Gurl Geek Glam

Gurl Geek jewelry! Who knew a dendrite, which is a crystal that grows in a tree-like structure (think branches of coral in the sea) could be so fashionable? And not only that, YOU GET TO DESIGN YOUR OWN! One-of-kind Gurl Geek jewelry! BONUS!

These works of art are made of stainless steel, hung from an 18" sterling silver chain, and are absolutely gorgeous! And priced at just $60, you get to express your inner dendrite for a song.

Design your very own at Nervous System, and check out their other beautifully geeky wearables while you're there!

For the gurl geek on the go, you just can't beat Vivienne Tam's digital clutch, actually a HP®Mini 1000® laptop. Think of it as a high-fashion notebook, and it's loaded with geeky goodness.

This baby weighs a slight 2.5lbs., has an almost full-size keyboard and can keep you up to date with your email, IMs, and surfing while the webcam and microphone keep the chat going as you fashionably go through your day. This baby even sports a 10.1" (diagonal) BrightView Infiinity display, and it's all wrapped in Tam's Spring 2009 peony print.

The geek aspect:
Intel®Atom™ N270 Processor®
Intel®Graphics Media Accelerator 950 graphics card
Microsoft®Works 9
Windows®Internet Explorer 7
Windows®Media Player 11
1GB of RAM
60GB HDD
10.3"H x 6.56"W x .99"D
One-year hardware parts and labor warranty and award-winning toll-free 24/7 support
ENERGY STAR® qualified

The glam aspect:
It's a gorgeous red and pink with a red keyboard, but what the heck do you do when it doesn't coordinate, hmmmmmmmm?

$699.99 at neimanmarcus.com

Rhinestones are a funny thing. They can be gorgeous but it's oh-so-easy for them to cross over into beyond trashy that it takes a particular skill to use them well and still retain a certain elan. Like the rhinestone-studded laptop from which I glam your day... not a Hello Kitty in sight, just white sparkly goodness. Geeky sparkle without the "I shop at K-Mart" factor. Flashy but not trashy, with a certain amount of wry humor thrown in for good measure (it is a Gateway piece o' crap, afterall).

And then there's The Rhinestone Elite. I give you the Sonoro Stardust Elements alarm clock. Sure, it has all the requisite geeky stuff like an AM/FM radio, an iPod/MP3 player, station presets and adjustable bass and treble settings, but let's face it... this baby does bling and it does it well. Really well. Really, really well. 3,900 hand-applied Swarovski rhinestones in an incredibly elegant vine design well.

This baby ain't cheap, but if you've ever tried to hand apply rhinestones to anything, much less an award-winning electronic device, you know why it ain't cheap. And besides, have you seen the price of Swarovski flatbacks lately? Think of it as jewelry for your night table. You need one of these.

$2,500.00 (nope, not a typo) at BurkeDecor.com. And my birthday is next month, in case you were wondering.

I'm half Irish. I have paler skin than Michael Jackson. I have freckles. I don't *do* sun. Ever. Of course I'm also a gurl geek, so I'm not usually awake during daylight hours anyway. But if I were to actually leave the house during daylight hours for any longer than it takes me to walk down the drive and grab the snail mail while screaming, "Bright light! Bright light!" I'd definitely use one of these. Besides, it's pink.

What is it you ask? Why, it's the UA-MY UVB bracelet, of course! This lightweight and fashionably geeky bracelet actually changes color depending on the current amount of UVB radiation you are exposing your skin cells to as you cultivate a lovely malignant melanoma. The pinker it gets, the sooner you're gonna die. Wear one next time you go to a tanning salon, and then ask the manager (in the lobby using a loud, attention-getting voice) how she can justify claiming it's "safe tanning" when your bracelet is beaming a day-glo pink warning signal.

Available for the princely sum of $3.95 from X-tremeGeek.com. Did I mention it's pink?