Matrix Group’s Gift List for the Techies In Your Life
by Joanna PinedaPosted on December 16, 2009
It’s the holiday season and if you’re looking for the perfect gift for the techie in your life, have no fear. I polled the Matrix Group staff and they came through with these terrific suggestions:
Mini USB Monitor – Need a little more real estate on your monitor? You’ll love these mini monitors.
Lego Death Star – If you have a little one who loves Legos and you love Star Wars, you’ll enjoy making the Death Star together.
Our Network Administrators say that NetBooks are super hot this season. NetBooks are a class of laptops that are super small, lightweight and inexpensive. You can get them from Dell, Acer, HP and Sony.
WikiReader – This little device puts the 3 million+ articles from Wikipedia in the palm of your hand, along with regular updates.
The Geek Handbook – This handy little reference is a great user guide and documentation for the geek in your life.
A Slashdot Cap – If you get the reference, you’ll love this cap. If you don’t, don’t worry about it.
HD Flipcams – It was bound to happen. Now you can take HD videos with a teeny device.
Portable Solar Charger – This universal charger will keep your portable electronics charged anywhere there’s sun. So you can go camping and still keep your phone and iPod fully charged. Sweet!
Simon Game – This is a through-hole soldering kit for the true geek in your life who needs a little soldering practice.
Dragon Age – This is the latest video game from Bioware and it is hot, hot, hot.
How about you? What are you giving the techie in your life? Got a good lead on a fab gift? Please share!
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