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Ask HN: gifts for geeks?
What are the best ideas you've seen for gifts for geeks this holiday season?
I thought I had a couple of brilliant ideas (space flight simulator and TED tickets) before realising they cost about $1,000 and $5,000 respectively.
I'd love to hear creative ideas at all price ranges and I imagine there are others here who would as well.
My favourite recent idea was a flying trapeze lesson I bought for my brother. I'm not sure why this appeals to the geek in us - probably something to do with pendulums - but it's a great fun present for active geeks.
- civilian 16y agoDominion is an amazing board game. The best mechanic is the re playability- you only use 10 action cards out of a possible 25 in each game. Which gives you 25choose10 = 3,268,760 possible combinations. http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/36218/dominion http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/36218/dominion
- ddrmaxgt37 16y agowell to be fair, some combinations won't really work since they depend on others being in use. e.g. curse cards
- civilian 16y agoThe gold,silver,copper,victorypoints and curses are all part of the cards that are automatically added in every game, regardless of the 10 kingdom cards.
- andrewtbham 16y agohttp://kevinrose.com/blogg/2010/11/27/2010-geek-holiday-gift-guide.html http://kevinrose.com/blogg/2010/11/27/2010-geek-holiday-gift...
- anthonycerra 16y agoThe Arduino is pretty awesome and relatively cheap. The board itself is around $30, but you can get bundles for $50+. I asked for the Arduino Uno and an ethernet shield for Christmas because I couldn't think of anything else. And let's face it, the idea of programming your plants to tweet when they need water is pretty awesome. Here's a link for your reference: http://www.adafruit.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=193&zenid=ffecc1d1b5a7599131b7a604a9ef7f82 http://www.adafruit.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&...
- dcaldwell 16y agoOlympic curling lessons - strategy, minimal athleticism, and fun.
- maguay 16y agoWanting to shoot small? If they don't already have them, Dropbox Pro or Evernote Pro subscriptions sound like a good idea. Or a Kindle/iTunes gift card; you can never have too many books/apps/albums/movies. Also, O'Reilly books can make a great gift.
- bobf 16y agoA solid state drive (SSD), if they don't have one already. Prices have become more reasonable and performance gains over traditional drives have become more worthwhile. For example, I recently bought one of the better performing 120GB drives for $220, though they've been available for less with rebates.