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The FRCF Gift Guide
I really like giving gifts. It's one of my favorite things to do; whenever I'm baking, I make an extra "gift batch" and surprise a friend with them. It's cool to give people interesting objects, too! To that end, I'm making this thread for people to post things they'd like to gift to someone, or would like to receive. Think of it as the guide to super-cool geek objects as curated by people you trust and whose opinion you care about. Here's a few things on my lists and in my notebooks right now.
Suck UK Grime Writer. I like graffiti, but the illegality of writing on things is irritating. The Grime Writer solves this by letting you "write" in soap, by cleaning off dirty surfaces. Load it up with a critical detergent (I recommend Alconox) and do your civic duty by cleaning your blog's name onto that wall.
I use pens and notebooks for most of my work and recreation. A decent fountain pen holds a lot of ink, looks cool, and is often cheaper in the long-run than buying single-use ballpoints. Neil Gaiman's favorite is the TWSBI Diamond 540, which has a giant built-in piston reservoir. Gaiman recommends writing in an atypical color for letters, which is a nice thing you can do with a fountain pen; I'm a big fan of the beautiful colors and smooth flow of Pilot's Iroshizuku inks.
I'm giving my family a Roku XD for Christmas. It's the next best thing to building your parents an HTPC.
Anyone got anything else they're excited to give or receive?
Suck UK Grime Writer. I like graffiti, but the illegality of writing on things is irritating. The Grime Writer solves this by letting you "write" in soap, by cleaning off dirty surfaces. Load it up with a critical detergent (I recommend Alconox) and do your civic duty by cleaning your blog's name onto that wall.
I use pens and notebooks for most of my work and recreation. A decent fountain pen holds a lot of ink, looks cool, and is often cheaper in the long-run than buying single-use ballpoints. Neil Gaiman's favorite is the TWSBI Diamond 540, which has a giant built-in piston reservoir. Gaiman recommends writing in an atypical color for letters, which is a nice thing you can do with a fountain pen; I'm a big fan of the beautiful colors and smooth flow of Pilot's Iroshizuku inks.
I'm giving my family a Roku XD for Christmas. It's the next best thing to building your parents an HTPC.
Anyone got anything else they're excited to give or receive?
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http://boingboing.net/2012/11/28/giftguide2012.html
Engadget Gift Guide
http://www.engadget.com/holidaygiftguide2012/
http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/22/3679722/the-verge-holiday-gift-guide-2012
http://www.conlanpress.com/index.html
I purchased a first edition of A Fine and Private Place and am sending it to Conlan Press with a personalization fee for Mr. Beagle to personalize it to my father. That book was one of the first he ever read to me as a child, so it has a special place in my heart. If someone you know has a favorite book from a living author, you can contact their publisher to seed if you can have it personalized by the author. It may be too late this holiday season to arrange for such a thing, but may for next year.
Happy gifting!