Christmas Shopping Early for the Geek in Your Life

People Pay Money for This?

Thinking about Christmas early?  Good idea.  Avoiding the crazed shoppers during the shopping season is probably best for your health.  Why bother stepping foot in the overcrowded malls anyway?  Online shopping is in vogue,  but while looking for the perfect gift for the geek in us all, some of the strangest things every can be found. 

Oddities are expected, and commonly accepted from EBay, but looking around at some of the specialty sites online can truly make one sit and think, 'People pay money for that?'  Yet there are some truly innovative and outright whacky ideas that can make the perfect gift, if you can get your mind around the concept (and realize that just because it's geeky to you, doesn't mean it's geeky to them).

And while many are still concerned with the safety of shopping online, look at it this way.  The chances of you getting scammed are much much less than your chances of getting run down by some crazy last minute shopper in the parking lot  So take your chances, suck it up, and start clicking.

Here are a few crazy ideas to spice up the Christmas for the computer enthusiast in your life:

Jinx.com has some of the best geek gear, appealing to the gamer, the modder, and every designation in between.  The quality of the clothing is top notch and most of the slogans are absolutely hilarious.  Their crazy logo will stick in your head as well. 

Computergear.com boasts a wide range of products, from the practical to the practically insane.  A few of the standouts from it's offerings:

The Swiss Army Knife with usb flash drive: While some would consider this a bit overboard in the all in one department, functionality and style combine in this knife, repleat with a 64 meg usb flash memory drive.  What's one more thing added onto a swiss army knife anyway?  It's not like you know what half the things do to begin with.