So what do you get the techie(s) in your life? As always, I polled my staff and they gave me some great recommendations.
- The Lego Lord of the Rings game for XBOX, 3DS and PS Vita is simply awesome!
- i-Ecko makes a bottle opener/USB drive combo device. Who thinks up these combinations?
- Tired of paying a monthly fee for your DVR? Try Roku, which is a small box that connects to your home Wi-Fi signal and streams over 300 channels to your television set.
- Need a simple laptop? Try a Google Chromebook. It’s a person computer running the Google Chrome operating system. It comes with Google apps and the Chrome browser. For $200, it’s a nice little machine!
- Doesn’t every geek in your life need a wooden catapult and trebuchet kit?
- The Lytro camera lets you change the perspective of a photo, AFTER you’ve taken the photo.
- The Perplexus Maze Game is a 3D maze game where players must maneuver a small marble around challenging barriers inside a transparent sphere. My 8-year old loves this game!
- For the coffee addict in your life, the Art. Lebedev Thermal Battery Mug is black until you pour hot liquid into the mug. Then a battery icon appears, charging up and down with green power bars to match the level of your liquid.
- The Pixel Ruler is a must-have for the web designer in your life. who will use it for responsive screen size sketching.
- I love this “I had friends on that Death Star” t-shirt featuring a forlorn stormtrooper.
- The iPad Atari Arcade turns your iPad into an old-fashioned Atari console, complete with joystick. Centipede, anyone?
- The Oona smartphone base lets you configure the base and turn your smartphone into a GPS, time lapse camera, fridge magnet, and more. Genius!
- For the teenagers or the audiophiles in your life, try a pair of Beat headphones. You can get them in a vast array of colors, including purple!
- For the traveler in your life, how about an Ostrich Pillow, which claims to be a soothing cave-like interior shelters and isolates both your head and hands, perfect for a power nap.
- For the Star Wars fan with a growing family and minivan, how about Star Wars family decals for your car?
- Baby, it’s cold outside, so why not buy a Dr. Who TARDIS Laplander knit hat?
- For the new mom, this “My First Year Poster” is so cool! Create a custom poster filled with infographics of a baby’s first year.
How about you? What are your favorite gift ideas this year? What are you getting the techies in your life?
