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Valentine’s Day: HTTPanties

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Valentine's Day: HTTPanties

If you’ve ever run across a “403 Forbidden” error on a web site, it means you’ve either stumbled onto the wrong page, or you’ve been snooping where you shouldn’t be! One nice thing about the Hypertext Transfer Protocol that runs the web (HTTP for short) is that it includes helpful status codes such as “404 Not Found” when a resource can’t be found and “403 Forbidden” when the web site you’re knocking at does not want you to come in. One rarely seen status code is the elusive “200 OK” which basically means that everything went fine, and you’re seeing the page you’re supposed to be seeing!

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Gadget Gift Helps Lovers and Spouses See the Light; Johnny Light Improves Gender Respect, Harmony, Hygiene, Safety

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DALLAS & FORT WORTH, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jan. 26, 2005–

Popular London-Based TV Program to Showcase Johnny Light Commercial on Feb. 5.

Looking for an affordable Valentine’s Day gift that is thoughtful, practical, unique and unforgettable? The patented Johnny Light(TM) delivers that all year long and teaches gender respect while improving household harmony, hygiene and personal safety, all for less than $14.

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Valentine’s Day: Geek Love Poem T-shirt

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Valentine's Day: Geek Love Poem T-shirt

The eloquence of a few lines of verse can be a powerful thing. Poetry can cause you to pause and think about life. It can incite feelings of rage. A good poem can even bring you to tears. We’re not sure where this one lies in the spectrum of emotional reactions, but we’re thinking somewhere between a chuckle and a look of heartfelt confusion. This shirt, designed by ThinkGeek Love Labs® makes an especially good gift to one you love or love to confuse, depending on their knowledge of hex and Internet lore.

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“12 Gizmos of Christmas”: #2 – Digital Cameras

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Pixels, pixels, pixels. That seems to be the defining feature in a digital camera that determines its quality. Well, we’re here to tell you that’s not all. Digital cameras have come a long way and are now pretty much on the verge of replacing film in the hands of household consumers. We feature three very cool, popular cameras, including one by the company that popularized film: Kodak.

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“12 Gizmos of Christmas”: #3 – Video Game Consoles

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Video Game Consoles comes in at #3. No need to buy a entire computer when all you want to do is drive faster than everyone else, shoot monsters and navigate mazes. For less than $200, you’re good to go. Heck, you can buy all 3 featured consoles for less than the price of the typical personal computer! Now that would be a lot of gaming.

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“12 Gizmos of Christmas”: #4 – Cell Phones

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There was no way we Geeks were going to feature plain vanilla cell phones without a PDA or a camera. With the number of gadgets that a self-respecting geek has to carry around, consolidation is the name of the game, and integrating PDAs with cell phones was a natural merger. Once you get your hands on one of these cool PDA phones, you’re never going back! Cameras may not have seemed like the thing to stick into a phone, but they’ve taken off like a wildfire. We feature 2 PDA phones and 1 camera phone.

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“12 Gizmos of Christmas”: #5 – Portable CD Players

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Day 5 of the 12 Gizmos of Christmas brings us Portable CD Players! Ever since Sony first introduced the Walkman, portable music players have become a must-have gadget. You gotta have your music with you wherever you go: running, travelling, at the gym, grandma’s… With the advent of MP3 technology, it was inevitable that CD players would start integrating that capability. Read on for more.

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“12 Gizmos of Christmas”: #6 – DVD Players

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In case you’re wondering why we decided to give DVD Players and DVD Recorders their own categories, just take a look at the difference in prices. And of course, there is the major feature difference too! It is so cool how much prices have come down in so little time on DVD Players. Only 2 years ago, you could be looking at 3 times the price and no progressive scan either!

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