Ask Dr. Ding

Come on. Admit it. You love a geek. Smart, usually acerbic, iconoclastic and fascinated by stuff no one else understands, The Geek can be difficult to purchase for.

Never fear. Dr. Ding has compiled a list of top 5 geeky gifts to get you going in the right direction.

Dr. Ding’s Top 5 Geek Gifts

By Dr. Ding

1. 56 Geeks poster from MyExtraLife. Get the 8×12 for $9.99, or the 20×30 for $29.99, by Scott Johnson. Fucking hilarious.

2. Gorgeous handcrafted SO2 wooden ZaNa flash drives. Made from merbau wood (whateverthefuck that is), silver 925 or natural amber. When you plug it in, a flashing amber light is used as the access indicator. Coolness. Priced at $64 for 1GB, and $83 for 2GB. Order here.

3. Pretty much anything from The Mozilla Store. Dr. Ding and The Beyonce heavily favor the nifty t-shirts, thus proclaiming our geekish status. Say it loud, say it proud.

4. Briggs & Riley rolling computer case. Simply the best I’ve ever owned. They even come sized for those of you with 17″ monster monitors. Priced between $349 and $499, they ain’t cheap, but they last forever and can take tremendous abuse without signs of wear. They’re also loaded with lots of clever extras. Boring as hell in black, but here I’d gladly trade color for functionality.

5. Red Swingline stapler. At only $21.99, it can be yours just by visiting ThinkGeek.com. There’s nothing quite so pure and quintessentially Art Deco as the beautifully functional Swingline. Behold.