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Gifts for your Geek this year
by Ryan Carter Dec 10th 2006 at 2:02PM
Some people can't seem to get this idea out of their heads that gifts have to be something physical. When I began to think about the holidays this year, I thought about all the things I wouldn't mind having, and I thought of mostly physical hold-it-in-your-hand gifts I want. Most of the gifts I hope to get happen to be virtual. Here is a nice rundown of some of the things you might think about buying for your own geek (both virtual gifts and physical gifts): - Flickr Pro account $25/year
- Basecamp accounts ranging from $12/month to $149/month
- Skype credit for free calls
- Any other kind of pro account or account upgrade your geek may want from an online service
- Anything from ThinkGeek.com (USB gadgets, like a rocket launcher or a bluetooth laser keyboard)
- iTunes prepaid music card (as big as you can
affordfind) - World of Warcraft prepaid gameplay card (for any aspiring geeks who don't already play the game)
A note for non-geeks and newbies: if you want to get something like a pro account from an online service for your geek, you don't have to know how to use it, find it, or anything. If you know they want it, either enlist a geeky friend to help you in the process or simply write the name of the service on an index card or print it out all pretty like. Wrap it up to give to your geek, trust me they won't care what the gift card looks like, depending on the gift. Oh, and you get extra points if you write the message on the card in binary. I remember when my wife wrapped up a brochure for high-speed internet in the early days...best gift ever. See what I mean?
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Huw Leslie said 3:52PM on 12-10-2006
How about those Flickr mini cards from Moo.com? £10 for 100.
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Kat said 3:33PM on 12-10-2006
If you have a relative that is into "casual gaming" (e.g. games from Popcap), have them try out some demos and buy them a license key to a game they like.
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David said 3:53PM on 12-10-2006
Here's the list I just sent my sister:
The Tick, A-Team or MacGyver on DVD
Settlers of Catan boardgame
Gift cards from Archie McPhee or ThinkGeek
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Colu said 5:10PM on 12-10-2006
And what about games? Add please WoW account with free access for year. I can't live without this game and if someone decides me to present it I will be happy
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crazyfret said 5:10PM on 12-10-2006
NO ITUNES!!!!! Yuck! iTunes adds that stupid DRM or whatever = only can burn cd's 5 times and cant use on regular MP3 stuff.
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ZOverLord said 8:40PM on 12-10-2006
Every Geek needs a way to communicate with others worldwide, we can't know every language, this allows you to communicate with others worldwide having your Skype chat messaages translated in real time from one language to another using 38 different language pairs. It also speaks your Skype chat messages in many languages as well. More information here: http://testing.onlytherightanswers.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=55
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