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 ;)

Wil Wheaton, actor, dead at 28

[Anonymous Coward]

I just heard on the radio that Richard William Wheaton III (Wil Wheaton's full name) was found dead today at his home in LA. We will all remember his wonderful performances as Wesley Crusher on Star Trek:TNG and Gordie Lachance on Stand By Me. Wil has contributed much to society, and I'm sure he will be greatly missed by the readers of Slashdot.

here is a popular one..

[geekoid]

A job

Simple!

[boaworm]

A girlfriend of course, all geeks want those !

How about....

[NTSwerver]

....a nice pair of wooly socks? They're always handy !

All I Want for Christmas...

[BoarderPhreak]

...is my two front teeth.

My two front teeth...

My two front teeth...

Hey, don't blame me, that's the song. :-D

Re:Early

[KingJawa]

Did you give it to him? You could have used it on that penultimate word.

DSL with fixed IP Address

[wiredog]

And without port 80 blocked.

Roll Back the Clock

[spikeham]

I want my shiny New Economy back!

I don't know, but how about...

[Anonymous Coward]

I don't know what would be a good geek gift, but whatever it is imagine a beowolf cluster of them for sure!

$6000: Doll

[banuaba]

The RealDoll [realdoll.com]. Never have to talk to a real girl again!

And, for you geekchicks out there, they now make a male realdoll! [realdoll.com]

Re:Simple!

[tbone1]

A girlfriend of course, all geeks want those !

#include "nancy_boy.h"

Speak for yourself, duckie.

Hehe

[Ghoser777]

The first time I read your post I thought you said: "all geeks want hoes." Which makes sense; when's the last time you saw a nerdy pimp? ;)

F-bacher

How about an XBox?

[Wakko Warner]

slashdot [slashdot.org]
seems [slashdot.org]
to [slashdot.org]
think [slashdot.org]
they're [slashdot.org]
pretty [slashdot.org]
cool [slashdot.org],
maybe [slashdot.org]
they're [slashdot.org]
what I [slashdot.org]
want [slashdot.org]!

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

CowboyNeal Calandar!

[ShortedOut]

Get every Geek what he really wants: A CowboyNeal Picture of the day calandar! That way, they could look forward to each and every day of the year knowing that there is always someone with a more pathetic existance than they have!!! :)

shrinky dinks.

[rnb]

Inexpensive and wise.

Oh, yes. [shrinkydinks.com]

Re:A girlfriend -- priceless

[ryepup]

Your freedom is worth far more than a woman.

Enjoy it.

musing

[Anonymous Coward]

I kept expecting you to say something like "Shooting some shmuck in the crotch... priceless."

non-complaining girlfriend

[jonestor]

How about a girlfriend that doesn't complain when I get on the computer?

Re:$6000: Doll

[yatest5]

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

Again?

Re:A possible list

[yatest5]

>>or perhaps just another 21"

I could go for a few more inches, but 21 might be a bit extravagant.

Re:the iPod

[Sloppy]

Real Geeks do Ogg, not MP3. MP3 is so 1999.

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Re:non-complaining girlfriend

[yatest5]

Yeah, so long as you get her an interesting boyfriend in return...

For the guy who has everything!

[Spackler]

Osama bin Laden's nuts on a stick planted at ground zero!

~price = $25,000,000

Christmas Invention?

[Anonymous Coward]

>> 6. Cases of beer or caffinated beverage

WHOA! An invention for Christmas...

Caffinated Beer! - its what every geek knows they don't know they want!

Who's with me on this?

The most versatile gift ever

[carambola5]

It functions as:

• An "appliance I can't do without" [slashdot.org]
• An algorithm loved by all [slashdot.org]
• Goes great with steak [slashdot.org]
• A favorite display device [slashdot.org] of many

What is this wonderous gift of all gifts?!? Why CowbowNeal, of course! Get 'em while they're hot!

Origami a Day Calendar

[Embedded Geek]

My cubemate got me a 2002 Easy Origami Daily Boxed Calendar [barnesandnoble.com]. 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...

Cash please

[PanBanger]

Nothing worse than when non-geeks buy geeks presents.

"Gee thanks! A new mouse! ummmm yeah it's great...it's got a ball on the bottom. How quaint."

A Holiday Wish

[Dr. Bent]

I think steve martin said it best, when he said this [whysanity.net]

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.

Re:For my web site to get Slashdotted.

[Tofu]

Yes!! me [thetofu.com] too! :) No one understands that the gift of tofu is the greatest gift of all!!!

Re:Home made cards and company

[tt2k1]

I loved my Uncle !! :-)

And he loved you back. And now he's in prison for it. I hope you're pleased with yourself, mister.

Re:$6000: Doll

[CtrlPhreak]

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

Why would they want that when they can have me instead? E-mail me [mailto] and save $6000, that's already a point in my favor!

Origami a Day Calendar

[Embedded Geek]

(Caveat: This is a repost [slashdot.org] of something buried in a deper thread. If reposts offend you, please skip this...)

My cubemate got me a 2002 Easy Origami Daily Boxed Calendar [barnesandnoble.com]. 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...

Re:Switch a couple there

[Altus]

thats funny.

Id rather have
12. months of rent
11. thousand dollars

maby thats because I live in boston....

I think i would get the editors..

[Anonymous Coward]

Some grammar books and maybe a list of topics already done [slashdot.org] Maybe i would get some slashdot insurance for sites about to be slashdotted.