Gifts for Colleagues

Are you looking for a worthy timepiece for your wrist, but find analog watches totally boring and the slightly more modern digital version has long...

... Sometimes you just talk nonsense. It just happens and it's not tragic (especially at night under the influence of drinks containing ethanol, it...

Do you spend a lot of time at the computer and also eat in front of it, for example? Then you should think about cleaning your keyboard, because it...

This transparent ballpoint pen contains a small labyrinth through which you have to steer two small metal balls. This is done by tilting and turnin...

Several generations of teenagers poured all their passion and pocket money into these little plastic cases with a tape inside. Back then, there was...

After a long, exhausting day at work, you sit down in front of your PC or console at home and relax with your favorite game. At least that's the th...

Star Wars, Star Trek, Star Gate - stars, space and its infinite vastness fascinate us nerds. Not only in sci-fi series, but also in reality. It's a...

Ever since Heinz Rühmann's comments on alcoholic fermentation in Die Feuerzangenbowle, we have known that chemistry and tipsy fun go hand in hand. ...

A simple potted plant enhances your living room, office or almost any other room enormously without having to spend a lot of money or effort. A lit...

In March 2005, a television was offered for sale on the Rockdogdesigns blog. The author didn't have a tape measure to hand and simply took a photo ...

There are different ways to learn your chemistry lessons.One of them would be with jokes:When helium comes into a bar, the bartender says: 'Sorry, ...

You're sitting in front of your computer, the code won't run, the meeting could have been an email and then your browser crashes - the perfect mome...

Unfortunately, there are only a few USB devices that can be switched off properly. So it can sometimes happen that the keyboard emits a festive shi...

While dogs are considered man's best friend, cats are the soulmates of nerds: introverted loners with a mind of their own who often seem a little c...

"The Lord of the Rings" has fascinated us nerds for generations. It's not just the detailed and diverse value of Middle-earth that inspires us, bu...

Writing letters seems to be an occupation of the last century. German authorities still use them today, but that rather confirms this statement. Ho...

The Japanese art of paper folding origami involves folding animals and other shapes, usually from a single piece of paper, with great dexterity. Th...

Until now, anyone could simply call themselves a nerd, but that is now a thing of the past. Anyone who wants to bear this venerable title must now ...

Last night's burnt pizza is black in the oven, your socks and underwear seem to have found their favorite places on the bookshelf and your cat's fi...

Do you sometimes have the feeling that the weight of the world, indeed the whole universe, is on your shoulders? With the sun, moon and earth stres...

The moon has exerted a huge fascination on people since time immemorial and for good reason. After all, it influences the tides of the oceans and e...

It is no coincidence that this tape dispenser is shaped like a cassette. Because in English, the word "tape" means both adhesive tape and audio tap...

This sobering choice of words by the Borg before assimilation illustrates the advantages of a collective consciousness and the knowledge shared by ...

The "War of the Worlds" book safe offers you an easy way to hide valuables or other things that are important to you. At first glance, the safe loo...

Even back in the days of the Nintendo Gameboy, you could simply switch off with a good round of Kirby and go on an adventure with the little round ...

Was math your absolute favorite subject at school and you just couldn't get enough of it? If you could still solve math problems 'around the clock'...

Whether at school, in customer service or in technology - some interactions with the average idiot almost drive you crazy. No matter how hard you t...

He who has the damage doesn't have to worry about the mockery - we know this saying, but not everyone has learned it. Everyone knows that anyone wi...

A progress bar for thought processes would be really useful. It would let everyone involved know when it's okay to get another cup of coffee and wh...

There is power in calm. But sometimes the calm lies in things that are rather restless in themselves: the swinging of a pendulum, the roaring of th...

You've probably seen it somewhere before - in movies, TV series or with the cool boss in the office: this rhythmically swinging ball game that has ...

You know Sudoku: numbers 1 to 9, each row, each column, each box exactly once. Sounds manageable, right? The Sudoku Cube sees it differently and li...

What it says on the tin. The perfect cup for anyone who is addicted to caffeine. Whether it's coffee, tea, cola or cocoa - these liquid fuels can b...

These emails usually arrive shortly before the end of the working day, in the worst case on Fridays. It contains a request to do something "asap". ...

When the work is done, everything runs as you imagine it. So much for the theory of programming...When you have to change the code in a few months'...