Geek Gift Ideas 2001

Once again its time for Slashdot readers to chime in on what they think would make good gift geek christmas presents. Please put approximate prices in the Subject so Santa can more easily decide your gift ;) I'm still stuck for ideas for a few people yet. Of course I'll have to post my ideas anonymously so people don't know what they're getting ;)

Comments

here is a popular one..

[geekoid]

A job

DSL with fixed IP Address

[wiredog]

And without port 80 blocked.

Roll Back the Clock

[spikeham]

I want my shiny New Economy back!

$6000: Doll

[banuaba]

The RealDoll. Never have to talk to a real girl again!

And, for you geekchicks out there, they now make a male realdoll!

Re:$6000: Doll

[yatest5]

The RealDoll. Never have to talk to a real girl again!

Again?

Re:Simple!

[tbone1]

A girlfriend of course, all geeks want those !

#include "nancy_boy.h"

Speak for yourself, duckie.

How about an XBox?

[Wakko Warner]

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cool,
maybe
they're
what I
want!

Home made cards and company

[Laplace]

Since my employers owe me over $5000 in back pay, I'm giving the gift of love this year. My family gets to see me over the holiday, and my friends get cards (prints that I'll be making in my darkroom). Oddly enough, this is the first Christmas where I feel good about my presents. I'm not expecting anything but the same in return. The economy being in the shitter has impacted everyone in my family, and in some cliched sense we are returning to the true spirit of Christmas.

However, my sister's kids are getting a Dreamcast with Samba de Amigo that I picked up several months ago. Really, it is more of a family gift (my mom loves that game), but I like to play the rich uncle who shamelessly spoils his niece and nephew (since their mother doesn't).

The twelve days..

[GiMP]

12. 36 gig SCSI drives
11. Mosix Nodes
10. Thousand dollars
9. Monitors
8. Cases of DVD-Rs
7. OC-3's
6. Cases of beer or caffinated beverage.
5. Golden fingers
4. Dual-Head Matrox g550s
3. Months of rent
2. Mylex raid controllers
1. Copy of Manos!

A/V R/C Helicopter w/ long range capabilities

[orgnine]

I personally would really enjoy a high-powered high-tech remote control helicopter myself.

Arm it with a video camera to not only spy on friends or surprise them when they are backing out of the driveway... But also to travel over long distances and see where you are going at the same time :) Maybe even a sensitive omni-directional mic?

Hook up the A/V and R/C to a high-power transmitter and sit in your equipment van in the park with the dish spinning.

I think it'd be a blast.

orgnine

Origami a Day Calendar

[Embedded Geek]

My cubemate got me a 2002 Easy Origami Daily Boxed Calendar. It's printed on origami paper and every day gives you a different origami to fold (you're supposed to use yesteray's paper to fold today's project, but I might just buy a separate supply of paper - not sure yet). It gives you exactly what you want from a daily calendar - a minute of fun to kick start your morning without derailing the rest of the day.

Only problem I had was that I folded the thank you note in the "baby in a cradle" pattern to commemerate my "new time wasting project" (the origami). She mistook it and thought my wife and I were expecting...

Give a geek the greatest gift...

[hyacinthus]

...the gift of the English language. Take time out from your day and teach a poor, semiliterate computer nerd how to spell. Make space in your day to instruct him on the difference between "loose" and "lose". Get him a Concise Oxford English Dictionary.

The editorial staff of Slashdot certainly could use this gift, from what I've seen.

hyacinthus.