The ultimate tech geek gifts?
I was on FARK.com scouring for some fun and weird news and I came across Fosfor Gadgets’ Top 10 Wierdest USB Devices Ever list. I can’t help but ask, “Why oh why do some of these products exist?” Then I realized, with geeks like The Filter’s Chris Coleman, there is always a market for anything that plugs into a ‘puter.
One of the items that I think could be lots of fun is The USB Air Darts (pictured above). Though I do not work in a cubicle-type office setting, I’d imagine these could really come in handy if I did. I assume I’d be a Jim Halpert type if I were to work in that type of setting, and if there was a Dwight that I could torment with USB Air Darts, I certainly would… a bargain at only around $35, I’d pay much more because you can’t put a price on shooting darts at your co-workers with your computer.
Other items on this list include, but are not limited to: massagers, heated gloves and slippers, vibrators, and the all-important USB ghost radar. After looking at all of these items, I decided that I needed to do some searching on my own to see what other great USB devices were available…
On USB Geek I found this outstanding ashtray:
and an FM radio that looks like a piggy:
On Everything USB there were many items, including a noddle strainer, a lava lamp, and a humidifier. I can’t think of any legitmate reason to have any of these things hooked up to my computer, but I can’t help but want some of them. I’m not so sure my wife would be for my “wasting” of money on any such item, but at least I know that my new USB desk fan wouldn’t be wasted, since I can apparently hook it up in my car when I’m not sitting at my desk.
Update: Someone posted this article on Digg already. Same guy who posted my letter to fans of The Office and called for diggers to yell at me. Guess I’m moving up in the world…
