If you’ve got a geeky friend who really doesn’t appreciate getting a wallet or a pair of gloves as gifts, don’t feel lost. We’ve come up with 12 awesome gift ideas that’ll appeal to your geek pal’s geekiest side! In the geek gift world, there’s no lack of imagination when it comes to creating the quirkiest geeky gift, whether it’s keyboard command cufflinks or an interactive drum player shirt!

1. Interactive Drum T-Shirt

Some people cannot keep their hands still; they’ve got to be drumming something or the other. So if your pal is that way, get them a T-shirt with a built-in drum kit. Your friend will spend many happy hours tapping away on the drums on this shirt; the sound actually comes through the embedded speaker! The very best gift for a winnable rockstar, these electronic shirts come to you from thinkgeek.com. You can play 7 different drum sounds on this shirt; the volume is adjustable. The battery pack and speaker are in a hidden pocket near the shirt hem.

2. Pacman Sofa

Get yourself the quirky and innovative Pacman Sofa set which has two large, Pac Man shaped seats, with a wedge mouth and eye. Plus, there are Pac Man ‘power pills’, chewy looking cubes that fit perfectly into the square wedge that is the Pac Man mouth. You can arrange these sofa sets in a number of ways.

3. USB Based Webmail Notifier

Get this quirky USB Webmail Notifier from Curiosite.com which indicates your email status in different colors. Blue light indicates new email, a full inbox means red and green when your inbox is empty. You can use the USB Webmail Notifier with various webmail services, email desktop clients, and ISP with POP3 services.

4. Lego Star Wars Chewbacca & Storm Trooper Alarm Clock

Consider getting your pal a super geeky crescendo alarm clock that’s not just fun to look at but gets louder and louder till you turn it off. This clock is made out of 21 Lego pieces, featuring Japanese Quartz movement from thinkgeek.com.

5. Mus2

This cordless computer mouse looks like a computer cursor, fits beautifully in your hand and is easy to use. It’s an optical mouse that comes with an 800 DPI optical sensor resolution and a potential frame speed of 2300 fbs. This mouse comes to you from Art Lebedev, who has also designed the Optimus Maximus Keyboard. You can get the cursor mouse either in black or white; whenever the battery needs to be changed, you’ll be notified by the power meter.

6. IPhone App Magnets

Everyone needs fridge magnets. How about getting your geeky pal a set of cute fridge magnets designed in the form of iPhone app logos? These cute magnets will provide just the right touch for anyone’s fridge.

7. Social Media Pillows

Everyone buys cushions for their homes, but do you have one that has the Facebook or Twitter logo on it? These 100% soft, plump handmade Social Media pillows are embroidered and appliquéd with social media logos for that geeky person who cannot stay away from their FaceBook account. These pillows are available on Craftsquatch’s shop on Etsy.

8. Text Talk Vinyl Shower Curtain

Throw away those boring old curtains and get yourself a Text Talk Vinyl shower curtain from Bed Bath & Beyond. Every emoticon you’ve ever used in a chat or email software is printed on this curtain, along with a textual description of what the emoticon stands for!

9. Chargepod

The Chargepod from callpod.com charges six gadgets simultaneously, using different adapters for each gadget type. So if you carry around a Bluetooth headset, an iPod, and a couple of phones and are constantly tripping over multiple charging cords, this Chargepod is for you. You also get a mini-USB adapter and a voucher for an extra adapter.

10. Wow Beer Stein

How about a fabulously designed stoneware beer stein, handcrafted in the style of old by the famous stein artisans of Ceramarte for your video game fanatic pal? These artists have bas-relief sculpted and painted the stone steins using exclusive artwork by the creators of the World of Warcraft game. This are limited edition beer steins, available at Amazon.com.

11. Wi-Fi Detection T-Shirt

If you’re in a Wi-Fi zone, the glowing bars on this black cotton t-shirt from ThinkGeek.com dynamically change according to signal fluctuations. You can remove the animated decal flashing rows before washing the shirt. The shirt works continuously for 4 hours on three AAA batteries.

12. Keyboard Command Cufflinks

When your geek pal puts on a formal shirt, how about they put on a pair of keyboard command cufflinks instead of regular ones? These shiny sterling silver cufflinks that spell out keyboard commands such as Delete, Help, Ctrl and Esc are delightful and a conversation starter.

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To spend a lot of time on the plane, train, subway or car is extremely boring. This is why people love travel gadgets. For summer fun and to combat boredom I recommend playing games on the Nintendo 3DS Console.

This little gadget doesn’t require 3D glasses to enjoy its startling effects, and even offers 3D picture-taking and movie-watching.

The Nintendo 3DS Console features the traditional dual-screen, the top 3.5-inch gaming display is designed to produced crisp 3D images, while the bottom 3D-less display works as the touch panel.

The devices has new built-in camera with two camera lenses, enabling you to take photographs in 3D. Also you can experience watching 3D films on this gadget, with Nintendo demoing trailers from upcoming 3D movies from Disney, Dreamworks and Disney. The 3D capabilities of the cameras allow you to truly enter a new dimension with Augmented Reality, in the AR Games application.

Nintendo 3DS Console features and specs:

• Size (when closed) – 2.9" high, 5.3" long, 0.8" deep.
• Weight – Approximately 8 ounces (including battery pack, stylus, SD memory card).
• Upper 3D Display – 3.53" (3.02" wide x 1.81" high) with 800 x 240 pixel resolution, range of 16.77 million colors and 400 pixels are allocated to each eye to enable 3D viewing.
• Lower Screen – 3.02" (2.42" wide, 1.81" high) with 320 x 240 pixel resolution and range of 16.77 million colors.
• Cameras – 3 (2 facing out, 1 facing in), each with 640 x 480 resolution capability; single focus lenses using the CMOS capture element; active pixel count is approximately 300,000 pixels.
• Wireless Functionality – 2.4 GHz, supporting IEEE802.11 b/g with the WPA/WPA2 security features.
• Input Controls – A/B/X/Y Button, + control pad, L/R button, START/SELECT, Circle Pad (enabling 360-degree analogue input), Touchscreen, embedded microphone, Camera, Motion sensor, Gyro sensor.
• Other Input Controls – 3D Depth Slider (enabling smooth adjustment of the 3D level effect), HOME (HOME button brings up the HOME menu), Wireless switch (can disable wireless functionality even during game play), POWER button.
• Parental Controls – Enable parents to restrict game content by ratings as well as use of specific wireless connectivity, 3D functionality, etc.
• System Transfer – Enable users to transfer already purchased software from one Nintendo 3DS system to another. DSiWare purchased for the Nintendo DSi or the Nintendo DSi XL can also be transferred into a Nintendo 3DS system.
• Built-in Software – Includes: the Nintendo 3DS Camera, Nintendo 3DS Sound, Mii Maker, StreetPass, Mii Plaza, AR Games, Activity Log, Face Raiders, etc.
• Connector – Game Card slot, SD Card slot, Cradle connector, AC adapter connector, Audio jack (stereo output).
• Sound – Stereo speakers positioned to the left and right of the top screen (supports virtual surround sound).
• Stylus – Telescoping stylus (approximately 3.94" when fully extended).
• Electric Power – AC adapter. Nintendo 3DS Battery Pack (lithium ion battery) [CTR-003].
• Approximate Charge Time – 3.5 hours.
• Approximate Battery Duration – 3-5 hours (3DS software), 5-8 hour (DS software and/or with lowered brightness settings).
• Game Card – Nintendo 3DS Game Card. The size is approximately the same as Nintendo DS Game Card.

Pricing and availability

The Nintendo 3DS Console price tag is £169.00 ($249.99) and you can get it in UK from Asda Direct or Amazon.co.uk and in USA from Amazon.com.

The Alpha light from "Dark Sucks"  is five times brighter than MAGLITE’s® latest 3D cell LED flashlight and only one-fifth the size. This is the world’s brightest palm-sized LED flashlight.

Alpha light is a high performance, premium LED flashlight, intentionally made to last a lifetime.

Alpha light main features:

• produces over 500 lumens of light
• constant brightness over the life of the battery
• bold design
• palm-sized LED flashlight
• rechargeable using lithium-ion batteries
• waterproof
• designed, engineered and built in California
• a memory feature recalls the last-used setting of three different brightness levels
• low battery indicator

Pricing and availability

This cool LED flashlight is a limited production so if you want one you must hurry. You can get more details and order it from Dark Sucks website.

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If you want a modern clock with an unusual design have a look at Silver Multi Collage Photo Frame Clock.

This set of linked photo frames looks cool and makes a great gift whatever the occasion. All you have to do is to customize it with some beautiful images.

he Twelve Piece Multi Photo Frame and clock has a brushed aluminium silver finish and each photo frame has been linked together in a contemporary modern design.

Two of the frames hold a 3" x 2.5" photo, two hold a 2.5" x 3" photo and the remaining eight hold a 1.5" x 1.5".

Pricing and availability

The Silver Multi Collage Photo Frame Clock price tag is £16.95 and it is available at A1gifts.co.uk.

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With the help of the Pico Mini Handheld Projector you will be able to project your videos and pictures up to the size of a home cinema screen. All you need is to connect the mini projector to a  device such as iPhone or iPod. It also works with laptops, PCs and other mobile phones and digital cameras with a USB connection.

The projector itself is small enough to carry in your pocket, meaning that any time you want to show off your snaps and videos all you have to do is get it out and get projecting. There’s a built-in media player with a 4GB capacity, so you won’t run of space any time soon, either.

Pico Mini Handheld Projector features:

• A pocket-sized projector for all your portable media.
• Compatible with iPhone, iPod, laptops, netbooks, mobile phones, digital cameras, mobile gaming devices (via USB).
• Watch videos and slide shows.
• Also shows business presentations on Powerpoint.
• USB connection for data transfer and power.
• Displays images up to 60 inches wide (4:3).
• 480 x 320 resolution.
• Up to 2 hours of battery power from full charge.

Pricing and availability

The Pico Mini Handheld Projector price tag is £149.00 and you can find it at IWantOneOfThose.com.