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You know you’re a geek when...

You see a picture of a digital microscope and consider adding it to your Christmas wish list because it’s just so cool, even though you’re no longer studying veterinary medicine or doing anything that actually requires the use of microscopes any more.

Is it just me, or do other people experience pangs of jealousy when those C.S.I. guys talk about the science kits they received as Christmas gifts when they were kids? Don’t get me wrong, I loved all my horse stuff, but there’s a part of me that still wants that cool chemistry kit or this awesome Observe the World Science Gift Package for kids: a telescope, binoculars and a microscope just for kids. How cool is that? (Or there's the rather less pricey Learn and Grow Kids Gift Package which offers the same basic stuff but without the fancy schmancy fogproof, waterproof type options.)

And if you do follow those links to OpticsPlanet.com, be sure to check out their sister site Microsopes.com (that’s where I came across the really cool digital microscope). The pages are a little crammed full of information making them look too busy, in my opinion, but at least you can’t claim that they don’t provide enough information. Oh and they’ve got various gift idea pages: Holiday Gifts, Gift Certificates, Gifts for Children...

And so on, and so on...

Hint, hint, hint...

Labels: cool stuff, math and science