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Geek Travel Adventure: Plan Ahead, Keep Your Gadgets Safe

Posted January 25th, 2013 by Anamaria with 1 Comment »

Traveling is more than just finding a location and paying for your trip there and an accommodation. Every trip should be an adventure, but even that adventure you need to plan out. OK, so you got your passport, your plane/bus/train ticket, you reserved your hotel, you know the destination, that’s great, I just prepared few tips that will make your trip more enjoyable and relaxing.

Plan where to go and what to see

After finding a destination, the best way to ensure that you’re going to seize the time i is to plan what to see. My favorite little helpers are Tripadvisor and Gogobot. You can find all the top locations, museums, restaurants and other interesting stuff using this websites. The best part is that you can decide what to see and what to skip just by reading reviews other users. It really helps a lot, I never had a single unpleasant experience following tips.

Google Maps are lifesaver when it comes to exploring big cities. My absolutely favorite thing about Google Maps is Google Transit. Seriously, if you manage to get lost after using this, you shouldn’t live your home. Ever. Google Transit makes you a route to come from A to B via public transportation and you get a schedule too! You won’t miss your car at all.

Maybe you would never consider using Flickr or Twitter for planning, but they can be really useful. Search your destination using into Flickr Places if you want to visit something that you won’t find in tourist guides. You’ll find a lot of cool places to see thanks to locals who know their neighborhood’s hidden secrets. Twitter is awesome for that too. Search your destination under a hashtag and you’ll probably cool  insights your guidebook will miss.

Take care of your gadgets

OK, so you’re leaving your geek-friendly zone and stepping outside into unknown. You need to get prepared so your gadgets (and you) don’t suffer.

If you don’t want to rely on finding a good internet cafe (I don’t know why am I mentioning this, of course you don’t), you need to get a cable lock for your laptop. You don’t want to know how many unsecured laptops get stolen in hotel rooms, so spare yourself the trouble and lock your loved laptop. Another thing, don’t forget to check does your hotel offer a free WiFi. You can also find a list of free WiFi spots worldwide on wififreespot.com.

If you need/like to be connected 24/7, like I do, you should get a prepaid SIM card in the country your visiting. Roaming is outrages expensive and local SIM cards are usually pretty cheap. I don’t need to explain how much easier is to have Internet on your phone when you’re traveling. Hello, Google Maps! If you have a locked phone and you can’t use other SIM cards, ask your carrier if they have any special offers for roaming, most of them have some roaming rates that will make using Internet a bit cheaper.

If you’re going to be gone for a longer time, consider investing in travel insurance to cover your expensive gear. It usually isn’t too expensive and you may even be able to get a replacement before you get home. This is awesome for anyone that has more than one gadget.

 

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James Bond’s Super Cool Gadgets That Actually Exist Today

Posted January 24th, 2013 by Anamaria with Comments Off

From all older movies, James Bond movies came the closest to predicting our today’s technology. Even today, when we watch old Bond movies, the gadgets are pretty impressive. Back then no one could imagine that we would use some of Bond’s gadgets every day.

Satellite Navigation/GPS

The most recognizable Bond vehicle , the Aston Martin DB5 first appeared in Goldfinger back in 1964.  Q never really explained how the tracking devive in the DB5 works, but is one we know today as Satellite Navigation, or a Global Positioning System (GPS). Today we use GPS to find a nearby restaurant, not for a smuggling kingpin, but considering that GPS wasn’t developed until the late 1960s, and not completed until 1994, Q was ahead of the time and that’s why we love him.

Underwater Camera

In Thunderball back in 1965, James uses  a nearly unbelievable gadget – an underwater camera. The prototype used in filming was known as the Calypso-Nikkor and it was an invention of Belgian engineer Jean De Wouters and Nikon. Actually it was designed for use by Jacques Cousteau, after the movie the camera became known as the ‘Nikonos’ line, and was the first widely-produced underwater camera.

Laser

First time we have seen a laser was in Goldfinger (1964) when Goldfinger tried to cut Bond in half  with a laser powerful enough to cut steel. We couldn’t even imagine that one day we will be able to buy a laser that fits in out pocket, even though we’re using it mostly to play with our cat.

Jetpack

In the 1965 movie Thunderball, James Bond uses Q’s Jetpack to escape from two gunmen after killing Jacques Bouvar. It was the coolest James Bond gadget ever featured in Bond movies. The Bell Rocket Belt is also known as the simulated Lunar Flying Vehicle and it was actually built by Bell Aerospace for NASA in the mid-Sixties. So, it’s real, I just don’t know why we don’t have one.

Fingerprint Scanner

Maybe you remember it from Diamonds Are Forever (1971) when Bond fooled a biometric scanner by a fake fingerprint.  No one knew that we would have that small fingerprint scanners all around us, like on our computers and smartphones, but it’s way too sophisticated to be fooled by a lifeless prosthesis that James used. Sorry James.

 

Fake fingerprints

As I mentioned, Bond fooled a biometric scanner by a fake fingerprint in Diamonds Are Forever (1971). In fact, scientists have managed to create artificial handprints that even trick biometric systems. I actually found a how-to make a fake fingerprint, even though I’m sure most of today’s scanners won’t recognize it as a print.

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Coffee VS. Rational Behavior

Posted January 23rd, 2013 by Anamaria with Comments Off

I try to publish one blog post daily and sometimes I have so much work that by the end of my day I’m too tired to type. This time I decided to make a video instead of writing a post. That wasn’t one of my brightest ideas. It was after midnight and I was so tired, and it was my first time making a video. After watching it today, I almost fell asleep and I needed not one, but two coffees. I’m talking way to slow being too careful how I’m talking, since English isn’t my native language, and it’s taking me forever to say everything I planned to say.

I’m still posting this, since I spent a lot of time making it (believe me, other videos are worse) and please bear with me.  I’ll do my best to make the next video better. Even though I’m talking how you should stop drinking coffee, get one before watching this video, you’ll need it. :)

 

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Geek Tips For Planning Your Wedding

Posted January 21st, 2013 by Anamaria with Comments Off

The Big Day should be the happiest day of your life, but everyone who ever planned a wedding knows how stressful that can be. There are some really cool easy-to-use apps and websites that will make your life easier and planning fun. And it should be fun, it’s your wedding. :)
 

Noeeva

OS: iOs, Android
Purpose: all-in-one wedding planner
Price: Free

Noeeva has so many useful features, I can’t decide which one I like the most. Save the date is basically as social part of this app, you can share the wedding date with your loved ones so they can reserve that date only for your wedding. Make your wedding to do lists, control your budget with Budgeter, manage your guest list. Schedule your appointments and payments, guys will have no excuse when they miss important wedding planning appointments. You can even plan your honeymoon on this app.

noeeva.com
 

Google Weddings

Purpose: all-in-one web planner
Price: Free

Google Weddings are basically wedding-specific templates in Google Sites, Google Docs and Picnik for save-the-dates, wedding websites, planning materials, invitations and more. It’s simple and it’s easy to use, and believe me, it helps a lot when you are completely clueless when it comes to planning a wedding. Also, Google found a wedding planner Michelle Rago to provide tips and guidance on which designs to use.

google.com/weddings
 

Wedding Dress Look Book

OS: iOS, Android
Purpose: finding the perfect dress
Price: Free

Future brides to be, if you’re busy and and you don’t have that much time to try on every single dress, you will love this app. You just need to put in details of the sort of build you are, your personality, your best features, problem areas and the app will the sift through offers and come up with some suggestions to make you look your very best. After finding a prefect type of the wedding dress, dress shopping will be easy.

wedding.theknot.com
 

WordPress wedding

Purpose: wedding websites
Price: Free

Take your wedding planing to the next level and make your own wedding website. This is the best way to keep your guests informed about all of the details of your wedding day. Your guests can use your WordPress wedding website to RSVP. You can create an online guestbook for your friends and family to leave messages. There’s also a widget to track how many days are left until the Big Day. You can blog about your wedding and you can add maps so your guests don’t get lost. My favorite part of this is that after your wedding you can have your guests upload images and videos straight to your website.

wordpress.com/weddings
 
If you’re planning a wedding, we hope we helped to make it easier and we wish you all the best in your married life. :)

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Apps That Make Managing Money (And Your Life) Easier

Posted January 20th, 2013 by Anamaria with Comments Off

Managing money can get really complicated sometimes. At one point, you’ll forget to pay a bill, forget that Reward Card when you need it… We have some simple solutions for those problems.
 

Key Ring

OS: iOS, Android, Windows Phone, BlackBerry
Price: Free

I must confess that I cried of happiness when I found this app. OK, how many Reward Cards do you have? I have just (I have a problem) 16 different cards. Now try to find a wallet with enough space for every single card you own. Most of the time, Reward Cards don’t get their own little space in your wallet. This app is so cool. You can finally get rid of unnecessary plastic and use your smartphone instead. It’s so easy to use it – open the app, scan the barcodes of your membership cards and just get the app ready when you’re in the checkout line. What if a store’s barcode scanners can’t scan your phone, you say? The app has an option for “unable to scan” and it gives your rewards number for the card you need.

keyringapp.com
 

Manilla

OS: iOS, Android
Price: Free

Things like paying bills seems pretty important, right? And we know that not all of us are really good with organisation and remembering when we need to pay for what. I could be a billionaire and still have my mobile provider kill the service because I forgot to pay my bills. Manilla is perfect for this, you can manage every single bill using it. This app will send you a text message or email to tell you when it’s time to pay your bills.

manilla.com
 

Venmo

OS: iOS, Android
Price: Free

You know those situations when you’re hanging out with your friends and by the end of the night you need to split the bill? Some have cash, others would like to use a credit card… It gets complicated every single time. Sending money to your friends using Venmo is a peace of cake. It makes life easier for everyone, especially if you need to split rent, utilities, dinner, drinks, movies, concert tickets, birthdays… anything really.

venmo.com

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Back To The Future Predictions That Never Came True

Posted January 19th, 2013 by Anamaria with Comments Off

Back in the days, everyone was obsessed with Back to the Future. Second part of that famous trilogy had some really cool predictions for the future, to be precise, for 2015. We still have two more years to go, but most of those cool things are ages away from being a part of our reality.

The Black & Decker Food Hydrator

The electric food dehydrator is an oven-like device, you put in a miniature version of the food you want to eat and seconds later you’re enjoying a fresh full size meal. We’re not even close to having compact food like that.

Thumbprint instead of credit cards

In the movie, Biff pays for a cab by just pressing his thumb onto a machine. We just (almost) replaced cash with credit cards. Way the go, modern society. The intriguing thing is that we are slowly replacing keys and passwords with our thumbprints, but we won’t have a portable ATM on our finger any time soon. Sorry, guys.

Flying cars

As a kid, I honestly thought we’d have flying cars by now. Back to the Future thought that also. That 20 years younger version of me is crying every time I think how disappointing that is. Electric cars are still a big deal and people are still a bit skeptical about them. We’re ages from any sign of flying cars.

People working out while eating

We are living in the time where obesity is one of the biggest health problems. Did you notice that year 2015 in Back to the Future doesn’t have any obese people? Did you notice people working out at the restaurant while eating? We still have two years until 2015, but I doubt we will solve the problem with obesity.

Hoverboard

Back in the days when Back to the Future came out, every single kid wanted a Hoverboard. We can’t say that no one tried to make one, but every single time it was a fail. Or it was a success, but it wasn’t the Hoverboard. The criteria is simple – it needs to a) be a board and b) hover. The closest try was a replica of the Howerboard, but it needs some help to hover and it can’t take a lot of weight. There are still two years left until 2015 and we can still dream and hope for a miracle, right?

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Working on a new product – WTFShirt

Posted January 17th, 2013 by Pedja with 2 Comments »

I hope your new year started successfully. Instead of a hangover, we in WTFJeans started our year in creative mood. I wanted to let you know that since the New Year’s party we started working on a new product, a male shirt.

Working on a new product - WTFShirt

From the very beginning of WTFJeans project, we wanted to make products that we personally need and products that are hard to find in other shops. We will remain true to that idea when it comes to designing WTFShirt.

So it happens that after covering our butts, we need to put something on our shoulders too. At the same time, we do not want it to be yet another in a series of shirts that will look like every other shirt. We want to make a shirt that is cool, but functional – integration of the smartphone pocket was mandatory :)

We presented our problem to the engineers and designers from the manufacture and they are now working on the first prototype which should be done in approximately 15 days. As soon as they finish it, we will show you how we envision our WTFShirt. Until then, if you have some ideas for WTFShirt design, what would you want to see and buy – feel free to contact us at pedja [at] wtfjeans [dot] com. With great pleasure, we will consider each and every idea.

For everyone that still didn’t get their pair of WTFJeans V2, we are offering a discount code worth $10 that you can use until the end of January, or send it to someone as a gift. During the purchase, just enter a promo code: JAN2013 and voilà ;)

Once again, thank you for all the support you are giving us!

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Everyday Cosplay: Dress Like Your Favorite Character

Posted January 16th, 2013 by Anamaria with Comments Off

Cosplay is usually reserved only for conventions and events like Comic-Con, but I don’t see the reason why we wouldn’t be able to dress like out favorite characters every day. Yeah OK, maybe your boss won’t be glad to see you dressed up like Iron Man, but you can find some characters that dress appropriate for everyday life.
 

Sheldon Lee Cooper

Dressing like Sheldon is pretty easy, you’ll need just a cool T-shirt with a geek print. You can find cool T-shirts on websites like ThinkGeek, you can’t go wrong with shirts with a superhero print, the famous Sheldon Green Lantern shirt is from ThinkGeek. Wear the T-shirt over a long sleeve shirt and don’t worry what pants to wear, any jeans or cargo pants will be awesome (even though we know Sheldon would love WTFJeans).
 

Captain Malcom Reynolds

Every Firefly fan loves Cpt Mal and the way he dresses. Find a brown (or any other earthy solid color) collared, buttoned, long sleeved shirt and a cream or gray pants. Shirts and pants similar to ones that Captain wore, you can find at Wild West Mercantile. Don’t forget to get suspenders! If you thing that wearing boots would be too much to wear them every day, just wear normal shoes, and leave boots, and pistol belt for geek conventions and costume parties. And don’t forget to get a cool coat, JonathanALogan has a big offer of Movie Star jackets, so they have the Malcom Jacket too.
 

Doctor Who

If you’re looking for a more gentleman-like look, Doctor Who is your guy. Any buttoned long sleeved shirt will do the trick, just find a right bow tie for it and suspenders in a matching color. Finding the right jacket won’t be a problem to find, it’s pretty fashionable these days, and you’ll find it in any clothing store. You can wear just normal jeans on it, instead of dressy shoes, Converse All Star will look awesome. In the end, most importantly, don’t forget the trench coat. You can find it in almost any store, but also you can order an authentic coat online at abbyshot.com.

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Must-Have Geek Clothing Items

Posted January 15th, 2013 by Anamaria with Comments Off

Geek clothing are not just shirts with clever prints on it, at least not anymore. Besides yours truly WTFJeans, today you can find geek shoes, dresses, skirts, bags, ties, baby clothes… you name it.
 

Converse All Star Super Mario

If you are a late 80′s or early 90′s kid, you’ll probably die to have these shoes. Just ask yourself will the child in you hate you if you don’t get them. That’s your answer. P.S. It’s a rare and limited edition, so don’t think twice.

[via Cool High Tops]
 

HALO Zero messenger bag

All of us who like to/have to walk or ride a bike in dark know how risky can it be. HALO Zero bag has an embedded LED fiber optic strip which is powered by two CR2025 batteries and lasts 20 hours on solid mode. The bag is black, but you can get LED in green, yellow, blue or red. Also, it has three modes: strobe, flash, and solid.

[via Kickstarter]
 

Steampunk heels with LEDs

I don’t know a single geek girl who wouldn’t want a pair of these shoes. The back part of the shoes are covered with gears, and the heels and toes are illuminated with blue or red LEDs.

[via Fashionably Geek]
 

Circuit board tie

Actually, not a lot of geeks I know like to wear ties, but I’m sure they would change their minds after seeing this one. The circuit board print is printed so carefully that it looks like the real thing.

[via Etsy]
 

Doctor Who Tardis baby tutu

Geek clothes are not reserved only for geeks, geek parents now have an opportunity to dress up their little ones (and pray they will turn into geeks one day). Doctor Who tutu is one of cutest baby clothes I’ve ever seen and you don’t need to wait for your baby to get big enough to wear this, there’s a size available even for newborns.

[via Etsy]
 

Princess Leia costume

If mommy and daddy are true Star Wars fans, they should make sure they teach their kids right from the day one. Every little girl will look adorable in Princess Leia costume and one day she will be thankful for all the cool geek photos she has.

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