Believe it or not, baking is a science. A delicious science, but a science all the same. The process is irreversible, just like a chemical reaction, and you need to have pretty exact quantities of all ingredients to avoid making a total mess. Despite this, the making of baked goods still … [Read more...]
Where’s the Doctor?
Illustrator Jamie Smart has been producing Doctor Who picture searches for the Doctor Who Monster Invasion magazine for a year and a half now and has just put some of his favourites up on his site. They're superbly detailed. We love them here at Dork Adore but have been driving ourselves mad … [Read more...]
What to buy your geek mother this Mother’s Day
I don't know about yours, but my mother would laugh in my face if I gave her any of the presents on offer for Mother's Day at most shops. Chocolates, rom-coms & cushions? She'd rather have a sonic screwdriver. So what do you get the dork mum for Mother's Day? Check after the jump for our … [Read more...]
Dork Fashion Icons: Enid Coleslaw (Ghost World)
Enid Coleslaw is the ultimate comic book anti-heroine and one that's become something of a poster girl for geek chic with indie cred. In the Daria Morgendorffer mold, she's a witty, intelligent and cynical commentator on the world around her. Brought to life by Thora Birch in the 2001 adaptation, … [Read more...]
Therm Au Rouge: no more cold wine
If there's one thing I hate, it's cold red wine. To me, red wine is a tasty, heady drink best served at room temperature (and with a block of cheese). So, I've developed a rather worrying tendency to warm bottles up by popping them on the radiator or plunging them into boiling … [Read more...]
Top Five Romantic Gadgets
Love or hate Valentine's day, it's a great excuse to add a bit of romance into your life. Of course, there's no need to sacrifice the geekery and with this in mind I've rounded up some of the best Valentine's appropriate bits of technology on the market right now… 1. Candlelight without the … [Read more...]
Ear Candy: Ministry of Sound Discotheque headphones
Ministry of Sound has been a staple on the club scene ever since 1991, and its ever-expanding brand now stretches to a record label and electronics. Being a brand mostly associated with DJs, it's obvious that headphones would be high on their product agenda. I got my hands on some of their new … [Read more...]
LEGO Star Wars Miniland is coming!
Last week saw an epic battle between Darth Vader and Obi-Wan Kenobi take place on the face of Big Ben in the showdown of Good vs Evil with the Sith Lord even getting the tube home afterwards. OK, it was the Big Ben at Lego Miniland in Windsor and not the real deal, but I don't think that makes it … [Read more...]
Dork Fashion Icon: Daria Morgendorffer (Daria)
I'd forgotten all about Daria until MTV started re-runs recently. Watching it again, it struck me just how much of an icon she is for geeks. Intelligent and witty, she's a cynical outsider to the suburban high school life portrayed in the show. She was everything I wanted to be (but wasn't) when I … [Read more...]
Sheldon Tees: Dress like Dr Sheldon Cooper
I'm going to go out on a limb and state that I have yet to find a self-confessed dork who doesn't love The Big Bang Theory. The geek-culture references peppered through the show have been meticulously researched, right down to the clothes the characters wear. Although Dr Sheldon Cooper PhD … [Read more...]
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