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Penguin Paperback Style Covers for Video Games

Aug 10. 2012

Are you a gamer who also cares about home decor, i.e., beautiful book spines on your shelves such as the Penguin Classics collection? If so, Etsy seller James Bit has the product for you: video game covers à la old Penguin paperback books! 

These custom covers, costing $6 for 3, is a surefire way to class up your video game collection. The seller goes on to note:

When ordering, please include your game titles and let us know which console they are for. . . .Your new covers will be sent via email as a high quality PDF. Just print them and slip them into your game case. No shipping costs to you and the file is yours forever in case something happens.

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Marvelous ‘Alice in Wonderland’ Pop-Up Book [And More!]

Jun 28. 2012

Claire has been a big fan of pop-up books since she has been able to reach for, and grab at objects. And as soon as she turned 1, she began a love affair with books of all kind (just like her mama) and finally stopped ripping out pages or ruining the pop-up mechanisms.

I too, love pop-up books because not only do I believe all books provide enrichment of some kind, but also because I am fascinated by how they work. As a matter of fact, one of Claire and my favorite activities these days is to read and flip through The Little Prince pop-up books that my sister had gifted me — both the English and French versions.

So when I saw this amazing Alice in Wonderland pop-up book featured at Brain Pickings, I knew that I had to share…

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Reebok X Marvel Limited Edition Sneakers

Jun 02. 2012

Athletic apparel company Reebok has teamed up with Marvel (!) to design a limited edition of shoes that were inspired by some of the comic powerhouse’s most popular superheros.

Perhaps they are emulating the success of the Star Wars & Adidas collaboration (previously featured here and here)? Perhaps they are capitalizing on the current wave of fantastic superhero movies and related merchandise?

Whatever the reason, you can bet that these will be in high demand, and will be snatched up by geeks and sneaker aficionados alike.

My favorites are Captain America, Deadpool, and Black Widow. Which ones are yours?

Captain America:

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Code Cards [Expressing Your Geeky Self This Holiday Season]

Nov 21. 2011

I'm loving these geek-infused letterpress Code Cards by designer Matt Raw. The Egg Nog Arrays set includes designs in four different languages — Python, Ruby, PHP, and Javascript — each spelling out the perfect recipe for egg nog. The Code Cards shop also carries CSS Happy New Years cards as well as ♥ cards: Whichever design draws your fancy, you'll be sure to make a geek very happy this holiday season with these cards! Via Gizmodo. ...

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