Six Valentine’s Day nerdy guy gifts that aren’t lame

1. Microcontroller Cufflinks & Tie Tack - $80.00
If your man owns shirts with French cuffs, he desperately needs cufflinks to keep his shirt cuffs from flailing around awkwardly. Why not give him a set of these sophisticated black cufflinks & a tie tack in black and silver? They’re made from real microcontrollers (stripped-down integrated circuits that act as mini-microprocessors), which gives instant geek cred without looking tacky or that he’s trying too hard.

2. Pair of 2″ MIDI Cuffs -$100.00
These geeky rock star cuffs made from Musical Instrument Digital Interface cables are the perfect gift for your boy if he’s a DJ, laptop-or-otherwise musician, programmer punk, or just looks the part. Pick up two in the large size for most men, unless he’s of the rail-thin, heroin-chic sort, then you’re better off with the regular size.

3. Odin’s Rage Watch - $124.00
This sleek LED watch has a futuristic, innovative way for presenting the time. The large dot represents the hour hand on a clock and the small dot the minute. The four dots just above center represent the interim minutes. It’s also available in a black version, and if he likes the rock star cuff look, then the Lightmare Watch, with the same technology but width a wide rubber watch band would be just the thing.

4. Steel Goa Wave Binary Watch - $145.00
Nothing will show off your man’s intellectual prowess better as he decodes the sets of lit LEDs on its steel face into the current time. It’s displayed in binary format, which appears cryptic at first, but if you just add up the values indicated on each row, you’ll get the hours and minutes. Thankfully the lights stay off until a button is pushed, both to keep the battery power conserved and to keep your man from drawing unnecessary attention.

5. Duct Tape Hybrid BiFold Wallet - $25.00
Duct tape is not only incredibly useful (to hold in batteries on the back of a remote with a missing battery cover, hold together the project case of your latest BASIC Stamp prototype, and and keep power and data cables neat and tucked away), it makes a super strong, yet cool looking wallet. And unlike traditional duct tape that can start to peel or leak adhesive onto important pieces of paper, these Ducti wallets use Super Duct Tape that avoids all those problems.

6. Circuitboard Money Clip - $10.00
If your guy has a binder clip he “borrowed” from his office holding together his wad of cash, get him a circuitboard money clip in either green (traditional), blue (shown), or red (bold!).

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