If you love Linux you automatically love Tux, the cuddly mascot-slash-logo for the open source operating system. Just as the software is free to download and install as your computer’s desktop, the patterns for Tux can be downloaded so he can sit on your desktop next to your computer.

The Free Penguin project provides the “source code” for plushie Tux sewing patterns. Your hardware requirements for executing the source code are a printer, fabric access, a needle,

thread, and scissors capable of cutting said fabric. Download a development release.

If you’re lacking the necessary hardware requirements for the Plush tux but have a printer, functional scissors and glue, KDE-Look.org]

Have you made either of these Tuxes? Post your version in the comments!

Which girls best exemplify geek chic? Post your ideas in the comments. Once we have a strong list we’ll post a survey and let you rank the ladies.

Girls can be real people or fictional characters and should be fairly well known enough where a simple web search can return the person in question.

Not clear on what’s geek chic? Here are some resources:
AZ Central: “It’s chic to be geek!”
Wikipedia: geek chic
USA Today: “Geek chic”

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Which guys best exemplify geek chic? Post your ideas in the comments. Once we have a strong list we’ll post a survey and let you rank the guys.

Guys can be real people or fictional characters and should be fairly well known enough where a simple web search can return the person in question.

Not clear on what’s geek chic? Here are some resources:
AZ Central: “It’s chic to be geek!”
Wikipedia: geek chic
USA Today: “Geek chic”

(more…)

For those of you who are returning to your respective institutions of education, you’re probably thinking about what you use to tote around your gear of learning. To make it easier, we’ll give you a 10% discount on any of our bags and purses. Just use the code woo10 at checkout.

Paper toys are probably the closest thing we have to delivering 3D stuff over the internet. The only catch is you have to do a bit of cutting and gluing to get to the 3D part.

Mandelbot is a stylish little robot that you can download, print out, and assemble to have a new tiny companion. If small talk bores you, no worries–he seems to have his headphones permanently glues to his ears. Download him and get to work: Mandelbot Paper Toy.

Here’s some links to other cool paper toys we’ve found:

Speakerdog
Download one of many Speakerdogs that have been decorated by designers, or grab the blank one and make your own.

Mr. Robot
Very complicated but cool moving robot who plays a guitar.

Space Shuttle
Technically this is just the orbiter part of the Space Shuttle since the rocket boosters aren’t included, it doesn’t mean building spacecraft is any less fun.

Bill Gates’ House: Page 1, Page 2
Cut out all the different elements of BG’s 50,000 square-foot high-tech home on Lake Washington and assemble them into a palatial Microsoft abode.

The Tardis
The police-box-shaped time-bending spaceship from Doctor Who can now be yours in a paper model form.