I'm really not sure what I want lately. I just got some really fun music toys, and I've been spending nearly all my spare time playing with them. So, perhaps more practical, useful sorts of gifts would be good.
Misc stuff
- Take me to a movie, coffee, etc...
- Sony MDR-V700 headphones
- A nice pocket knife; Spyderco or similar.
- Vash sunglasses: circular yellow lenses, with a zig-zag on the side of the frame.
- Transmetropolitan comic collections 7 or above. (thanks for 4-6, trae!)
- Other comics you think I might like.
- A glass surface for my desk
- Zubbles: Colored bubbles
- Toys
- Smiles
- Motivation
ThinkGeek stuff
- Green laser pointer ($90)
- Ice glasses ($8)
- Airzooka ($13)
Clothing
(I've got about a 30" or 32" waist, and 34" inseam)- Pants
- Cool shirts
- misc interesting clothing
Music and Sound
- Double bass drum pedal. (~$150)
- A wooden recorder (sounds much nicer than plastic).
- Misc cables / connectors... ask me for details.
Lights
- LED under-cabinet puck-shaped lights which can be plugged into the wall
- head lamp: Petzl Zipka Plus
- Rave'N 2 colorful LED flashlight
- Glowsticks... 1.5" mini glowsticks, and/or other similar products.
Games
- Playstation 3 ($?)
- Playstation 2 ($130)
- Devil May Cry 3 Special Edition (for PS2)
Dreamcast (~$50)
Videos
- "Monsters" TV show DVDs (especially "The Moving Finger" episode)
Stuff I already received
In case this helps give you any ideas, here are some things I already got and liked:A Korg Kaossilator KO-1A Korg Kaoss Pad 3 (KP3)Nokia n810 Linux-based "internet tablet"Electric drum set -- the type with touch-sensitive pads that can be reprogrammed with various sounds, preferably with midi output and user-definable sounds. The "ddrum 4" or "ddrum 4 se" is pretty nice. (~$2500)(done: thanks, me!) Portable music (mp3/ogg) player.Canon Powershot SD700Canon Powershot S1 ISIBM 31P9490 Keyboard to replace my current Happy Hacker + Cirque Easycat devicesA nice water bottle (Nalgene or similar).Small refrigerator/freezer I could use at work.Kill-a-watt power measurement device. ($30, thinkgeek)Nintendo DS LiteM3 homebrew card for the Nintendo DSDiskwars strategy game pieces.A tripod, or similar camera-holding device.Books by Carol Berg(thanks, trae!)One Pound Bag o' Thinking Putty: Like silly putty, but better. I like all the weird colors: bronze, silver, oil slick, electric green, lilac, scarab, lava, sunburst, amethyst, twilight, and all of the glow-in-the-dark ones.Invader Zim DVDs. I think there are 3 DVDs plus an extras disc. They all fit into a special box modelled after Zim's house, which is available either empty (~$20, with the extras disc), or full (~$90, 4 discs total).(done: thanks Shmoo & Chuck!) Shaolin Soccer DVDFingerworks TouchStream keyboard. (~$330) (note 2005-08: D'oh. Fingerworks died. That'll make it much harder to find a touchstream)DVD writer. (I found a nice one for only $38)done: (thanks, Willfe!) DVD+R media. Preferably, in spools of 50.CDR media. Preferably, in spools of 50. I've been using Memorex ones lately, without any fancy colors.done: multimeter / voltimeterTwo 512MiB RAM sticks for my notebook.Large hard drive for my notebook.Sharp Zaurus 5500 (done: thanks, me!)Palm Pilot (done: I bought myself a m500)(done: thanks, galen!) Grab bag (or two) of magnets: http://www.wondermagnet.com/dev/magnets.html (plus, magnetic field viewing sheet). These guys have lots of neat magnets. The 3/4" spheres are especially fun. But the grab bag is pretty neat too. I'm also interested in a few 1/4" spheres, a lot of 3/16" cubes, and some small oblong box-shaped magnets.(done: thanks, trae!) Liquid ferrofluid: reviewed hereDone (thanks, mom/dad!): A binary clock would be pretty neat.Done: A foam pillow. Mine is really, really old and getting flat.Done: GNU sticker to cover up the logo on my notebook.TV-B-Gone. Turns off almost any TV. (thanks, trae!)(done: thanks a bunch, trae!) Unicycledone: Good NiMH batteries. (probably some powerex ones from here)(done: thanks, mom/dad!) Ionic air purifier. this one seems to be relatively cheap/effective. ($60-$80)"Cuddle Pillow". Big soft cylinder.. About $8 at Mervyn's..?Nice headphones.. either one which wraps around behind the head, or which has over-ear pieces not connected to each other. A good durable cable is a BIG plus, too. (done: thanks, me!)AA and AAA NiMH batteries (Nexcell or Maha, highest mAH they sell), plus charger. (http://www.thomas-distributing.com/)8-bit tie ($20)Doctor Who's Sonic Screwdriver ($15)Anthropomorphizer stickers ($4)Magnetic fridge pins ($5)Gorillapod ($22-$50)"Uber Orbs" oblong, chirping magnetoids.(done: thanks, Liz!) Bike tail light.. the kind which flashes, and is powered by the back wheel... or perhaps a flashing battery-powered LED light.(done: Thanks, trae!) Forever Flashlight. No batteries; just shake it to charge it up! Power only lasts for 5 minutes, but that is no problem if you shake it periodically.
