# Good sites for gadgety things **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 6, 2005, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-sites-for-gadgety-things/297959 "2005-04-06T01:24:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2005, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-sites-for-gadgety-things/297959/1 "2005-04-06T01:24:13Z")
Loves me my gadgets, I does. I’ve even ordered a few from a couple of websites. My favorites are: [Hammacher Schlemmer](http://www.hammacher.com/) (wife currently has the progression wake up clock) [Sharper Image](http://www.sharperimage.com/) and [I Want One of Those](http://www.iwantoneofthose.com) Anyone have any other favorites, or just links to a certain gadget in particular? ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2005, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-sites-for-gadgety-things/297959/2 "2005-04-06T01:37:02Z")
Not specifics but general weblogs, but I put Gizmodo and Engadget on my daily circut. ---
**Author:** ![Pride\_of\_the\_Peaches](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Pride\_of\_the\_Peaches](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pride_of_the_Peaches)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2005, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-sites-for-gadgety-things/297959/3 "2005-04-06T01:37:09Z")
[http://www.thinkgeek.com](http://www.thinkgeek.com) has quite a bit of stuff . . . As the name suggests, the geekier you are the better! ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2005, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-sites-for-gadgety-things/297959/4 "2005-04-06T01:38:03Z")
> [@SolGrundy](#): > > daily circut. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![lizardling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@lizardling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lizardling)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2005, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-sites-for-gadgety-things/297959/5 "2005-04-06T02:34:07Z")
[pocketpcthoughts](http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com) Second the thinkgeek recommendation. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2005, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-sites-for-gadgety-things/297959/6 "2005-04-06T02:41:28Z")
At the “low-tech, but so dumb-looking it’s fun” end of the scale, there’s [archiemcphee.com](http://archiemcphee.com) ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2005, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-sites-for-gadgety-things/297959/7 "2005-04-06T20:23:57Z")
If you’re bleeding heart do-gooding liberal techno-nerd, you can always visit [NPR’s geek store](http://shop.npr.org/catalog/Category.jhtml?CATID=cat100006&SORT=-creationDate&start=1). ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2005, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-sites-for-gadgety-things/297959/8 "2005-04-07T02:03:23Z")
Before buying small market mp3 players, led lightbulbs, RC tanks and the like I got to [http://dansdata.com/](http://dansdata.com/) I tell a lie. 🙂 What I really do is go to his site and fantasize about buying the things. ---
**Author:** ![JackaRoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@JackaRoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackaRoe)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2005, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-sites-for-gadgety-things/297959/9 "2005-04-07T18:26:17Z")
This one has alot of stuff [http://www.sciplus.com](http://www.sciplus.com) ---
**Author:** ![Trigonal\_Planar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/0ea827/32.png) [@Trigonal\_Planar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trigonal_Planar)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2005, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-sites-for-gadgety-things/297959/10 "2005-04-07T20:57:13Z")
Wee, I love this stuff. I think “I Want One of Those” is my favourite source, IMO. ThinkGeek pops up a lot but lots of their stuff just seems really cheap, and overpriced. ---
**Author:** ![dmartin29](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5e9695/32.png) [@dmartin29](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dmartin29)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2005, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-sites-for-gadgety-things/297959/11 "2005-04-07T21:12:44Z")
A few fun ones Science Stuff [http://scientificsonline.com/](http://scientificsonline.com/) Kitchen Stuff [http://www.kitchenfantasy.com/products.htm](http://www.kitchenfantasy.com/products.htm) Cheap Junk [http://www.orientaltrading.com](http://www.orientaltrading.com) [http://www.gadgetuniverse.com](http://www.gadgetuniverse.com) ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2005, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-sites-for-gadgety-things/297959/12 "2005-04-07T21:17:36Z")
> [@Dante](#): > > [I Want One of Those](http://www.iwantoneofthose.com) CURSE YOU!! Now I have to get a virtual plant. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2005, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-sites-for-gadgety-things/297959/13 "2005-04-07T21:18:27Z")
Any site that doesn’t stock [these](http://oakley.com/o/o1213d/p2418) is insufficiently geeky 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2005, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-sites-for-gadgety-things/297959/14 "2005-04-07T22:01:27Z")
If you are always looking for cool stuff, ON SALE, look no further (but look often as it changes daily): > **[TechBargains – Your Source For Online Coupons, Promo Codes & The Hottest...](https://techbargains.com/)** > > At TechBargains, we save you time and money by bringing you the best deals, online coupons & promo codes available from your favorite brands. ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2005, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-sites-for-gadgety-things/297959/15 "2005-04-07T23:10:38Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > If you are always looking for cool stuff, ON SALE, look no further (but look often as it changes daily): > > [http://techbargains.com/](http://techbargains.com/) Leave it to the queer to post something that catalogs SALEs. 😉 (“Queer” being appropriate, being that I’m a member of the group, I guess, or something like that.) ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-sites-for-gadgety-things/297959/16 "2005-04-08T00:03:11Z")
[QUOTE=chaoticdonkey] Leave it to the queer to post something that catalogs SALEs. 😉 [QUOTE] Page 143, paragraph VII of Gay manual: “No self-respecting homosexual pays retail, unless salesperson is cute and agrees to on-site service.” ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-sites-for-gadgety-things/297959/17 "2005-04-08T04:57:16Z")
I would have dropped in sooner to thank everyone for the recommendations, but I’ve been too busy browsing. Thank Og my wife monitors the credit cards. I’d be in deep shit otherwise… ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-sites-for-gadgety-things/297959/18 "2005-04-08T13:48:36Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > > [@chaoticdonkey](#): > > > > Leave it to the queer to post something that catalogs SALEs. 😉 > > Page 143, paragraph VII of Gay manual: > > “No self-respecting homosexual pays retail, unless salesperson is cute and agrees to on-site service.” Aargh! Always with the quoting of the Gay Manual. Where do I (endlich mal) find a copy of it?