Hasta La Gadget!

I’ve gone over and over it again in my mind. I cannot for the life of me remember what sort of socks they wore with their uniforms – or if you could even see them. All I know is that I’m pretty sure they didn’t look as good as these.

These comfy knitted cotton/poly socks available in engineering red, science blue and command gold for all you original series fans out there. Though I think I wouldn’t want to wear the red ones, in the event they have the same effect as wearing a red shirt.

The Star Trek socks are available over on ThinkGeek for $24.99(USD) for three pair, including one in each color. Mix-and-match ‘em if you feel like multitasking between the bridge and engineering.

Socks go missing all the time. I don’t know what about socks make them specifically so easy to lose, but every other month or so I find myself having to hit the store to buy a couple new pairs. Nothing extremely pressing, but annoying all the same.

But if you have a tendency to go ape crazy over missing socks, then you probably need the Smarter Socks system.

Created by Samy Liechti of Blacksocks, the system comes with socks embedded with RFID chips so tracking their usage is a breeze. All you have to do is run the sock through the scanner and it’ll show all sorts of useful (or useless?) information, like how many times the sock has been washed, when it was ordered, and if its still got its pair or not.

Really, what more can you want from your socks?

The Smarter Socks system, which includes the scanner and ten pairs of socks, and will cost $189(USD). Now $18.90 for a pair of socks seems expensive, but on the other hand, you’ll never have to worry about losing them.

[via Ubergizmo via Dvice]

A… friend… has always wondered what the pope wears on his day off because he can’t wear that giant hat everywhere. Does he have a papal track suit? Holy but not holey jeans? White tees for the Holy See? This… friend asked the question when she visited the Vatican and was not given a conclusive answer. However, part of that puzzle has been solved by the Bureau of Trade, which is selling the luxe Gammarelli socks that ol’ Benedict rocks on his feet. More »