#thinkgeek.com

[ladydouji]

Pouring one out for Thinkgeek.com today. I loved their yearly parade of April Fool’s product releases. Even as they became not so subtle market research after thousands of geeks cried out and demanded the Tauntaun sleeping bag be made into a real product.

Still wish they had made the brain bleach April Fool’s prank product into a real thing. Maybe some sort of energy drink?

[designmiss]

Cube Laser Virtual Keyboard https://www.design-miss.com/cube-laser-virtual-keyboard/ Cube Laser Virtual Keyboard è un laser che proietta una tastiera virtuale sulla vostra scrivania, utile per scrivere con l’iPad o l’iPhone senza toccare lo schermo. Si può acquistare qui. […]

[apas-95]

im gonna do it. im gonna bring back being a gamergirl in 2025. operator, get me thinkgeek.com. and boot up the xbox live. im goin in

[corvidcall]

got too high and got really upset that the website thinkgeek.com no longer exists. how am i supposed to know what nerds think is cool and fun now

[flipocrite]

I remember thinkgeek.com had a device like this – it could make various beeps or chirps at wholly random intervals and was small enough to hide in a ceiling tile or tape behind the tv

one of the settings was a few seconds of cricket noises before going silent for the next few hours

With a good battery, the device can easily last for 5 or 10 years, although the walls probably won't.

Alert Sound [Explained]

Transcript

[A loud sound appears out of nowhere in the upper left part of the panel, around the word are many small lines going away from it and before the word there is a warning emoji. In the lower right corner Cueball is sitting in an office chair at his desk in front of his computer. He is holding his hands to his head and begins by shouting and then talking.] ⚠ Boop! Cueball: Aaaaa! Cueball: I heard it again! Cueball: Where is that coming from!?

[Caption below the panel:] It turns out living well is only the second best revenge. The best revenge is making a tiny hole in someone's wall and dropping in a battery-powered capsule that, every 6-12 hours, plays the alert sound of a USB device connecting.

[margret-jons-blog]

How To Make Money without Charging a Dime: Tips for Accepting Donations Online

While there are many ways to make money online, the vast majority involve selling a product – be it yours or someone else's. But have you ever considered offering great content or software for free, and then allowing your visitors and fans to reward your good work through giving you donations? It's simple - you provide your visitors with the opportunity to say “thank you” through either monetary donations or buying you things that you want. This might not be the method to use if you're looking to make huge money, but it can be a lucrative source of extra income. And perhaps best of all, you don't need to feel you're pushing anything on your customers or asking them to buy more stuff they don't need or want. Visitors reward you when they choose to, and because they don't feel pressured, they can sometimes be even more generous than if you were trying to sell them the latest greatest product. Here are 8 tips on how to make the donation business model work for your website... 1. Offer quality content that truly helps your readers. This is true on any website, but especially important if you're going to ask for donations. The more your content helps your readers, the more likely they are to want to send you a monetary 'thank you.' 2. If your content doesn't provide helpful information, then it should entertain. Perhaps you're especially funny, or you're up on the latest news in your niche. You've got to offer your visitors some type of real value to get donations. 3. Don't be afraid to ask. “Did you find this information helpful? Then please help us to continue providing this great info in the future by supporting us. Any amount is helpful and greatly appreciated.” 4. Make a wish list on Amazon and post a link to your wish list on your website. “Have I helped you? If you would like to express your appreciation, please feel free to buy me a book.” 5. Don't be afraid to place expensive items on your wish list. Optimally you want to choose items from a couple of dollars all the way to a hundred dollars or more, because you never know who will be buying you a 'thank you.' It could be a rich person whom you've just given a stellar idea that will make him/her thousands of dollars, and they might be the one to buy you that expensive $599.00 espresso machine you've been thirsting for. 6. You don't have to confine yourself to Amazon: More and more online companies are offering wish lists. For example, thinkgeek.com, barnesandnoble.com, dickblick.com and containerstore.com all offer wish lists, as do hundreds of other retail websites. 7. Instead of wish lists, let them send you money. For example, “Buy me a cup of coffee” is a popular way of asking for donations. You then give them Paypal options of buying you anything from a single cup of coffee ($3-$5) to a case of beer, or dinner for two. You choose the options offered and the donation for each. And you can also create an option where they choose the amount to send to you. “Was this post helpful to you? Then please buy me a cup of coffee.” 8. Don't get pushy. You're providing them the chance to be nice and return some of the benefits you've offered to them on your website. You're not trying to “sell” them on sending you money or gifts. Selling products online is certainly the most direct path to earning profits, but there are a growing number of high profile websites, and everyday bloggers who are making a pretty penny through donations. If you are creating quality content, give your visitors the option to reward you in this way, and you may be surprised at how much money you were leaving on the table before trying this out. Read the full article

[beardedbarba]

ThinkGeek is a wonderful site

ThinkGeek, I appreciate and enjoy how you know exactly who your target market is.

[club-crimsyn]

Jun. 29th, 2010

It's a veritable downloadapalooza here today... Finally finished up the Dr. Who items I was working on forever and a day ago. This set includes a TARDIS, Dalek, K-9, Dalek poster, three shirts, and... a pair of jeans. They have little Union Jacks on the butt, so they're related.  We'll say. TARDIS, Dalek, and K-9 originally for TS2 by ogularama.com; Dalek Victory image from BBC.co.uk; shirt images from thinkgeek.com and glarkware.com. Do whatever you want with these as long as you keep said whatever the hell off paysites. Is this how time normally passes – really slowly, in the right order? DOWNLOAD

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[sweet-marie]

i was so obsessed with doctor who for like a year when i was 12 / 13. i remember almost nothing about it now. sometimes i think about the shit i could have bought instead of all the fucking doctor who merch i got from thinkgeek.com but that’s just how it is. it made me happy at the time, so

[designmiss]

Zaino Nintendo NES https://www.design-miss.com/zaino-nintendo-nes/ Lo Zaino Nintendo NES, a forma dello storico joystick della console nipponica a 8bit, è un cult per i vecchi nerd. È possibile acquistarlo qui o qui.  

[howlingblaster]

“Ah time to check the only April fools day thing that’s ever actually been funny and nice: thinkgeek fake products”

[thinkgeek.com shut down in July 2019 and is now just Gamest*p.com]

Ah. I see.

[classicmarvelera]

Corner Box Art - A Classic Marvel Tradition

It is quite usual to find fans of comic book cover art but finding fans of a small, yet important part of it is a rarity

Marvel Comics in the silver-age started the concept of corner boxes on its covers which would show figureheads of the characters starring in a particular comic title

The corner box tradition carried on for decades or till the early 90s until they got replaced by logos of characters to mark a change in approach until they were abandoned for good. However, what remains noticeable about the corner boxes is not just the art but a cult-following they enjoy. For examples on instagram, cornerboxart is an account that enjoys more than a thousand followers. This account is dedicated to promoting and preserving Marvel’s corner box art through its posts . Similarly, there are many accounts on pinterest that share and celebrate the classic, yet now abandoned, tradition. Even CBR did an appreciation piece on them back in 2016  

Like the comic book covers, these memorable works of art are now recognized as part of the pop-art culture/craze. ThinkGeek.com’s home & office decor section is addressing the demand of corner box decor items and with the passage of time, the following is on the rise as more and more geeks, comic book converts are realizing the importance of the greatest era in comics 

 In the end, whoever made this “mother of all” corner box art (below) has done a great service to the community as well as paid the best tribute to all the artists who gave Classic Marvel fans wonderful memories 

Buy: Marvel Comics - 75 Years of Cover Art 

[flange5]

for the next day with the code DOORBUSTER, this 12″x14″ bowl is $9, rather than $45. I am ... tempted. SO TEMPTED

EDIT--whoops--it’s at thinkgeek.com

[ask-glados]

Attention: All Test Subjects and Personnel

“Your personal living quarters in the Relaxation Center will be recieving a mandatory upgrade. Your current shower curtains are being replaced with our latest line of Aperture Shower Curtains —— which now contain even more science than before! They also include a self-contained portal, allowing you to step in and out of the tub with ease. Enjoy~”

[image source: thinkgeek.com/product/8a2f/ ]

[shadow27]

"On July 2nd, 2019, @thinkgeek will be moving in with our parent company GameStop. ... http://Thinkgeek.com will not exist anymore and will redirect to Gamestop’s website." 

I had a number of friends work at TG and the founders were/are friends of many of my circle. I applied for and didn’t get a job there (despite being able to draw Boba Fett in under 60 seconds), but they were SUPER nice to me and even suggested some touch-ups to my CV.

Sorry to see ya go