Nov 18, 2007
Christmas Geek Gift Ideas 2
NOTE: Before you buy anything, you can claim a £5 gift voucher for Firebox here!
I’ve put together another list of Christmas gift suggestions for your favourite geek. As I mentioned in my last post, I signed up for an affiliate account with my favourite online shop Firebox in the hope of earning enough commission to buy one of these.
These are things I’ve bought as gifts before:
1. I bought some Jazz Ice Stirrers for Christmas this year for a friend who’s really into his guitar and drinking.
2. If you don’t already have the Key Bottle Opener by Suck, then this is the very first thing you should buy yourself for Christmas this year. It is probably one of the single most useful inventions of the past 50 years.
3. I’ve bought loads of Hot Packs over the years for friends, family and myself. They are ideal for anyone who skis or snowboards, or anyone who, like me, constantly has cold hands in the winter.
4. Another gift for my hard-to-buy-for-father, Weasel Coffee. Yes, Vietnamese weasels eat the coffee beans and then throw them up. They are then packaged up and sold to people in the UK under the impression that this somehow makes the coffee taste better.
These gifts are by UK-based bloggers/geeks:
5. TV Cream Toys book by my fellow blogger, former Channel 4 colleague and Facebook friend, Steve Berry.
6. Even if you’re not a b3tan/b3tard, you more than likely have seen Joel Veitch‘s insane animations. If you’ve ever seen some kind of monkey-kitten hybrid with a human mouth and eyes singing about wanking or something, you’ve seen one. He’s come out with some Rathergood Plush Toys based on some of his animations. I just might get Ninja Kitten instead of a Fraggle…
Amazing things which you can pre-order and get in time for Christmas:
7. HOLY SHIT!!! It’s a Death Star Transformer!! It’s due in on the 22nd of November so you’ll have time to get it for Christmas.
8. Well, as this is a geek Christmas gift list, I figure we can’t have enough Star Wars. Check these puppies out. Star Wars Mimbots – Star Wars-themed USB memory sticks. Dorky as all hell. In December 4th.
9. Periodic Table shower curtain! Oh. My. God. I wish I wasn’t so modern and didn’t have a shower room and instead had a normal shower which needed a curtain. In the 27th November.
Finally, for those of you who liked the look of the Pico Z Battle Copters I linked to last time, but cant justify spending £50 on them:
10. One, non-battling Pico Z Micro Helicopter. £19.95.
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The thing about those hand warmers is the fact you have to boil them for ages to get them to return floppy – which they didn’t tell me when I bought them. Would be easier if you microwave the things but no, you have to boil them in a pan in water and create washing up for yourself….
By the way – I saw you on Discovery this morning at 5am in Demolition whatsit. I hope you’re getting residuals.
Good list of gifts.
here are a couple of funny ones:
The lavnav (illuminate your closet)
And the Giant Toasted Leafcutter Ants of edibleonlineshop.
Love the new banner.
Am tempted to purchase post-code jigsaw puzzles for awkward relatives. Nice idea.
Strangely hooked on Heroes too, despite the references to future evolution not obeying the laws of physics! It’s a kid’s fantasy, why pretend it could be real? Daft.
Toby,
Do you mean my top banner? I’ve got several photos on rotate so a new one loads for you each time you visit….
You mean Heroes *isn’t* real?? I’ve been sitting here everyday concentrating on stopping a clock on my desk… Do you mean it’s not going to happen??!
Hi Gia,
Just found your site, very nice. Love the Transformers Death Star, I must find one somewhere that is not out of stock, I must have it for my geeky toy shelf!
Have you seen the ipod bog role holder? I’m straining to find one!
Vainzine-
Here! And it’s in stock. :)
Ta
I like the periodic table shower curtain, myself. My husband is jazzed becsuse his parents gave him an Otter Box for Christmas, so that he can go swimming with his IPod. Am trying to figure out something cool to get him for Christmas; problem is, he usually buys the stuff he wants before I get the chance to get it for him.
Only just read this post but I have another Geek gift to add to your list:
http://www.giantmicrobes.com/
:)