Nerd-Cessories

I was writing the other day about this amazing case that will keep your phone charged on the go. The only problem is that’s a Kickstarter and totally not out yet. The problem I have with portable charges is that they are bulky and hard to slip into a pocket. …

I wrote about a cryptic message that FourSquare posted a few weeks ago that suggested they were bringing back the things we loved about FourSquare before they Swarmed it up. They said gamification was coming back but they didn’t say in what form.  I was hoping for the old style …

When traveling with my friend to Seattle for the Star Wars exhibit, we were talking about the various devices we carry to keep our phones charged. When I was traveling through Frankfurt security, I was asked if I was going to the Australian Outback or something.  The security person couldn’t …

In honor of May the 4th (be with you) approaching, here are some t-shirts I thought were clever and wanted to share. From Teelily:     From Sanshee (and one that my husband owns), the Imperial Dog Walker: Oh man, that cracks me up. From ThinkGeek.com, an Ewok hooded tee: And for …

When we moved to our current house, a bunch of friends brought houseplants as housewarming gifts.  Including a plant that’s “impossible to kill.” Yup, I killed it. I had a bunch of travel immediately after that and despite my efforts to water in between, the plants eventually drooped over and …

I’ve written about DuoLingo before, the free game-ified way of learning languages that I prefer to Rosetta Stone.  Here’s why I prefer it to Rosetta Stone. They just announced that they are releasing new languages. In addition to Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian, German, Irish, Swedish, Dutch, and Danish, you can now learn: Turkish Esperanto Norwegian Ukrainian Hungarian Klingon …

Reader Emily G. passes on this deal she found on Amazon.com: It expands the number of outlets you have in a hotel room, plus allows you to plug USBs directly in. The kicker though? It has holders that pop out you can stick your cell phones in rather than (what …

Google just released their plans for a revolutionary phone data plan that gives you a seamless global network plus data and texting for over 120 countries. This is huge–by combining different networks plus Wifi connections, Google is cobbling together a larger network than it could have if it launched solo. …

Travel throws off all my routines.  Lately, I’ve been needing to take some medication, and I can guarantee when I travel, I take 0 of it. My husband has even started putting them in baggies in my briefcase with the time and date I should take them on it as …

View from the Wing linked to the new 787 basically cos-playing as R2-D2. This is the ANA Star Wars Project by, well, ANA. But let’s get a little more meta here. IF you are going to fly on the R2-D2, make sure you are also traveling with this suitcase: Hey …