Geek Gift Guide – Books and Magazines

by on Wednesday, December 7th, 2011

Our holiday guide to geek gift giving continues with books and magazine suggestions. What do geeks do the most? I mean, after playing on the computer? I mean, after playing their video games? I mean…well, eventually they read. These great book and magazine selections will feed that fury.

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Geek Gift Guide – Games

by on Tuesday, December 6th, 2011

Our holiday guide to geek gift giving continues with game related merchandise. Getting together with friends and family to play a board game, or sitting by yourself with an iPad or PS3, geeks enjoy a good game. We have highlighted some games and toys for the geek in you.

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Geek Gift Guide – Shirts, Posters, And Accessories

by on Monday, December 5th, 2011

Our holiday guide to geek gift giving continues with shirts, posters, and accessories. If being a geek is good, then displaying your geekdom is even better. These items below are artsy ways to be proud of your tastes.

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Typography Wallpapers: December 2011

by on Thursday, December 1st, 2011

Typography Wallpapers: December 2011Desktop wallpapers are a great way to show one’s personality, whether it’s at home or at work. A clean, organized workspace includes a clean and in some cases, inspiring wallpaper. I’m also a big fan of typography. Almost any font used the right way can become a work of art.

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Geek Gift Guide – Photography

by on Monday, November 28th, 2011

Our holiday guide to geek gift giving continues with a few items in the world of photography. These items below will help you make quick beautiful pictures that will be album/gallery ready. You will impress even your professional photography friends when they see what these items can do. The following items come recommended by husband and wife photography team Dez & Tam.

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Geek Gift Guide – Star Wars

by on Friday, November 25th, 2011

Lego Star Wars Advent Calendar

$39.99 on ThinkGeek
$39.99 on Lego.com
Lego Star Wars Advent Calendar
This 2011 collection has an exclusive Yoda in a Santa suit that is not available in any other set or individually. It comes with a total of 24 pieces for each of the 24 days up to Christmas.

There are a total of 8 minifigures included: Yoda, Clone Trooper, Chewbacca, R2-Q2, Tie Pilot, Luke Skywalker (pilot), Nute Gunray, and B1 Battle Droid. Some vehicles include the Millennium Falcon & X-wing.

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A Brief History Of Web Standards {Infographic}

by on Monday, November 21st, 2011

Throughout the history of the Internet, there has been an evolution of web standards. Due to these transformations, today, “the number of devices connected to the Internet exceeds the number of people on Earth.” Vitamin Talent has collaborated with Eric Meyer and Jeffrey Zeldman, founders of An Event Apart, to create this fantastic infographic detailing the changes of web standards during the lifetime of the Internet. For your convenience, the graphic has been broken into smaller images. Click on any of the images to view a larger version. If you wish, you can also view the images in their original long form. Although it is a lengthy infographic, I highly suggest reading it all, as it is very fascinating.

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Super Mario Beads {Videos}

by on Friday, November 18th, 2011

Mario Bead SpritesWe wanted to share some Friday fun with these well done stop-motion videos of Super Mario done with beads. The videos were done by Marcus and Hannes Knutsson. We have no idea how many hours were spent in making these, but we bet it was a ton after you consider all of the photo shooting and video editing.

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Typography Tuesday #6: KC Fonts Edition

by on Tuesday, November 15th, 2011

Typography Tuesday 6: KC FontsTypography is an artistic expression that excites us here at Matters of Grey. Every month we try to highlight unique typefaces with our monthly desktop wallpaper designs. We love seeing distinct displays of typography, and our Instagram account occasionally portrays type in everyday life.

As font fanatics, we want to bring attention to good designs and good artists. Typography Tuesday is yet another method to share fonts with our followers.

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New Foursquare Web Features

by on Tuesday, November 15th, 2011

Badges, specials, deals, points, comments, lists, and tips are a variety of the reasons why Foursquare is popular. The app has become more than just a checking in tool. I use Foursquare for seeing where my friends are, commenting, badges, and specials, in that order. Made primarily as a phone check-in application, Foursquare has been evolving to promote “discovery” more and more. Discovering new places, new specials, new tips via new features such as radar, and lists. With this emphasis on discovery, Foursquare will be rolling out a new web page over the next few days. This new web design, built from the ground up, is the first major change to their site since 2009.

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