Let’s face it, most people have a few crumbs of food, strands of cat hair, or mysterious crust down in the deep trenches of their keyboards. Heck, some even have all three! Take it from me, it doesn’t always come out with a simple flip and shake of the keyboard. What should come standard with computers is this mini keyboard vacuum. This one is made available from Uncommon Goods and has four different attachments to help brush and suck out all the nastiness hidden in your keyboard crevices. At only 4 inches long and 3 inches wide this mini keyboard vacuum can fit easily on your busy desk. It uses 2 AA batteries and is made of frosted translucent plastic.

If you’d prefer a keyboard vacuum that sucks and blows (::snicker::) then I’d suggest the Shuttle Computer Cleaner from Stacks and Stacks.

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We prefer the term nerd around here, but ThinkGeek has been selling fine geek stuff since 1999, so we’ll defer to them. They’ve always got a great selection of funny/true geek t shirts, but a new ladies’ shirt had me LOL-ing, and it’s got hot new trend written all over it (well, for the nerd crowd anyway). The origin or PWN in i PWN boys is supposed to be a little mysterious, but every internet nerd understands the taunt. Take that, n00b boys!

In fact, many of these shirts have such a universal appeal thanks to the awesome power of the interweb. I’ve seen the I’m blogging this Babydoll Tee on so many webcam pictures I’ve lost count, and yet the novelty still hasn’t worn off. Yet. There’s also a WTF? Babydoll Tee to incite either giggles or furrowed brows, depending on the crowd. If abbreviating swear words isn’t saucy enough for you, you’re probably feeling NSFW, and as such, the NSFW Babydoll is right up your alley. Ironically, this shirt is probably quite appropriate to wear in the workplace. And if you’re tired of saying No I will not fix your computer, you know there’s a t shirt for that, too.

But my absolute favorite ladies’ item would have to be the sexy nerd HTTPanties! Referencing actual HTTP status codes, these undies will get any geek booted up and ROFL-ing. The cut is also incredibly flattering and comfy, with a low rise and full rear coverage.

And never fear, if you’re anti-babydoll shirt, most of these geek t shirt styles are also available in the standard men’s cut. I’ve always wanted to buy a huge size and make a reconstructed t-shirt, but I hear you can also just buy your actual size and wear it as-is. And if none of these styles suits you, there’s plenty more at ThinkGeek!

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I don’t know about you, but I’ve had it with so called “standard power strips” with all their outlets aligned in a close knit row. How do they expect us to use all of those plugs when we have power adapters that take up two plugs or more? It’s one thing to have made these back in the 1900’s but why are they still the standard?

Well now it’s well beyond the year 2000 and we have innovations like the PowerSquid with Surge Protector. It’s simple yet ingenious design allows for 5 power adapters to be connected at once without the loss of other outlets due to large power bricks. This does more than just save space, since this particular model is also a surge protector with 540 Joules of protection. This model also features patented Power Blocker® technology to automatically shutdown and isolate connected equipment in case of a damaging power surge or outage.

What if you just spent $50+ on a surge protector but you still want to clear up some space due to those wide power adapters? That’s where the Power Strip Liberator comes in. Just plug the 1 foot long Liberator into an available outlet and plug in your bulky power adapter into the other end. This will free up outlets on your designed in the 1900’s power strip but it doesn’t add surge protection and it isn’t as cost effective as getting the PowerSquid with Surge Protection.

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