Bacon. Coffee. Beer. Why not put these wonderful things together?
As an avid homebrewer that likes to tinker with extreme style beers, that’s the question I found myself asking. Make the base beer an oatmeal stout, add some high quality coffee and infuse with bacon—breakfast in a bottle. As I write this I am waiting for the sparge to finish up, so the process of creating the ultimate nerd’s beer is already well underway.
The second installment of the Iron Man franchise has arrived—and we are kicking things off with a blitz of 15 awesome toys, gadgets and collectibles.
The Atari keychain and the Barcode Doormat represent parts 4 and 5 of a six part review series focused on prizes you can win in our Nerdy Mega Prize Pack giveaway from Stupid.com. But let’s start with a quick look at the Atari keychain.
Since pillows were so popular this week, I thought I would go back and pull together some of the best examples of nerdy napping technology.
The first step in overcoming a nerd’s lack of confidence in social situations is to improve hygiene. You know who you are—the kind of person that wakes up, spends 12-15 hours a day on the computer, takes meals at the computer, hits the Xbox then goes to bed. You have to work a shower in there sometime, and these soaps can help.
While typing away for hours and hours on the computer, it is imperative that you stay hydrated. But why drink Mtn Dew, coffee or beer out of a regular glass when you could be drinking out of The Chemkeg Dominator, a WoW replica tankard or a water bottle with boobs?
Don’ t think you have any talent? Perhaps you should broaden your definition of what a “talent” actually is. For example, you may be really good at multitasking, identifying Star Wars minifigs with your mouth, reciting all 79 Star Trek episodes in order, or, simply wearing an assload of ironic t-shirts.
Every year online companies roll out phony products for April Fools, and every year customers and bloggers alike are duped. In some very rare cases, like last year’s Tauntaun sleeping bag from Think Geek, April Fools jokes become so popular that they end up as real-world products.
Here is a list of some of the best April Fools prank products floating around the web today. The list will be continually updated as new products are found. Which one would you most like to see become a real product?
Steve Hockensmith is an award-winning short-story writer, novelist and reporter. His short story fiction appears regularly in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine and Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, as well as anthologies such as Sherlock Holmes in America and Death Do Us Part. His first novel—the kick-off to his Holmes on the Range mystery series—was a finalist for the Edgar, Shamus, Anthony, and Dilys awards. Before turning to fiction, Hockensmith was an entertainment journalist, contributing to such publications as the Hollywood Reporter, Newsday, and the Chicago Tribune and editing the movie magazine Cinescape as well as The X-Files Official Magazine.
Today however, Nerd Approved had the privilege of speaking to Mr. Hockensmith about his latest work—the prequel to the wildly successful Pride and Prejudice and Zombies dubbed Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls.
Some plush toys are cute and cuddly, like the recent World of Warcraft plush pets, but others are just plain disturbing. As a parent, the following toys might be cause for concern.
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