Smart Lassy - A Shopping Blog & Store for Geek Girls

Sorry about the title. Couldn't help it. Anyway, I was searching for a cool gadget to add to the blog, and this was not only the coolest I could find, but possibly the most goofy-for-goofy's-sake as well. Display your love of Japanese cuisine by plugging in one of these sushi jump drives. From the 256 futomaki and sake drives to the 4 gig otoro drive, choose from a stunning array of "cuisine" that would put a california roll to shame. Only thing missing is the wasabi.

$65 - $249 at dynamism.com

Staring at the computer screen for long hours can wear on the eyes, and sometimes you need a little extra light. Try one of these adjustable, self-standing lamps that are powered by your USB port. Great for airplanes, car trips (unless you're the one driving), and blackouts ... as long as your laptop is charged.

$11.99. From Perpetual Kid.

If you're a new Mac user, you might not know that there are oodles of free and low-cost software available to do everything from balancing your checkbook to playing games to transfering files to fixing your fonts. If you're an experienced Mac user, you might know that one of the best places to find all these goodies is MacLife Magazine's Software Vault. Everything's categorized, so it's easy to find the tool you're looking for. Console yourself here the next time there's no .dmg version of what you're trying to download.

Some free, some priced as marked. From MacLife.

There was a time when Comic Sans was a cute font, back in the days when the alternative was Times New Roman. These days, there are loads of fonts to choose from. Stop choosing Comic Sans. Please. Enough with the Comic Sans. The Comic Sans, it makes designers physically uncomfortable. It's not cute anymore. It's tired and awful. Stop, stop, stop. Please stop. Stop now. Sizes Small - XL available. Made in the USA.

$18.99. From Ban Comic Sans on Cafe Press.

Many geek girls travel a lot for work, and if there's an airplane and a layover involved, having a laptop with you is essential. As much as we love our cute sling bags in pretty colors, we realized pretty quickly that when you have ten minutes to get from Concourse A to Concourse D in ATL (a distance of approximately 3,000 miles), having a 20-pound bag hanging from your neck sorta sucks. Happily, laptop bags now come in wheeled-luggage variety, and now they're pretty to boot. Now you can look chic while you lay the beat-down on people who stand still on the left side of the people-mover. Available in aqua, black, pink, green, red, and sand.

$161.96. From Luggage Online.

"I have a PowerBook G4 and a Mac Mini, both of which have the old Power PC processors, which is why I'm probably not going to upgrade to CS3 because Adobe optimized it for the new Intel processors. I just upgraded to Leopard, but I haven't set up Time Machine yet, and I really don't get this 'stacking' thing, so I might make a trip to the Genius Bar for a few pointers."

Did you understand any of that? If the answer is yes, you should buy this button. If you didn't understand it, you can still buy the pin, but just so no one thinks you're a poser, if anyone ever comes up to you and starts blathering Mac-speak, just roll your eyes and say, "Yeah, but remember OS9? And the G4 Cube? Gawd!" These quality pinback buttons measure 1.25" in diameter, and we'll trade you $1.95 for one, plus $1 shipping.

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Layers, vector masks, transparency. Gaussian blur, save for web, export to ImageReady. Regular eraser, magic eraser, or background eraser? Sound familiar? Then you, as a proud Photoshop professional, will love wearing this button to show off your graphic design acumen. They measure 1.25" in diameter and cost $1.95, plus $1 shipping.
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