There are certain essentials every geeky girl needs: a t-shirt with clever print and/or an allusion to a cult/sci-fi television show; an endearing passion for some facet of education that no one else cares about; a potential lack of interest and/or know-how in regard to fashion; and finally, of course, the latest gadgetry. If you’re on the illustrious path toward female geekdom and are looking for a place to pick up your required merch, then we’ve got just the place (thinkgeek.com), and a couple suggestions to start you off (listed below).

1.) Nabaztag Wifi Smart Rabbit



This rascally rabbit is functionally adorable and full of both practical and impractical usage for the budding girl geek. Not only does it light up in varying patterns of interesting colors and wiggle its ears at you in that oh-so cute fashion, but it can also do things that will actually, you know, help you in everyday life. This spans from alerting you of new emails, to telling you about the weather, to informing you of the daily news, to teaching you tai chi. It also plays music and will occasionally speak with you about whatever rabbits have to speak about. Not only that, but apparently if you have two of these Wifi Smart Rabbits, they can get married and will then synchronize their movements so that everything they do occurs in unison. I suppose Nabaztag is suggesting something of the nature of the institution in their design of these little bunnies, but we’ll overlook that for now. The long and short of it is that these little desk mates are a great way of keeping abreast of the newest developments that pertain to you. The site even says that soon it will be able to give you reports on the traffic or “if your train is running late”, which not only means that there’s more mileage to be had out of these little guys, but that their capabilities are ever-expanding.

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2.) Hidden Wall Safe

This one is actually less geeky and generally just really clever and useful. A faux-outlet, designed, obviously, to replicate other outlets you have in your home, pulls out to reveal a compartment in which you can store your valuables just in case a burglar ever decides to prowl around. At a mere $8, this is significantly less expensive than an actual safe and is certainly a much less obvious place for thieves to search for your stuff. Unless, of course, burglars like to frequent Doublevixen, in which case I apologize in advance. Assuming otherwise, however, this seems a very smart investment if you have paranoia about your jewelry and other expensive items getting swiped.

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3.) UV Disinfectant Wand



If you’re somewhat neurotic, like I am, about missing work or school for fear of the inevitably overwhelming amount of activities and assignments you’ll have to make up in your absence, this might be a good investment for keeping the germs at bay. It looks like a cellphone, but if you were to put it at your ear you’d probably get cancer (even though, purportedly, cellphones do that anyway). You’re meant to use it on your mouse, keyboard, phone, or any other item that frequently comes in contact with humanity and the germs they carry so that said germs can be promptly zapped and destroyed by the ultra-violet radiation that the wand emits. 10 seconds is enough to kill 99.9% of germs and bacteria living on the surfaces and objects that you frequently come in contact with in everyday life. So, as the site suggests, if a co-worker is coughing up a lung all over keyboard, you can get rid of the germs they’ve spread and then happily type away. It is, of course, imperative to note that this item should not be used on the skin under any circumstance, or on any other fleshy surface.

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4.) Driving LED Emoticon



Angry driver? I know I am occasionally, although I have absolutely no right to be given the fact that my own skills are horrendous (shame on me for perpetuating not only the ‘women can’t drive’ stereotype, but also the ‘Asians can’t drive’ stereotype), but sometimes people are just assholes without me having a hand in it at all. Tailgating, lack of signals, you name it, they do it. This particular gadget allows you to talk back without resorting to other methods of angry conveyance, and it also gives you the opportunity to express gratitude to nice drivers, however infrequent your associations with them may be. You can display a smiling face, a frowning face, the words “thanks”, “back off”, and “idiot”. While you will look like the dorkiest driver on the road, at least you’ll be able to speak clearly to those around you; lord knows I’ve wanted people to get off the ass of my car before, void of a way of telling them so. The device attaches to the back window through the use of a suction cup, is wireless and is also battery powered, controlled by a unit that you keep by you at the front of the car.

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5.) iSmile Flowerpot Speaker



If you have a predilection for cute things (which you can probably gauge by whether or not you were actually considering buying the Wifi rabbit discussed earlier) as well as a fondness for music, this might be something you’re interested in. It’s very Japanese, as you might expect, as neon colors and the cheerful personification of inanimate or un-emotive objects are their expertise. When you plug your iPod into the appropriate space in the back and start to play music, the flower lights up and begins to smile and dance to the rhythm of the tunes. If the song is slower, it will “sigh and grin”, and then when the beat increases, so will the speed of the moves it performs. “But,” the website states, “when things get too quiet, your sweet electronic friend looks sad and blue, gets bored, and eventually goes to sleep.”  So, you know, if you’re into that sort of thing.

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