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Gadgets For a Budding Geek?
fprintf writes "As much as I hate to admit it, it looks like my 13-year-old son is following in my footsteps and preferring interesting, science-based toys. In the past he has been really interested in Lava Lamps, Newton's Cradle, and anything magnetic. It seems the knick-knacks that have generated the most interest were small and relatively inexpensive. For example, a small laser pointer keychain I bought him a couple of years ago still provides tons of entertainment. Yesterday I showed him ThinkGeek and he really liked the Levitron. I wanted to ask the Slashdot crowd what were some other really neat, interesting gadgets? Is there anything cool in the under-$50 range that you would like in your stocking this year?"
Get 'im one of these! It'll give him a head start on learning advanced concepts while blowing his mind. As a bonus, the little brat'll never bother you again!
A 13 year old boy... it doesn't matter if he is geeking or not, 13 year old is THE perfect age for some good wholesome porn.
"When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back!" -- Cave Johnson
Big box of hand lotion.
I record my sleeptalking
BUT, it uses LabView. And LabView sucks. My robotics team had a choice between LabView and C++. I proposed a contest. I would use C++ and the rest of the Software team would use LabView and we would see who could get the robot working within the hour. I had working non-template code within 10 minutes. And by the end of the hour, the LabView team had a robot that could move forwards and turn. My code controlled a camera, and arm, had the robot mobile, as well as some nice flashing LEDs and an EEPROM for defining preset sets of actions for the robot. Can you guess which one we picked?
A Fleshlight?
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