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For any reason you get bored of that casing of your router and want to give it a boost in geekery, check out this neat idea by Luke Anderson who built a new case out of Lego pieces for his router!

The Lego pieces were built to be as exact to the original WRT54GL Linksys router’s plastic casing as possible for its look, which made it look like a DIY component instead of a store bought one. The window for displaying the LED indicators was made from transparent Lego bricks, which is pretty cool too.

Video of the Lego router building progress:

If you wish to build a Lego router like that, Luke has also provided the blueprint for download on his weblog for your convenience.

Here’s another interesting and novel-looking Street Fighter themed Macbook decal for sale by lildecalshoppe. If you’ve been following these decal designs you’ll know they come in many different designs and themes such as the Iron Man version by moviemagicman which has since sold out.

The Ryu and Ken Hadouken MacBook decal goes for $12.99 at Etsy.

This is a clever set of flat steel tools made to fit in a wallet. Whether you’re a regular dude or a Mr. Fixit, you can be sure they will come in handy during sticky situations.

There are four flat steel wallet tools to choose from; a spanner, ice scraper, a set of guitar picks and even one for opening bottles! The ice scraper is priced at $6.99 while the other three wallet tools are sold at $9.99 each, ThinkGeek online store.

This is one of those wacky Japanese inifinite toys, known as mugen toys. This time Bandai have collaborated with Meiji to come up with the endless chocolate bar breaker toy!

It allows you enjoy the gratification of breaking a fresh bar of chocolate, but without the guilt of actually eating it. The endless chocolate bar breaker toys come in three flavors and will be launched by Bandai in Japan on 30th January 2010 at 630 yen each.

Tired of annoying pop-ups whenever your e-mail is received? Here’s a web notification gadget spotted at CES 2010 that can be physically placed on the desk to remind you of unread mail in the inbox.

This is a USB-powered email notification gadget that lights up and informs you of incoming mail in your inbox in gmail, yahoo, outlook express and POP3 inboxes.

The USB webmail notifier does pretty useful for people that constantly work with full-screen applications where pop-up windows don’t work. $17.00, Brando.

The all-powerful Iron Man is powered by Apple? Well at least that’s what this MacBook decal says. Interesting and witty MacBook decal by moviemagicman from Etsy.

This is a mouse with that comes with a dual purpose specially for neat freaks. Besides functioning as a perfectly normal computer mouse, it is a vacuum cleaner as well! Since the mouse is already connected to the USB port, the vacuum module of the mouse can draw energy from the available power source.

Now you can vacuum those nasty food crumbs away. $12.69, Uxsight.

Product Details:

• USB vacuum mouse keeps your desk dust-free
• This USB vacuum mouse is definitely one great gadget for those who always emphasize on neatness and cleanliness of their work desks.
• The gadget is a combination of a simple 800dpi optical mouse with a scroll wheel and a miniature vacuum cleaner that keeps your desk free of dust.
• The mouse has an on off switch on the side for turning the vacuum function on and off.
• The mouse takes power from the USB port of your computer.
• Meaning you need to have your computer either staying on or in standby mode to provide power for this mouse, while doing vacuum cleaning for your work desk. You know, some prefer to have their computer switched off while cleaning their work desk.
• The mouse has a dust reservoir at the back-end. But seems to be too small that needs you to empty it very often. Or else it might burst off and get your desk full of dust again.
• Made of plastic
• Its weight: 100g

This ctrl-button light is great add-on furniture piece for a PC geek’s home. Powered by 220V AC mains, the larger-than-life “ctrl” button found on a computer keyboard pops out to provide a nice warm glow of ambient light for luminance at night.

Switching the night light on and off is achieved simply by pushing on the entire key. $11.34 worldwide free shipping, DealExtreme.

This interesting hanger tea bag design by Soon Mo Kang takes a page off a bunch of clothes hangers in a wardrobe. Instead of the traditional tab and a line, this design uses a hanger-style tab for its handle. The clever thing is that the color of the hook can be used to indicate the flavor of tea while doing a pretty decent job of hanging in place by the edge of the cup.

It can potentially be a great product design for promotional tie-ins, with ample advertising space available on the hanger-style tea tab.

iHome has announced two new models for its range of iPod/iPhone docking sound stations at CES 2010.

Firstly, the iP2 is an all around docking sound station with an audio setup based on Bongiovi technology with a 50-watt bi-amp and video-out jack. It is due for a 2010 summer release at $199.

Next up is the iP39, a docking sound system fit for the kitchen. The docking station includes features such as a kitchen timer, FM tuner and alarm clock. Having the iPod or iPhone docked in the kitchen makes it convenient to listen to cooking podcasts and online cooking instructions via apps and online guides. As for the iP39, it is slated for a spring 2010 release at a price of $99.