It’s that time! We’ve wiled away the weeks waiting for an assortment of suitably-awesome gadgets to arrive, and this festive slice of the year is just such an occasion. Put your peepers on these bizarre (or awesomely bizarre) doodads below.

• This hideous baseball cap boombox is allegedly capable of saving lives… Probably by scaring away anyone who could ever hurt you.
• The Specimen XL Horn Speakers look like something that jumped straight out of Whoville.
• This Sony Ericsson cell phone has been modded to detect AIDS, Malaria and other nasty bugs.
• Nothing spells f-e-s-t-i-v-e like a buckshot of tinsel, fake snow, and somewhat unwilling targets.
• Vacuum tubes, swear words, and time-keeping. What’s not to love?
• LEDs, microcontrollers, and sensors, oh my! It’s called beer pong, not Beirut.

Fin.

It’s Thursday, and that means, er, nothing. But we do have gadgets for you!

• The BlackBerry Storm reviews are starting to hit the web. All sources indicate that it’s good, but not yet ready to slay the incumbent iPhone. Cue the “rains on RIM’s parade” jokes.
• It’s rare that new developments in the flash drive arena amount to more than new capacities, new colors or some new-fangled encryption scheme. Yet Kanguru has managed to deliver the goods by releasing a flash drive with an eSATA connection for superior throughput.
• Packard Bell is back with a netbook. Everyone grab your warranties.
• Meet Roofus, the beastly robot that plows snow like it ain’t no thang. We, for one, accept our new robot overlords.

We’ve hit critical mass! Time for another round of bizarre, terrible or interesting gadgets:

• The Phillips iPill contains a power supply, processor, medicine reservoir and micro pump. Intended for swallowing like a normal capsule, this pill can provide medication targeted directly at the source of the problem. The pill can also be monitored externally.
• This UMID carries all the horsepower of a netbook in a footprint that’s approximately half the size. Do want.
• We’re close to fuel cells finally making a mass appearance, and designs like this one really help. MyFC’s fuel cells are flexible, allowing them to occupy dead space in a device or reduce the footprint of existing batteries.
• Best Buy is demonstrating gift cards that double as mini speakers, complete with 1/8″ plug for interfacing with that holiday iPod.
• Leave it to Klipsch to make in-ear headphones that don’t completely suck.
• A new approach to lithium ion batteries gives them a seven-fold increase in longevity. The technique was just developed at a university, so expect the technology to be introduce shortly after the perpetual motion machine.

Hump day!

Brace yourself! It’s weird/creepy doodad day for this edition of G’n'G:

• For $279, the SAD clock promises to elevate the mood of those suffering from seasonal affective disorder. We’re not really sure what blue light is going to do in lieu of UV or natural sunlight, but who’s counting?
• Not satisfied with your current approach to being a creeper? Perhaps the sleepy bunny webcam will help you achieve your goals. Ick.
• The best use of USB ever comes in the form of this microscope with 200x magnification and 1600×1200 resolution.
• A new coating developed by Rensselaer Polytechnic allows for photovoltaic cells to capture 96.2% of the sun’s rays from any angle. (We lied. This one is neither weird nor creepy).
• Nothing spells “awesome” like a mask that molests your face in the name of comfort.
• How about a robot controlled via WiFi by some Ruby code running on a jailbroken iPhone?

We don’t even want to know what evil could be done with the bunny and the microscope.

More doodads for your perusal:

• What’s worse than a dumbphone that’s sold as a smartphone? A dumbphone with an anemic screen.
• Take another look at Samsung’s compelling NC10 netbook.
• A 0.05mm OLED screen with a 100,000:1 contrast ratio, 100% NTSC gamut production. It really is as thin as paper.
• Help your plant live longer by Tweeting you for water.
• EeePCs with discrete graphics cards. Eee must be mean “diluted brand” in some foreign language.
• Another netbook, this time HP’s Mini 1000. While it’s short on battery life, it’s big on fit and finish.
• A TV that uses frickin’ lasers to make the world’s best LCD which, consequently, now rivals the world’s best plasma. Plasma’s dead, long live plasma!
• This double-fatty flip phone could easily find a seat on Jabba’s throne. Unfortunately, it’s also a dummy. Nice try, LG.
• Take a peak at Lenovo’s entry to the Chinese phone market with China’s first Android phone.