Scientific American's Sci/Tech Gifts for 2003

Rick DeBay writes "Scientific American has come out with their Sci/Tech gift list for 2003. I think they did a good job, even the selections in the under $25 category are quite tasteful and dignified. And what Sophisticated Lady wouldn't be overjoyed at unwrapping a genuine Swarovski crystal accessory? My personal favorites fall in to those well-worn categories, 'Imprisoning Small Creatures for Amusement' and 'Getting Someone Else to Clean-Up.' The frog and shrimp farms fufill the first, and the domestically-challengeds' favorite Roomba the latter. Seriously, there is a mix of interesting gadgets, products that should never have been made, refugees from Sharper Image, and humorous geek stocking stuffers. It is unlikely that you could go wrong."

Comments

Re:My gift to Sci Am

[Lane.exe]

/.ED!

"Ow! My server!"

the perfect gift for an IT worker

[plinius]

Would be a job. Seriously, the counterspin being put out by industry saying that only 500,000 tech workers are jobless is false from everything else I've read. Easily 4 out of 10 IT workers are unemployed according to one source.

But what is the solution, move to India like Colin from the Comedy Central Tough Crowd recently joked ?

What SciAM wants for Xmas: Bigger Servers!

[blackdefiance]

Come on -- haven't they been hit by slashdot before?

That was quick

[SPBesui]

/.'ed in under 20 comments.

my gift to sciam.com

[supernova87a]

a new web server.

Re:Give the gift of llamas!

[iocat]

Uh, perhaps you haven't heard this saying: "Give a man a fish, he eats for a day, Teach a man to fish and he eats for the rest of his life."

The idea is that even if it's a little more inefficient at getting the hungry people food that very second, if you give them some sustainable livestock, you reduce the chances that they'll be hungry in the future.

Of course, these days that saying should probably be updated to "Give a man a fish and he eats for a day, teach a man to fish and he'll be dead of mercury poisoning in five years" but it's the thought that counts...