Andrew (aka mcnalu) and Kevie continue the TuxJam tradition of abandoning our usual format to bring you a special festive episode that brings you suggestions of gifts for geeks, or indeed gifts that might help bring out the inner-geek in a friend or family-member.
Gifts for Geeks
Stocking fillers (£0 to £20)
- Motherboard Chopping Board £9
- R2-D2 Eggcup £10
- Single copy of Linux Voice/Linux Format/Retrogamer
- Pacman Ghost Light £20
- Pi Zero WITH adapters £8 or just the Pi Zero £4 or just the adapters £4
- Bresser 6×21 junior binocs £19
- Help spread the word on Linux: burn Linux podcasts onto CD/media players and hand them out
- Donate to your favourite FOSS project, then use it!
Mid-range (£20 to £150)
- USB Rubber Ducky $42
- Jam Rewind Pocket Bluetooth Speaker £25-45
- Death Star Waffle Maker
- Steam Controller £40
- Samsung Z1 £40-80
- Raspberry Pi Geek Subscription £37.50
- Picade £135
- Merkur Safety Razor Gift Set
- Beer Club Membership
- Hubsan x4 quadcopter with camera £30
- Recreated Sinclair ZX Spectrum £90
- Tardis projection clock £45
- Aeropress coffee maker £30
Top-end (£150 or more)
- http://www.pi-top.com £195 / $300
- Note: pi-top not available for christmas, also consider Kano special deal kit £90, or with screen £190
- Very wide field binoculars – Vixen SG 2.1×42 Binoculars – £229
- Smoke Alarm Spy Camera £250
- Entroware Laptop/Desktop
- BQ Ubuntu Phone €200
- Predator Motorcycle Helmet $890
- Steam Machine £500-2000
- FUZE powered by RPi2 with Robotic Arm £270 – see also Andrew’s blog post on the Robot Arm
Festive Creative Commons tracks played
- Epic Christmas by Akashi Records
- We give, we get by CCMixter
- Hung over Boxing Day by the Gasoline Brothers
- Peace around the world by Snowflakes and CCMixter
- Stille Nacht by Aufkralung
- Jingle Bells by Anup
Wishing you a Merry Christrmas and a Happy New Year from Kevie and Andrew!
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