Help with gift ideas

[theacoustician]

This thread is the official "I don't know what the hell to get this person for Christmas" thread.

I wanted to get all my family tech gifts for Christmas. The problem is most of them are pretty low tech. I need ideas for my parents. Any clue as to good tech gifts for the non-technical?

 

[Harper]

http://www.brookstone.com/shop/thum...d=hmpg_103104_02f&cm_re=BKST*Gift*Electronics

i like the voice controlled remote control myself

 

[Nyx]

Is there a particular reason you want to get tech gifts for them, and exactly how low tech are they?

 

[Syrup Beaver]

I know quite a few older non-tech people that seem to handle the whole GPS thing pretty well for their cars

 

[APRIL]

Go to those gift idea websites that MSN or Yahoo set up, they usually have techy gift ideas there. Furbys are a no lose though IMO.

 

[theacoustician]

Is there a particular reason you want to get tech gifts for them, and exactly how low tech are they?

Because its something they don't have. Every year its the same thing : my dad wants golf shirts and my mom wants stuffed bears (she collects them). I wanted to do something slightly different this year and get them something they might use or want, but haven't realized they want or could use it yet.

Make sense?

 

[simple]

beats me, but you could get elpmis something cool!

 

[theacoustician]

beats me, but you could get elpmis something cool!

Like an ice cube enema?

 

[Nyx]

Go to those gift idea websites that MSN or Yahoo set up, they usually have techy gift ideas there. Furbys are a no lose though IMO.

My kids have a total of 9 or 10 Furbys

"Wah! Party! Dance!" "Hide! Yeah, hide!" "Here, kitty, kitty, kitty"

 

[simple]

Like an ice cube enema?

 

[thrawn]

http://www.swissknifeshop.com/page/SKS/PROD/SBUSB/qts/gawusb

 

[theacoustician]

WHATS COOLER THAN BEING COOL?

ICE CUBES IN YER BUTT!

 

[Nyx]

Because its something they don't have. Every year its the same thing : my dad wants golf shirts and my mom wants stuffed bears (she collects them). I wanted to do something slightly different this year and get them something they might use or want, but haven't realized they want or could use it yet.

Make sense?

Makes sense, but I don't have any great ideas at the moment, I'll have to think about it a bit.

 

[theacoustician]

http://www.swissknifeshop.com/page/SKS/PROD/SBUSB/qts/gawusb

Looks oddly familiar ...

 

[simple]

http://www.swissknifeshop.com/page/SKS/PROD/SBUSB/qts/gawusb

I can just see someone quickly trying to pull their knife out to stab a robber and instead accidentally poking them with a memory stick

 

[thrawn]

Looks oddly familiar ...

:tinfoil:

 

[simple]

WHATS COOLER THAN BEING COOL?

ICE CUBES IN YER BUTT!

 

[theacoustician]

 

[Syrup Beaver]

Admit it, now that the idea is in your head, there will be ice cubes in someone's butt when the next funzie comic rolls around.

And when he's famous, you can say you inspired him :gloerf:

 

[fly]

I can just see someone quickly trying to pull their knife out to stab a robber and instead accidentally poking them with a memory stick

I have a memory stick.