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Unix geek’s doormat: “There’s no place like 127.0.0.1”

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127.0.0.1 door matLove this one, the “There’s no place like 127.0.0.1” door/floor mat. In case you’re not a computer/network geek, 127.0.0.1 is the IP address for localhost, or another way to think of it, home! Get it now?

The mat itself is 2’x3′, made of polypropylene with a vinyl no-skid backing. You can even clean it by hosing it down.

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Price: $39.99
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The Unix geek’s clock of choice – the Epoch Alarm Clock

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thinkgeek epoch alarm clockAfter pranking you with the iCade for iPad, we figure we may as well lay some real gadgets from ThinkGeek on you.

Here is a super-geeky Epoch Alarm Clock, which can display the time in multiple different formats, including binary and hexadecimal. My favorite? Of course, it has to be why the clock was named: the time since the Unix epoch (Jan 1, 1970).

Yes, this also functions as a working alarm clock, with snooze, and has USB ports so you can charge up those gazillion USB gadgets you have. Now, if it only ran about the room like Clocky…

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Price: $39.99
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