Rechargable batteries have always been a more cost effective and eco-friendly alternative to non-rechargable ones. However when we do run out of batteries, say when we’re on a trip for example, it often isn’t so easy to find battery chargers lying around.

These USBCell USB rechargable batteries make our lives so much easier as you can just uncap them and plug them into your nearest computer or laptop to recharge them to full power. With a laptop around to boost some emergency charge into your batteries, you won’t ever miss the golden shot on your digital camera when your battery life is gone. Thanks to ThinkGeek again for stocking in such neat ideas.

As an engineer, when it comes to practical designing, CAD tools are your best friend, allowing you to visualize and simulate your design before you actually put your design into production. However, with a lifelong job in engineering, there will eventually come a day when you finally get sick of loading AutoCAD or Spice Simulation tools every single day at work. Aren’t there any CAD tools out there that are actually fun to use and that you won’t get tired of?

Well, you’re in luck today! Introducing to you today is BlockCAD, a free downloadable CAD software to help you design your lego projects so that you can estimate how many pieces of each part you need to finish your miniature lego Great Wall of China or Statue of Liberty. Show them that Lego isn’t just for kids aged 6-12.

Download BlockCAD here.

With Christmas coming in less than two weeks and the holiday season bustling in, we decided to compile a list of 10 festive gizmos, gift and ideas that would add a bit of holiday cheer to all techies and non-techies alike.

1. Glowing Rudolph Mug

Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer, had a very shiny nose. And if you pour hot drinks in, you would even see it glow.
This cute little mug is the best gift for the young at heart. It even matches the color of hot cocoa!

2. Beer Advent Calendar

If cute mugs or chocolates are not your thing and are looking for something more manly, try to DIY your own Beer Advent Calendar. All you need is a case of beer and some cardboard. Simple and sweet.

3. Original Christmas gift

Have Christians around you always been preaching how the true meaning of Christmas is forgotten with all that commercialism and gift giving? Well prove them wrong by giving them the ‘original’ gift of Christmas - Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh. It actually looks really elegant too with its wooden casing.

4. USB Christmas Tree

Plan on coding/WoW-ing straight through the holiday? You can still celebrate Christmas in style without leaving your computer with this USB Christmas tree that gives off a wintery blue glow. M3rr¥ (hr1$7m4$ Ð00Ð.

5. Holiday Toilet Paper

Yup that’s right, even your washroom needs that extra something for Christmas, and these set of holiday toilet paper rolls are just what you need. In case you’re out of wrapping paper for your presents, these holiday toilet rolls could also do the job… i guess =P.

6. Darth Vader/Yoda Nutcracker

For the diehard Star Wars fan, these Darth Vader and Yoda Nutcrackers are the gift for you. Wield the power of the force to crack open your hardest walnuts easily with the help of Vader or Yoda. However, whether to side with the light or to join the dark side, the choice is yours alone. May the force be with you!

7. Pooing Santa/Snowman

This is what you get after a Christmas feast in North Pole - Santa dumping red and green excrements and Frosty dumping snowballs… Poor Santa must have had some major food poisoning to get red poo.
Dumping Santa and Frosty are actually candy dispensers in disguise, and as for the candy… you can figure that out. An appetizing delight!

8. Grow your Christmas Tree!

Instead of buying a Christmas tree every year, why not grow one yourself? With this Magical Christmas Tree kit, just fill a plate with the magic crystal powder, add some water, and watch your Christmas tree come to life!

9. Candycane Shotglasses

Add a pinch of peppermint to your drinks this holiday season when you serve them with these candycane shotglasses. Not only do they look nice with a red and white swirl around them, they’re actually edible. Let’s just hope the candy cane doesn’t dissolve before you finish your drink.

10. Charlie Brown Pathetic Tree

From the classic Christmas cartoon from all of our childhoods, this pathetic Christmas tree comes straight from the hands of Charlie Brown in his 1965 holiday special - A Charlie Brown Christmas. Now you can understand the true meaning of Christmas with Charlie Brown as you pick up his tree and watch his full holiday episode here on youtube.

With the Nintendo Wii officially in stores for only three days, a lot of accessories for the game console’s interactive controller - the Wiimote, have already surfaced on the internet. The fun factor of using the Wiimote controller as golf clubs, tennis rackets, swords or bowling balls when playing their launch titles such as Wii Sports or Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess is already enough on its own to keep you happy for a while. However, playing these games with the feeling of actually having a tennis racket, a real golf club or the actual Zelda Master Sword and Hyrulean Shield in your palms, makes all the difference between playing the game, and being part of it!!!

So far, the Nintendo Wii is still looking much more promising than the PlayStation 3 whether in terms of pricing or fun. Now all we need is a rifle, a fishing rod and a light sabre wiimote accessory…

You know you’re too geeky when you check out t-shirts like these and actually ‘ROTFLOL’ at their nerdy jokes. But anyways, here are the 5 most hilarious geek t-shirt designs on my list. Available at thinkgeek.com.

5. Pi T-Shirt (to 4493 digits)

Now you can go memorize up to 4493 digits of Pi while you’re bored on the bus, train or anywhere else! You could even celebrate Pi-day on March 14th 3:14 pm in style by beating others (including Weird Al Yankovic) to knowing the most places of Pi without a sweat.

4. HTML tag gearset


Siriam M.G. once said that “Looking at the proliferation of personal web pages on the net, it looks like very soon everyone on earth will have 15 Megabytes of fame.”. With this matching pair of <head> and <body> HTML tagged hat and shirt, you can very now wear your 15 Meg website of fame wherever you go.

3. LMAO T-Shirt

When you laugh your ass off too much… it becomes literal….

2. STFU University T-Shirt

When I first saw this shirt, it immediately reminded me of the college flick “Accepted” that came out this summer where the kids there all went to South Harmon Institute of Technology (a.k.a. S.H.I.T.). Picking up on the college humour, the people from STFU (South Texas Federal University maybe?) parodied a college shirt design packed with jokes. The University’s Latin motto - “Subsiste Sermonem Statim” translates to “Stop Talking Now”, fitting perfectly with their ideal of shutting people up! And while STFU may not be an Ivy League University, it most certainly stands out as an Ivy LEET college with their long history since 1337.

1. Geek Love Poem T-Shirt

When it comes to nerd jokes, this geek poem here clearly brings in a lot a flavor in it. Parodying the original ‘roses are red’ poems with Hex coloring system, the people from ThinkGeek cleverly rounded it off with homage to Zero Wing, the weirdest Japanese translated Engrish(sic) game of all time. Watch the original “All your base are belong to us video” here with the nonsensical game conversations that started the greatest online hype of all time.