The man in the high castle and Ubik by Philip K. Dick. They're next on my wishlist and I've already spent my book budget for this month.
If that's not an option I'd donate it to the development of Mongrel2.
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#22Double it and donate $40 to Khan's Academy.
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#23I'd donate it to Aaron Diaz, in thanks for his work on http://dresdencodak.com .
Don't miss the art blog he just started, http://dresdencodak.tumblr.com/ Only 2 days old and already worth the money.
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#24Music from iTunes.
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#251 YHOO
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#26Monthly subscriptions to a few video/audio webcasts.
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#27Just yesterday there was a similar thread on AskReddit: "What is the coolest thing I can buy on the internet for under $20?" (http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/cqr6x/what_is_the...)
Personally, my vote goes to the TV-B-Gone. It's a small device that runs through all the common IR codes for turning TVs off when you press a button. ThinkGeek sells them for $20, but the "hacker" version (http://www.adafruit.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&...) runs for 50 cents less ;).
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#28I would buy a months worth of VPS over at linode.com, except that I already have one.
So my second choice would be a book on marketing, which I am guessing I would have to get used, which is no problem as they are usually the absolute best bargin.
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#29Adword ads.
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#30I'd put it towards a magazine subscription - probably renewing I.D. (http://www.id-mag.com/)