What's The Geekiest Thing You Own?

[Wildcard]

After a recent post, I starting thinking about what other things some of us might collect that could raise a few eyebrows. Granted it all depends on the person judging your "collectables". But what items do you personally own that even cause you raise a brow from time to time?

For me the geekiest thing I can think of is my 5 1/4 red floppy disk signed by Steve Woz.

I think most people agree Woz is pretty cool, but I find it odd sometimes that I'm holding onto a floppy disk he personally signed.

[Trent]

The geekiest thing I owned for a long period of time was an old 1993 HP 9000 mainframe.  Weighed ~400lbs, about 6ft tall, metal wheels, made lots of noise, no clue how to get it working.  I could turn it on and listen to the awful grinding noise the core unit made.  I wanted an IBM mainframe but was unable to find one for the price I wanted (still looking).  Sadly I had to make room, so I took it apart and kept the PCBs in the core unit for decoration.  I'd post images, but my camera isn't working.

[JaccoW]

I've got an akai GX635 Tapedeck. It was my grandfather's and is not completely working. But it just looks too cool. Even though it is a 20Kg behemoth.
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Not really a collection though.

[Findecanor]

Does it have to be computer geek?
On my wall is a calendar of women in costumes (sci/fi, fantasy, comic book characters), from a forum. Actual board members = real geek girls. That is the geekiest thing that I have that I can think of at a moment's notice.

BTW, I would love to have anything that was signed by Woz.

[Wildcard]

Nope doesn't have to be computer related, that's pretty cool that some of the forum members decided to make a calendar though.

Edit: Unless you made the calendar yourself

[snoopy]

For me the geekiest thing I can think of is my 5 1/4 red floppy disk signed by Steve Woz.

That's a cool thing! Can you post a picture of it?

I think the geekiest thing I have is a replica of the Jason hockey mask.... but also got a lot of other strange things. I think a lot of them are not recognized by me as geeky.... only by others.... lol

[Wildcard]

Here are a few Picts

Apple package where I store it



Vintage mouse pad




And finally, here it is!

[sth]

Nice! Wish I still had my Apple mousepad... it wasn't exactly in collector condition though.

[Hak Foo]

My stereo equipment resides in the carcass of an IBM 3174-1L terminal controller.

I have a model representing a hypothetical locomotive (an Electro-motive SD90 built with the standard cab)

I went out of the way to buy specific Korean comics, despite only being able to read about three words of the language.

[davkol]

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[WRXChris]

Either my HypnoCube or my Parallax Basic Stamp stuff, although they are not really collectibles they are probably the geekiest things I own other than my keyboards!

[Wildcard]

Ok +1 for that HypnoCube. That thing is pretty awesome.

[mars-bar-man]

My collection of Nerf guns,

Or the huge amount of Star Wars action figures (original trilogy with a few from Episode I thrown in).. actually, I need to find them, I had the Millennium Falcon as well.

[poetik]

I own 2 pairs of custom in ear monitors.  The Unique Melody Merlins and Miracle.  A lot of people ask me why I would spend close to $1000 on a pair of iem's but it's the same reason why someone would spend close to $300 on a keyboard 

[Appeac]

Not the rarest, but definitely the most looked down upon by peers thing I own is a 1952 Gillette Superspeed that I use for shaving.

[funkymeeba]

I'm going to go with the (I believe) 1960's LFE traffic light I have standing in the corner of the living room. It's automated by a custom Arduino setup.

[IllegalAlien]

Electric Envelope Opener.

[ajdane]

My 5 servers, several Cisco switches, quite a bit of fiber optic cabling..... yeah its bad.

Oh yeah my workstation with 5 monitors... My sister always slams me for that one when she comes over.

[Djuzuh]

Not the rarest, but definitely the most looked down upon by peers thing I own is a 1952 Gillette Superspeed that I use for shaving.

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DE razors FTW !!

But I'm not as hardcore as you, I use a merkur I bought new.

[kgleeson]

I own a TDS Meter for testing my water before making brewed coffee.

[mvh11]

Geekiest thing I own? Well, there's a lot of stuff that I would consider geeky, but the one I think that would the geekiest is the arcade stick I use to practice at home(simply because I don't want to carry it around and possibly damage it).

Here is my Hori Real Arcade Pro 2: Special Addition:


Either that, or it would be my Super Famicom Wii Classic Controller from Club Nintendo Japan:




Does this qualify me as a geek? Now I just need to order a keyboard and I think I will fit in just fine.

[kgleeson]

Yes it does!

I should probably include my stick as well then


I had Voltech on shoryuken.com build the frame and do the wood for me.
Its got a Sanwa JLF and Seimitsu PS14KN buttons with LEDs controlled by a SparkyPWM.
Weights in at a nice 4.7kg

[486]

Geekiest? Hmm. My vintage computer equipment!
Two XT's. One from 1987 and the other from 1989.  With working RLL/MFM hard drives FTW. I use them to test XT keyboards and to fiddle with DOS. And I own 6 5.25 floppy drives. 3 360k and 3 1.2Mb drives.
My custom built 486 and my Macintosh SEFDHD.
Most people think, what's the purpose of having these machines, to which I respond "I view them as  historical pieces, a reminder of how we have advanced".

[Wildcard]

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Now those are some pretty sweet input devices!

I never got around to making a sweet controller for my Mame Cabinet, but I did mod a Sega Genesis to use the controllers for playing Mame.

[Wildcard]

Geekiest? Hmm. My vintage computer equipment!
Two XT's. One from 1987 and the other from 1989.  With working RLL/MFM hard drives FTW. I use them to test XT keyboards and to fiddle with DOS. And I own 6 5.25 floppy drives. 3 360k and 3 1.2Mb drives.
My custom built 486 and my Macintosh SEFDHD.
Most people think, what's the purpose of having these machines, to which I respond "I view them as  historical pieces, a reminder of how we have advanced".

I read a good article recently where a younger IT analyst asks the question "what's DOS?" -->Here

Computers have progressed quite a bit, but it's good sometimes to take a step back and remember how far we've come.

[telepete]

I think its my life sized poster of Lt. Worf. My friends would say its my hoodie that looks like Boba Fett armor.

[sth]

I think the geekiest things I own are:
-Gundam models -- built then put back into their boxes. Not trying to show off my toys... I just like putting them together!
-MT XINU BSD poster (mine is in better condition than this example):

-of course, my collection of keyboards

[Joe221]

I have lots of geeky stuff, don't we all. The oldest is my, in my Home Theatre setup and working, Technics SL-6 turntable. The collectibles are all the vinyl LPs it can play.

[486]

Geekiest? Hmm. My vintage computer equipment!
Two XT's. One from 1987 and the other from 1989.  With working RLL/MFM hard drives FTW. I use them to test XT keyboards and to fiddle with DOS. And I own 6 5.25 floppy drives. 3 360k and 3 1.2Mb drives.
My custom built 486 and my Macintosh SEFDHD.
Most people think, what's the purpose of having these machines, to which I respond "I view them as  historical pieces, a reminder of how we have advanced".

I read a good article recently where a younger IT analyst asks the question "what's DOS?" -->Here

Computers have progressed quite a bit, but it's good sometimes to take a step back and remember how far we've come.

Just read the article. LOL. How can you not know DOS? Just the other day I went to my local computer shop and talked to a guy about if they still use DOS  for certain applications. And they still do. Apparently they use DOS to overclock many of their prebuilt computers. I also went there to use their MX keyboards for free. mmm. Steelseries 7G

[Computer-Lab in Basement]

I have a small collection of Rubik's cubes. I have a 2x2x2, a 3x3x3, a 4x4x4, a 3x3x3 mirror cube, and a Pyramid cube. I can solve all but the 4x4x4 (I'm too lazy to memorize how to solve it). I also have my server, which I use as a web server, a mail server, an FTP server, and as a host for my RuneScape Private server. So overall, I would consider myself to be moderately geeky.

[sealcouch]

This is hanging in my living room.

[ekw808]

I'm kind of jealous of that gameboy collection, it's nerdy, but it also looks kind of artsy, and is that yellow one missing the grey screen cover??

[sealcouch]

I'm kind of jealous of that gameboy collection, it's nerdy, but it also looks kind of artsy, and is that yellow one missing the grey screen cover??

That's why I collect Gameboy systems. I find them very aesthetically pleasing.
I have a replacement screen cover on the way for the yellow system.

[NSMarkop]

I have a small collection of Rubik's cubes. I have a 2x2x2, a 3x3x3, a 4x4x4, a 3x3x3 mirror cube, and a Pyramid cube. I can solve all but the 4x4x4 (I'm too lazy to memorize how to solve it). I also have my server, which I use as a web server, a mail server, an FTP server, and as a host for my RuneScape Private server. So overall, I would consider myself to be moderately geeky.

Hello, fellow cuber. I keep my competition cubes in a briefcase with a foam mold I made myself, so that's probably the geekiest thing I own. A geeky result of this would be this trophy I got last year for multi-BLD:



 Here's my WCA page for my official results: http://www.worldcubeassociation.org/results/p.php?i=2010MARK03

I also own an arcade stick (not as awesome as your guys', though) and 3 unicycles (20" Koxx-One, 24" Torker, 29" Nimbus). That's most of my geeky stuff, I suppose; nothing as killer as that Gameboy collection - that's awesome, sealcouch.

[Computer-Lab in Basement]

Hello, fellow cuber. I keep my competition cubes in a briefcase with a foam mold I made myself, so that's probably the geekiest thing I own. A geeky result of this would be this trophy I got last year for multi-BLD:

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 Here's my WCA page for my official results: http://www.worldcubeassociation.org/results/p.php?i=2010MARK03

I also own an arcade stick (not as awesome as your guys', though) and 3 unicycles (20" Koxx-One, 24" Torker, 29" Nimbus). That's most of my geeky stuff, I suppose; nothing as killer as that Gameboy collection - that's awesome, sealcouch.

Nice trophy! I was never much of a speed-solver myself, I just enjoyed the puzzle aspect of solving cubes. Rubik's cubes became quite the fad at my highschool last year. A friend of mine had quite the large collection; he had everything from a 2x2x2 up to an 11x11x11, and he could solve every single one of them.

[Lethal Squirrel]

Geekiest thing I own is probably a custom Gameboy pocket that I had a $100+ paint job put onto.
I have no pictures of it, and it's in storage so all I can show you are these two videos.

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and sealcouch, that is awesome! very inspiring!

[Lethal Squirrel]

Here's something else, although I think this might fall under the "nerdy" category, rather than geeky

My collection of K-On petit nendoroids. and not trying to sound like a hipster or anything, but I bought these before I knew how popular K-On actually was. xD

[sealcouch]

Geekiest thing I own is probably a custom Gameboy pocket that I had a $100+ paint job put onto.
I have no pictures of it, and it's in storage so all I can show you are these two videos.

list=UUUinFUgCfBJTfun3pz9uf_A&index=7&feature=plcp

list=UUUinFUgCfBJTfun3pz9uf_A&index=4&feature=plc

and sealcouch, that is awesome! very inspiring!

Interesting color choice!
 I also have a pretty large Gameboy Pocket collection. I'll try to get a picture up later.

[Lethal Squirrel]

The color wasn't my choice really. I told the guy he could go nuts! I like it though. It's blue to purple chameleon  flakes on a black base.
It's hard to tell, but in the second video, I keep turning back and forth to show it changing from purple to blue. It's pretty awesome!

[486]

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This is hanging in my living room.

Man, I used to have two of those . Both a clear and the off-white one. Nice job getting the blue one. THey are very hard to find apparently.

[sealcouch]

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This is hanging in my living room.

Man, I used to have two of those . Both a clear and the off-white one. Nice job getting the blue one. THey are very hard to find apparently.

The blue one was the second hardest to find next to the Manchester United system. I paid waaaay to much for that one.

[microsoft windows]

I think the geekiest thing I own is about 15 computers.

[Excaliborg]

Anime figures, wall scrolls, and over $1k worth of yoyos.

[aeta]

Do the gameboys still work? And how much was the Man U one?

[Excaliborg]

I forgot one small thing:

[keyboardlover]

The geekiest thing I've pwned is ripster.

[funkymeeba]

I forgot one small thing:

Psht, we all know that 10-panel is the real way to play. That reminds me, I need to get my IIDX controller out of its box and play Troopers again.

[Excaliborg]

Is that what people call doubles in Pump It Up? I have only ever played DDR machines as that is what was around when I used to go to arcades. I can play doubles on heavy in DDR but I usually stay away from ITG charts with difficulties over 10-12 even on one pad. DDR made me weak haha.

[funkymeeba]

Nah, I guess it's just called Doubles in PIU now. There used to be Freestyle and Nightmare, now it's just Double Performance and Double.

Too bad there are NO good machines around the Denver area. I miss the Fiesta I was playing on before. I guess a place nearby did just get an ITG2 dedicab in, though. Cheap play on Fridays, too, so I may have to go play tomorrow.

[el2k]

Mmm, my PC is watercooled.. guess that in itself is quite geeky?

[davkol]

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[Lord de Seis]

Anime figures, wall scrolls, and over $1k worth of yoyos.

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nice to see someone else plays with yo-yos here :D

[IvanIvanovich]

I can't think of anything to top any of you... Ok, wait... I have a coin collection from all the places I have been, maybe that is 'geeky'? But I view them more as free souvenirs really. Its too much effort to get some random coins or small notes exchanged so I just keep them usually. Too lazy to count, but have currency from probably over 20 countries from various periods from 1989 to now, including former Soviet bloc and other defunct countries/currencies.

[mickd]

I have some exercise weights that never get used.

[IPT]

my figures/gashapon/gundam figures/etc
here's some lol

Oh and my GG buttons

[jwaz]

The wall of gameboys really makes me miss my Play It Loud gameboy :/

[mickd]

Geekhackers truly have some pretty amazing things.

[oTurtlez]

If I had to choose my geekiest it would be my unopened copy of DOS 5.0. No reason to own it, other than it's history haha.

[Computer-Lab in Basement]

If I had to choose my geekiest it would be my unopened copy of DOS 5.0. No reason to own it, other than it's history haha.

U SUCH A GEEK!!!!

But seriously... you'd be surprised how oblivious much of the younger generation is when it comes to old technology.  I have even heard of a young IT rep asking what DOS was because she seriously didn't know. 

Moral of the story: if you don't know what DOS is, then get the **** out of my IT department!

[mickd]

Haha, but you never know. If someone's tablet starts malfunctioning, they might be the right person to ask

[oTurtlez]

If I had to choose my geekiest it would be my unopened copy of DOS 5.0. No reason to own it, other than it's history haha.

U SUCH A GEEK!!!!

But seriously... you'd be surprised how oblivious much of the younger generation is when it comes to old technology.  I have even heard of a young IT rep asking what DOS was because she seriously didn't know. 

Moral of the story: if you don't know what DOS is, then get the **** out of my IT department!

I'm 17 and I'm proud to be separate from my generation. My school was throwing out a bunch of Model M's, some old IBM lab equipment, and an unopened copy of DOS 5.0, and I just had to have the DOS and a Model M. Unfortunately, I opened it, and played around on an old PC, installed DOS and was playing DOOM with the Model M. Twas like time travel.

[Okita]

Definitely my hhkb and realforce. Even my friends with das and leopolds don't understand how I can spend so much on a keyboard.

[boost]

My Kmac's ^_^

[KeyboardRookie]

I have a parachute. How about that?

[Matt3o]

What about this?

[Computer-Lab in Basement]

What about this?

I feel as if I have one of those disks of my own lying around somewhere...

[Matt3o]

I feel as if I have one of those disks of my own lying around somewhere...

Please note the warning: "DO NOT MAKE ILLEGAL COPIES".... you know, mouse drivers are so desirable

[Icarium]

I just threw out a box full of games on tape for and old Schneider CPC so that floppy doesn't stand a chance.

[ra7c7er]

Computer related it would have to be a Sony 256 MB flash drive I bought the day it came out. I worked at Circuit City at the time and the Sony was one of the first to come out with a 256 drive. the price in 2002 $179 and I bought 2 at employee discount (130 each I think it was). Today you can get a 128 GB flash drive for less than what I payed back then.

Non-computer related a collection of WWII mess kit utensils which I use on a daily basis.

[Djuzuh]

Just FYI, there is currently a kickstarter campaign which got a lot of attention, and is now offering 182 high quality miniatures (for RPG, tabletop, or simply collect them)


http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1513061270/reaper-miniatures-bones-an-evolution-of-gaming-min

[KeyboardRookie]

If I had to choose my geekiest it would be my unopened copy of DOS 5.0. No reason to own it, other than it's history haha.

U SUCH A GEEK!!!!

But seriously... you'd be surprised how oblivious much of the younger generation is when it comes to old technology.  I have even heard of a young IT rep asking what DOS was because she seriously didn't know. 

Moral of the story: if you don't know what DOS is, then get the **** out of my IT department!

I can't imagine that there are people who don't know what DOS is.
But old IT guys may say 'I don't understand why young people don't know what the punched-card is.'

[sealcouch]

Here's an updated photo of my Gameboy collection.

[SmallFry]

If I had to choose my geekiest it would be my unopened copy of DOS 5.0. No reason to own it, other than it's history haha.

U SUCH A GEEK!!!!

But seriously... you'd be surprised how oblivious much of the younger generation is when it comes to old technology.  I have even heard of a young IT rep asking what DOS was because she seriously didn't know. 

Moral of the story: if you don't know what DOS is, then get the **** out of my IT department!

/sigh/ I'm 16. I know what DOS is. I can't quite wrap my head arround not knowing what it is. That's truly odd.
On the other side of things, not exactly geeky. But fun nonetheless, my Dad has a 1974 Volkswagen Thing, and I have a 1983 Suzuki FA50. Truly an amazing ride, the moped that is. I haven't gotten to driving stick quite yet.

[sth]

I used to have a FA50 but it got stolen. those things are tons of fun!

[SmallFry]

I used to have a FA50 but it got stolen. those things are tons of fun!

Indeed they are! My parents get nervous when I ride it though (new driver and all), so they are making me drive a car when school kicks back into gear. Partly because they want me to take my sister, but also partly because my peers are morons in cars.

[sth]

yeah be careful. I got hit by a truck once trying to make a left turn! thankfully nothing happened but the ******* cut and ran... if i had broken my back I'd be SOL.

[sth]

yeah be careful. I got hit by a truck once trying to make a left turn! thankfully nothing happened but the ******* cut and ran... if i had broken my back I'd be SOL.

yeah be careful. I got hit by a truck once trying to make a left turn! thankfully nothing happened but the ******* cut and ran... if i had broken my back I'd be SOL for insurance.

[Lethal Squirrel]

Here's something to add to your collection sealcouch ^^

[sealcouch]

I'LL TAKE IT.

[Lethal Squirrel]

It would cost you  ; )

[swagpiratex]

Aside from the mechanical keyboard that I spent a large sum of money on, the geekiest thing I own would be a CMOY amplifier I built to drive my Grado SR-80's back in high school.

[davkol]

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[Djuzuh]

I need a whiteboard.

But my place is too small, I don't have any wall left.

[metalliqaz]

An IBM PS/2 that I've been hoarding since it was in use (that's how I got my M, and appreciation for keyboards)
A server rack in the basement complete with Xeon servers, industrial-grade switch and UPS
My uncle's slide rule
My grandfather's physics textbook
Signed copy of "Free software, Free society"
Collection of DOS games and id Software FPSes
A self-hacked, overclocked SEGA Genesis with S-video out
A GameGripper for my old Droid
XBox 360 racing wheel
Every Futurama episode on DVD

And, lest I forget, a NetBSD bumper sticker.  Ultimate nerd shame.

[davkol]

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[baldgye]

Here's something to add to your collection sealcouch ^^

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looks amazing, is it a custom?

[0100010]

I dont' have a pic of it handy at the moment, but I built myself one of those "useless machine" boxes a few years ago.  The box with a pole switch on top, that when you flip it, the lid opens and an arm comes out and turns the switch back off, then retracts and disappears back into the box.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z86V_ICUCD4

[0100010]

One more....


I wanted one of these (6 channel volume unit meter) :


Couldn't afford the price.

So I ordered one of these (digital audio decoder) :


And built three of these :


Stuck them in a box, added power and got this:

[Seltox]

I'm not sure.. Probably a combination of things..

My Alisa Bosconovitch figurine:


My anime merchandise:


My manga:
(not a lot, I know.  But having any at all is fairly geeky )

[iMav]

Geekiest thing I own??

http://geekhack.org

[SmallFry]

Woah, he's back! LoL nice submission iMav!

[tipo33]

I have an NIB Atari 130XE, apart from that I'm an avid player of Magic the Gathering.  I have a HUGE collection worth about 2K.

[tjcaustin]

I don't have it in my hands yet, but a hand restored SSK with a one-off CC and the first set of RA for BS boards (when it's available)

[SmallFry]

There have been other Red BS CC's...

[tjcaustin]

True, but I'm trying to feel special considering how much this board cost me.

[jwaz]

Def my infrared thermometer :{D

got it this week and so far used it just about everywhere I possibly can. Tea, Beer, computer, boredom... anything ft a laser is entertainment.

[tjcaustin]

My dad has a couple for his work and I'm always messing with them.  28 years old and he still gives me a hard time about breaking them like I'm 8.

[jwaz]

hahaha my coworker and I walked around blasting stuff with mine and his nice fluke one, 15 minutes in realized what we were doing...

[SmallFry]

BHAHAHAHA! I do the same thing when I get to go to work with my Dad!

[TheQsanity]

Keyboards.... a compter that can run games..... rest of my prepherials....

Before that was my porn magazines and maxim magizines.

Before that was shoes....
Before that were skateboards...
Before that were tie dyes and tie dye supplies....

Hats..
Cologne and deoterent..
Stickers..
Phone trinkets..
Stuffed animals...
Silver coins, at one point over $400 dollars of one's and half dollars.
Legos..
Lego containers..
Probably more I can't that think of...

I know this moght not be geeky compared to what you all shared but the fact I have collected a lot is pretty geeky to me.  Never had much uses for a lot of these. Lol.><

[fohat.digs]

I have several pocket protectors, most of which have been well used (by me, personally).

Years ago I worked in an architectural firm and I needed to have at least half a dozen pens and pencils of varying colors, widths, etc, in my pocket at all times.

In that situation, a plastic pocket protector is the best and only realistic way to keep the tools of your trade handy and organized.

Today, I still keep my vital drawing instruments in these containers, inside my black bag.

Piss off, twerps!

[SmallFry]

I have several pocket protectors, most of which have been well used (by me, personally).

Years ago I worked in an architectural firm and I needed to have at least half a dozen pens and pencils of varying colors, widths, etc, in my pocket at all times.

In that situation, a plastic pocket protector is the best and only realistic way to keep the tools of your trade handy and organized.

Today, I still keep my vital drawing instruments in these containers, inside my black bag.

Piss off, twerps!

You were saying...? I use a similar thing in my back pocket to prevent my pencils from breaking when I sit down.

[chaumeow]

I have several pocket protectors, most of which have been well used (by me, personally).

Years ago I worked in an architectural firm and I needed to have at least half a dozen pens and pencils of varying colors, widths, etc, in my pocket at all times.

In that situation, a plastic pocket protector is the best and only realistic way to keep the tools of your trade handy and organized.

Today, I still keep my vital drawing instruments in these containers, inside my black bag.

Piss off, twerps!

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You were saying...? :P I use a similar thing in my back pocket to prevent my pencils from breaking when I sit down.

Lol does that actually work for the back pocket? I'm kind of curious now lol

Hmmm I think for me is a light saber and a R2D2 suit. And probably signing up for an account here on Geekhack, hehehe  ;D (no regrets!)

[SmallFry]

I have a case that is almost a slender glasses case that works well to hold my pencils from not breaking. Works well.

[tjcaustin]

Ok, another geeky thing.  All my lego technic and star wars stuff

[bilbobagginz]

Not the rarest, but definitely the most looked down upon by peers thing I own is a 1952 Gillette Superspeed that I use for shaving.

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I have it too! aahhahahah

[Scurq]

it could be my periodic table or my rubiks cubes that i cant even solve, lol

[noisyturtle]

Either my Magic The Gathering card collection(haven't played in years, but they are a great artistic reference) or my classic video game collection(SNES, Atari, Genesis, Saturn, and Neo Geo) those I do still play.

[NKRO]

Not the rarest, but definitely the most looked down upon by peers thing I own is a 1952 Gillette Superspeed that I use for shaving.

http://api.ning.com/files/Bv58RIrVeGQF8Y*--obOaL1BjH-4nK6oykLQQiWhCBLkbV1t-lPhlpuVOqTvF*VuuOlscvHY-5WvRCom3uKqQazVduADKcF1IhvzayE2reI_/1952GilletteSuperSpeedSafetyRazor3.JPG

DE Razors are geeky/looked down upon?

[modulor]

Not the rarest, but definitely the most looked down upon by peers thing I own is a 1952 Gillette Superspeed that I use for shaving.

http://api.ning.com/files/Bv58RIrVeGQF8Y*--obOaL1BjH-4nK6oykLQQiWhCBLkbV1t-lPhlpuVOqTvF*VuuOlscvHY-5WvRCom3uKqQazVduADKcF1IhvzayE2reI_/1952GilletteSuperSpeedSafetyRazor3.JPG

DE Razors are geeky/looked down upon?

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Classy if you ask me!

[Findecanor]

Not owned by me. A guy at work got this delivered to him, and I felt inclined to take a picture of it for this thread.

[baldgye]

my MGS/Kojima collection that includes;
MG
4x copies of MGS
7x copies of MGS2
7x copies of MGS3
3x copies of MGS4
5x copies of MGS:HD
4x copies of MGS:PW
4x copies of ZoE
ZoE2
2x copies of ZoE:HD
etc etc etc (I have much more stuff CEs/PP and console's etc etc)

and my 6 copies of SC2: WoL !

[YMSNoms]

every wow and starcraft collectors and special edition released

[metalliqaz]

I know it is pointless to ask this question in this thread, but why?  What do you get from 7x copies of Metal Gear that you can't get from 2x?  I can see two.  One to play one to keep mint.

[baldgye]

I know it is pointless to ask this question in this thread, but why?  What do you get from 7x copies of Metal Gear that you can't get from 2x?  I can see two.  One to play one to keep mint.

well they are all diffrent, I could have tried to list all the variant names etc but I'm really lazy lol... but for example, I have a jap version, an xbox version, a CE version, a PC version, a steal tin version etc etc etc...

The only game I have more than one version of that are identical is Zone of the Enders, I have 3 copies of that becasue amazon ****ed up and one guy sent me two copies my mistake and neither had the MGS2 demo inside so I ordered another one that did (which ended up not having it but I got my money back and didnt have to return it so meh lol)

[okooko]

A work colleague in the station next to me had an Albert Einstein and a Crazy cat lady action figurine. They looked pretty old considering the packaging was fading and turning slightly yellow

[microsoft windows]

The geekiest thing I own is about 15 desktop computers.

[Smeagol_RP]

XFX 6800GS XXX Edition

[PointyFox]

Not the rarest, but definitely the most looked down upon by peers thing I own is a 1952 Gillette Superspeed that I use for shaving.

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I have it too! aahhahahah

I use an Edwin Jagger double edge or a straight razor if I have more time.

[longweight]

My Mont Blanc fountain and roller ball pens, pencil will be here soon and then I will finally be able to buy the case!


I need to get some out of house insurance!

[Hak Foo]

If I may ask, why is the 6800 lightboxed?

[noisyturtle]

Probably my video game  and system collection. Some of the top geekiest prized possessions are my Neo Geo AES system, Atari 7800, copy of Chrono Trigger and Super Metroid with box and all inserts and my Sega Nomad.

[mrboli]

Probably the N64 and Perfect Dark I spent like a year delivery newspapers as a kid saving up for...
But that's at my parent's house.

in my possession:


What's inside the case?

[noisyturtle]

Probably the N64 and Perfect Dark I spent like a year delivery newspapers as a kid saving up for...
But that's at my parent's house.

Me and my potato cam got you bro.

[PointyFox]

How in the world is a N64 geeky?  As of December 31, 2009, 20.63 million units were sold just in America.  Seems pretty common to me.

[CPTBadAss]

Not exactly rare but extremely geeky, I have a TeamLiquid hoodie and shirt. And I am now the most hipster of SC2 fanboys since Quantic disbanded: I have a Quantic shirt.

[nullstring]

DIY tube headphone amp probably...

[PointyFox]

DIY tube headphone amp probably...

I also have one :B8

[bear95]

My NES setup:
2 normal controllers
1 advantage controller
1 quickshot controller
15ish games(Favorites are Gradius, Supersprint, super Mario bros, kirby, and teenage mutant turtles 2.)

[scoot]

My collection seemed much larger at the time, guess it isnt too bad. I never got really good at any of them, my average on the normal 3x3 rubiks cube was ~25 seconds. Got made fun of to no end in middle/high school. Guess it was too geeky a hobby for people to go without comment or ridicule. Hah! Still play with a few occasionally, though my interest in collecting/modding them has long since died out.



Or it could be this. I remember watching an episode of Robot Wars where one of the people had made chain maile out of soda tabs. I took some pliers to a few on my own and found out how to get them to link together. Never finished it though, collecting those tabs took time and I cut my hands a lot. xD This was in elementary school too. haha

[bear95]

^Impressive!

[samuelellis]

I have a few geeky things

Bluetooth OBD connector in the car so my cars ecu communicates with my phone and runs a programme called torque (shows me everything the car is doing in real time)
Two RaspberryPi's - one in the front room as a media client (stuff stored on my 12tb server upstairs) and the other in my car acting as a media player feeding the mother of all sound-systems
Edwin Jaeger DE safety razor


Oh and this poster

[absyrd]

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Or it could be this. I remember watching an episode of Robot Wars where one of the people had made chain maile out of soda tabs. I took some pliers to a few on my own and found out how to get them to link together. Never finished it though, collecting those tabs took time and I cut my hands a lot. xD This was in elementary school too. haha

Hahahaha. That is awesome. You should really finish it.

[spacecase]

It would be my keyboards. Seriously I have eight sitting in my computer center and only three computers. Three are topre. $1500 in keyboards must be geekier even than chainmail... almost.

[CPTBadAss]

It would be my keyboards. Seriously I have eight sitting in my computer center and only three computers. Three are topre. $1500 in keyboards must be geekier even than chainmail... almost.

What are the other five keyboards @.@.

[sammsorensen]

Either my HypnoCube or my Parallax Basic Stamp stuff, although they are not really collectibles they are probably the geekiest things I own other than my keyboards!

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I want that cube!

[TheQsanity]

Probably the N64 and Perfect Dark I spent like a year delivery newspapers as a kid saving up for...
But that's at my parent's house.

in my possession:

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What's inside the case?

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Nice window I can tell you have some good airflow.

[Cataleet]

Probably my Nintendo Famicom 

[TAdams]

I am going to have to think on this one. But for now I would say a vacuum tube checker.

[missalaire]

Besides my keyboards? Probably my Final Fantasy VIII PC version game.

[reverkiller]

I have a slide rule that my parents bought me for Christmas 3 years ago. I'm actually quite quick at using it - I've used it on physics exams before.

Other than that, I have a 40 count programming book collection, made of mostly "Introduction to C" and "Learn C++ in 24 days!" books.

I think to everyone but frequenters of this forum, my 5 keyboard collection (With some coming in the near future!), and the 1000 keycaps I ordered from SP is by far the nerdiest

[KangarooZombies]

Nerdy? More like awesome. this thread is rad. I wish i had something super nerdy to post.

[Wildcard]

Nerdy? More like awesome. this thread is rad. I wish i had something super nerdy to post.

I'm sure you can find something. Ever make a pen/pencil holder out of floppy discs?

[KangarooZombies]

Nerdy? More like awesome. this thread is rad. I wish i had something super nerdy to post.

I'm sure you can find something. Ever make a pen/pencil holder out of floppy discs?

Cant say that i have, but im pretty sure i could find a ton of floppy disks in my basement. lol.

[__red__]

Wow, tough question.

A long time ago I built the UK's largest ISP.  I have an original floppy with the internet software on and one of the original modem cards from the POP.

Both ends if you will...

[SmallFry]

Wow, tough question.

A long time ago I built the UK's largest ISP.  I have an original floppy with the internet software on and one of the original modem cards from the POP.

Both ends if you will...

How does one build an ISP?

[ihasmario]

Three IBM T221s



And a NOS stylophone 350s complete with a never used vinyl demo narrated by Rolf Harris

[phetto]

Replacement buttons for a ****ing keyboard, thats the nerdiest **** I got.

[bigsneakysnake]

An E-Mu Systems Emulator II. It's an 8-bit keyboard sampler from 1984 that stores its sound banks on 5 1/4" floppy disks. Expensive, prone to breakage, but awesome nonetheless.

[llovro]

Hmmmm... My geekiest thing is probably my gameboy advance sp and pokemon games (ruby, fire red, sapphire).

[smknjoe]

Wow, tough question.

A long time ago I built the UK's largest ISP.  I have an original floppy with the internet software on and one of the original modem cards from the POP.

Both ends if you will...

How does one build an ISP?

The same way any other utility or ISP is built. I actually built an ISP myself. I would get completely unmanaged bandwidth and an IP block from a POP provider such as NTT and Cogent and then resell the service. All of the access, user accounts, and bandwidth was managed by my NOC. Most utilities in unregulated areas are set up this way. That's most likely how you get your Internet service. Small, privately owned ISPs were very common until about 10 years ago when broadband became much cheaper and small ISPs, like mine, could not compete with lower prices of the big boys (Comcast, etc.) And many of the "big boys" operate the same way, but on a larger scale. Small ISPs are still around in rural areas of the U.S.

[Lastpilot]

Probably my Pentel Graph 1000

[paradox]

I collect 1/6 scale "action figures."  Does that count?

[metalliqaz]

Yes...  NERD!!   

[mmmty]

I have this mouse.

[metalliqaz]

That's... what is this I don't even

[mmmty]

It's a ducky mouse (goes w/ your Ducky keyboard). Right eye = left click, left eye = right click, nose = middle click. If you pick it up, the eyes move around.

[singaporean123]

if you ask this question to my girlfriend she would answer,"my boyfriend" without hesitating

[paradox]

if you ask this question to my girlfriend she would answer,"my boyfriend" without hesitating

LoL...nice

[TheQsanity]

I don't own one, but I felt one and it feels more cloud of boobs than Cherry Reds.

It has a very unique feeling, On a different level than regular mouses.

[noisyturtle]

Tactile feedback for her pleasure.

[deegaf]

My Tardis collection.  My TDS/PH Electronic Water Tester comes second. 

[TheProfosist]

Three IBM T221s

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And a NOS stylophone 350s complete with a never used vinyl demo narrated by Rolf Harris

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those always intrigued me migh have to look for one again.

[TheProfosist]

I dont think i have anything super geeky that i can think of...