Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop!
Apple introduces the MacBook Wheel, a revolutionary new laptop that replaces the keyboard with a giant scroll wheel! Keyboards are sooo 2008! 
Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard
(I love theonion.com)
Star Wars: Retold (by someone who hasn’t seen it)
I just love this. I suppose it could be seen as slightly cruel to record it and put it on the net, but still very funny.
“My friend Amanda had never seen a whole Star Wars film. When I asked her if she wanted to watch the original trilogy she said that she would, but that she already knew what happens. So I took out my voice recorder and asked her to start from the top.”
Star Wars: Retold (by someone who hasn’t seen it) from Joe Nicolosi on Vimeo.
The Cursor Kite
No, that’s not Photoshopped… That’s a Kite in the shape of a cursor! Genius! 
” The WindFire Cursor is a work of art, both as a concept and a performance. A flying sculpture and social commentary. Like a magic act, the visual simplicity comes at the cost of considerable behind-the-scenes complexity… …Quad-line control, asymmetrical framing, nearly invisible hand-formed stainless fittings, and opposed-bow tensioning for the sail make this incredible kite look digitally pasted right into the sky.”
Designed by Tim Elverston as part of WindFire Design‘s new OS Series. More info at WindFire’s site.
You Can Use the Force Yourself This Autumn!
Well, okay, that might be a slight exaggeration, but this is still insanely cool, and going on my 2009 WANT list…
The Force Trainer
The Force Trainer
The Force Trainer contains a brainwave sensing headset which allows the user to manipulate a sphere within a clear 10-inch-tall training tower using only the power of the mind! “Star Wars sound effects and audio clips emitted from the base unit “cue you in to progress to the next level (from Padawan to Jedi) or when to move the sphere up or down to keep challenging yourself.” Frank Adler of toymaker Uncle Milton Industries.
The Force Trainer is just one of a whole bunch of ‘mind controlled’ games due out this year such as Mattel’s Mind Flex system.
New WoW and Willis T-Shirts!
I very rarely pimp other bits of our own site, but few new tshirts in for the run up to Christmas at the GeekTown Shop so i thought i’d highlight them.
To celebrate the launch of Wraith of the Lich King, we’ve added a few “My guild went to Northrend and all i got was this lousy tshirt‘ tshirt.
And there’s also a new typeface variant of the ever popular “I’m What Willis Was Talkin’ ‘Bout” tshirt.
If there’s any other geek related tees you’d like to see in the shop, leave a comment below, or drop us an email, and we’ll see what we can do!
There’s a whole bunch of other WoW and geek related tee’s so why not pop in and have a look at the GeekTown Shop. 
Win a limited deluxe edition of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Children of Húrin!
The Children of Húrin Deluxe Limited Edition
The nice people at tolkien.co.uk, the official J.R.R. Tolkien Bookstore have just relaunched their site, and to celebrate they’ve given us a truly awesome competition prize to giveaway.
We have a limited deluxe edition of The Children of Húrin to giveaway (worth £350.00)!
Here’s what you get in the limited
Deluxe Edition of The Children of Húrin:
- It contains nine colour plates.
- It’s hand-bound in full goat-skin with marbled endpapers and raised spine ribs, and the pages are edged in gold!
- It’s housed in a matching leather tray case lined in real suede and protected in its own shipping carton.
- It’s limited to 500 copies worldwide.
- And if that weren’t enough, it’s signed by Christopher Tolkien and Alan Lee!
To Win, Just Answer This Question…
What were the names of the bat and the wolf whose forms Beren and Lúthien took as disguises?
This competition is now closed.
The Rules
The competition closes on 19th December 2008 and is open to UK residents aged 18 or over. Winner will be drawn at random in December soon after the closing date. Winners will be notified by email. Employees of the promoter, its agents or anyone professionally connected with the promotion, and their families, are excluded from entering this competition. The editor’s decision is final and no discussion will be entered into. Only one entry per person. No multiple, bulk or third party entries accepted.
