Retrospectacle: A Neuroscience Blog

Nerdtastic Accessory Trifecta

Posted by Shelley Batts on June 2, 2007
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Ancient nerd legend has it that anyone in possession of these three things will have REAL ULTIMATE POWER.

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Its a pin. Its a synapse neuron. Sweet.

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From now on all my eating and drinking implements will display the chemical structure of their contents.

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Pong. Batteries. Shirt. Need I say more?

Those last two came from the ever-awesome ThinkGeek, but the neuron pin came from an amazing site aptly-named Neuromart. Neuromart contains items of such phenomenal nerditude that I died a little inside that I didn’t think of it first. Neuromart, I salute you.

Hat tips to Charlie and darkman.

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  1. #1 PeterC
    June 2, 2007

    Erm WARNING: THE MATERIALS USED AS COLORED DECORATIONS ON THE EXTERIOR OF THIS PRODUCT (CAFFEINE MUG) CONTAIN LEAD AND/OR CADMIUM, CHEMICALS KNOWN TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO CAUSE BIRTH DEFECTS OR OTHER REPRODUCTIVE HARM. I think I’d prefer things that were labelled on the exterior with the chemical structure of what’s on the exterior.

  2. #2 darkman
    June 2, 2007

    not a synapse… that’s a neuron pin, right? or it could be the most neuron-looking synapse i’ve ever seen.

  3. #3 Shelley
    June 2, 2007

    So buy two neuron pins. :)

    PeterC, maybe that would explain why it was on clearance. Hrmmmmm….

  4. #4 Bill
    July 2, 2007

    My boss in grad school had that mug….ewww.