whose line of sight you happen to cross.

Among the possibilities not shown below are "Booger," who was fantastic in Better Off Dead, and "Neato," which seems like a waste, why not just get the "Dork" shirt if you use the word "neato?" Also available is "Punk," which let's face it, makes you look more like Avril Lavigne than Sid Vicious.

Here are some others:




I must say, these shirts are much cooler than the last David and Goliath product featured here. I guess there was no place to go but up.

Boys, sometimes it's not enough to be mocked just for your Mario tattoo or your elaborate Second Life family of friends and it's important to take that extra step of geekery in the workplace. Never fear, for ThinkGeek's 8-bit tie is here. It's exactly as it sounds: this is a tie made to look like it came straight from an 8-bit word. To maintain the 2-D illusion and avoid the rounded knot, the tie is a clip-on. It's hand-made from a microfiber material and goes for $19.99.

In theory, I think it's a cool idea, but I'm starting to wonder how I'd react if I really saw someone wearing this around the workplace. I suppose it depends on whether the workplace is super corporate or more laidback... or if the company's run by Wario.

Honestly, it's probably not that difficult to tell that I'm a complete geek. I mean, come on, I'm a professional blogger for crying out loud. A big part of being a geek is attending comic book conventions. There's nothing quite like being swept away in a crowd of sweaty Stormtroopers and guys who only leave their mother's basement for more Mountain Dew and Fritos. Somehow, fashion made its way into the Baltimore Comic-Con this past weekend.

On Sunday, I attended the super-packed panel featuring illustrator James Jean and comic book artist Paul Pope and I was immediately filled with geeky joy. Not only did the guys share their beautiful new art books, Jean and Pope talked about some sweet upcoming projects.

Jean, who is probably best known as the amazing cover artist for the brilliant comic series Fables, just designed some crazy ads and fabrics (!) for Prada (!!!). He showed the audience the artwork, and it was stunning. The lines are flowing and beautiful and the pieces look huge. The full thing will eventually go on display at Prada's SoHo location, which means I'll have another reason to go to that store, stand outside, and look poor.

I'm sure you all have seen the recent image macro trend LOLcats, or have heard at least the Internet phrase "im in ur base killing ur d00dz". Yes, no, maybe? Well, if you're into this whole Internet thing, want to express your inner geekiness in t-shirt form, or just want to get hit on by interwebz-lovers, this is the shirt for you. Each "im in ur blank blanking ur blank" shirt comes with a washable marker that you can use to fill in your own words again and again. ThinkGeek gives a few sweet suggestions on what to write: Visiting in-laws? We recommend, "im in ur offspring sproutin' ur family tree." Stuck at the office? May we suggest, "im in ur meeting eatin' ur donuts."

Or, if Styledash folks want one: "im in ur feed bloggin' ur fashionz."

The notion of making trash into furniture may not be appealing at first, but take a look at Rodrigo Alonso's n+ew (no more electronic waste) "stool-sculpture-installation"s and you might change your mind. Made from e-waste (electronic waste, ranging from keyboards to various wires and cords) held in epoxy resin and aluminum, these stools are the perfect addition to any geek's sitting room. The cluttered look of the mess inside is a nice contrast to the sleek shape of the piece itself.

Check out the rest of Alonso's website for more interesting designs. I'm terribly fond of the B + W dishes.

If you embrace your inner geek as I do (I also embrace my outer geek, such is the breadth of my flaming nerdiness), you'll, doubtless, drool all over your computer (as I did) when you spy these funny and fabulous computer key rings fashioned from salvaged keyboards by Azerty Objects.

Maybe this is something like wearing your tech dweebishness on your sleeve (err, hand, rather), but if loving overt displays of Dork Style is wrong, I have to confess to you people, I just plain don't wanna be right.

(Contact the artist directly via the link above to order.)

There comes a time when being a little bit of a nerd becomes a desirable thing. The specific time varies from person to person, but it's a fact that brains are going to get you farther in life than your high school free-throw record will. Embracing your inner nerd on the outside doesn't mean you have to make style sacrifices, though. Take a look at this Ruler Necklace, which makes good use of those standard rulers that were once heavily-relied upon by school kids everywhere. The pieces are strung on a 16" silver chain and priced at $68. Matching earrings are also available.

[via Popgadget]