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Ask Slashdot: Geek-Friendly Business Accessories?
As a departure from the usual Ask Slashdot
faire, we have this question from
Jonas Öberg:
"There's quite a lot of misc nerd
accessories out there, such as T-Shirts,
pens, and mousepads. I've even seen
hacker-related underwear! But where's the
salvation for us nerds who must spend our
days in business environments? Are there some
really cool wallets, briefcases, clocks or
other cool things out there somewhere?"
Underwear? Now I have seen it all! But
really, if handhelds like the PalmPilot don't
make this list, I'll really be surprised!
There are tons of catalogues out there of cheapo giveaway items like pens, etc. that can be silkscreened with company logos, slogans, etc,
I don't see why you couldn't slap a sideways smiley onto one of them.
Most of it is business-related stuff, too.
Jon
All opinions expressed herein are my own, and not those of my employers, who are appalled.
Unfortunately, I have no idea where it came from or how long its been here since it has been here far longer than I have. So my post isn't very useful as far as acquiring one's own. I suppose making one wouldn't be hard, though.
http://www.vireference.com/vimug.htm
Well... Copyleft mentions the possibility of ties on their site, but it has been a long time since that was suggested and I have seen nothing. I am not quite in on the business end of things just yet, but my school has a dress code and some geek ties would be good to have. Anyway... maybe someone will get the right idea and start producing these things.
- Aaron
I have a nice time planner from tempus. You can order it at www.tempus.de. The only drawback is, that you can't get the paper inserts in every US store. Oh, the cover is made of circuit boards of course. By the way, the Tech museum store in San Jose, CA has some nice pencil cases, etc too. ciao, florian
One thing that I did find the most useful on rootshell.com was one of their banner ads. http://www.my-mug.com has a just about everything you might find in a gift shop with a surface flat and smooth enough to draw on for sale, and they let you suppply the graphics through a CGI. Thankfully, they let you know in advance what the idea size of the image should be, and you can order single items just as easily as bulk. The site certainly seems like a good place to start if you're thinking about making some smart-arsed novelty item and don't feel like shelling out $$$ for a minimum lot that would leave you swamped in coffee mugs with the name of your website misspelled. ;)
(for example... I have a "Hacker Inside" logo that's just begging to become a front license tag on my car...)
Basically, do a search for "promotional items" and they'll be coming out of the woodwork.
A brief list:
Some things have to be ordered in bulk, still...
For OTAKON, we give out customized fortune cookies.
Jon
All opinions expressed herein are my own, and not those of my employers, who are appalled.
Computer Gear is the best.
-- Liquor up front, poker in the rear.
These guys make the most stylish and functional briefcases in the world. Waterproof and made of aluminum. I have seen anodized aluminum from them in bright colors like lime, fly yellow, and cobalt blue. These a briefcases for the fasionable geek. http://rootintl.com/halliburton/
http://www.buythebest.com/comp_case.html
They make laptop cases, camera cases, briefcases, cigar humidors, and many other functional and useful cases.
pronoblem
I don't know if these are available or not, just struck me as a good idea. you take a polo shirt(or golf shirts?, the knit ones, with a collar), and replace the little horse with a penguin...
just an idea...
Use this link to see the Tux stuff...and after the upload choose boxershorts under 'Wearables'.
http://www.my-mug.com/art/linux.html
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I've had a ZH, and now have a toolkit made from a Pelican Case (same thing, but polycarbonate, for expensive cameras). I dont carry it on airplanes anymore, since every snot-nosed security guard learns that the only thing ever carried in these is hard drugs. But just asking you to open it and look at the stuff inside is too simple for them. They will pull you off to a small room and search everything, wait for the dogs to show up, etc.
:-)
I got smart after about the third trip, that I really don't need to protect my electronics that well. Now I just use a cardboard box, and they dont care. Only lost one color LCD screen in about 40 trips.
But the cases are cool, when you have to go to a customer site and impress the shit out of the suits. They can be very "james bondish" if done right
And yes, I made my own. True geeks always assemble their own stuff.
Hemos is like...sci-fi fans;he thinks technology is cool, but he hasn't bothered to understand the science it's based on
Last fall I visited the Computer Museum in Boston , whose gift store had a wide variety of items made from old circuit boards -- binders, notebooks, planners . . . I think they even had a breifcase. I bought a gorgeous pair of earrings there made from chip frames.
An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered. -- G.K. Chesterton
I don't know about you, but I'm wearing Mozilla underwear right now! Unfortunately, it seems to have been discontinued: along with all other Mozilla items! I can't find any of them in the Netscape store. There used to be a ton of things with Mozilla on them: beach towels, hats, there was even a Mozilla beanie baby. But no more.
This is a sad day.
(A few weeks ago I was riding my bicycle in downtown SF, and someone saw my mozilla.org sticker and yelled out, ``Go Mozilla!'' I thought that was pretty cool.)