More completely unsolicited product endorsements
1.) Altoids Chewing Gum - cinnamon flavor. It's sugar free, about 2.5 calories per piece, and pleasantly spicy with just a hint of sweetness. If I could find a use for the cute little tins (which do seem sort of wasteful), I'd be over the moon.
2.) Delphi's MyFi portable satellite radio. Maybe it's a little arrogant to endorse a gift that I, nominally, gave to someone else. (OK, I gave it to my husband, but largely because I really wanted to be able to listen to the BBC. The other channels are for him.) But this little thing totally rocks. You get like a million radio channels with no commercials. Or even pledge breaks. You can use it like a walkman or in the car. And with the docking station/speaker deal you can get at Sharper Image, you can listen to it like a stereo. Last night, we listened to stand up comedy routines while cleaning up our shared home office. (Note: this is the network that has Bob Edwards, not Howard Stern.)
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Here's two uses for those "cute little tins":
A USB 9-volt charger http://www.boingboing.net/2005/12/07/led_flashlight_kit.html
and a LED flashlight kit
http://www.boingboing.net/2005/12/07/led_flashlight_kit.html
They make the perfect gift for the geek in your life.
And if you give your geek two kits, you will get one back fully assembled.
PICKETT replies:
I am ridiculously excited about this. Thanks.
Posted by: So-Called "Austin Mayor" | December 28, 2005 05:51 PM
I know this is comment is very late, but as a Sirius person (the network with Howard Stern, not Bob Edwards), I'd just like to say that Sirius has an exclusive deal with NPR and XM has an exclusive deal with FOX news. Need I say more?
Posted by: Andrew Wyatt | January 29, 2006 12:33 PM