I've been wanting a Jawbone Jambox ever since I saw the video that @lonelysandwich did for them: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgC3zjNH1oU
Ask HN: What do you want for Christmas?
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Re: Ask HN: What do you want for Christmas?
#22Earlier quoted context omitted.
I find it interesting that a perfectly legitimate question got downvoted. @rick_2047 - It does not have to be Christmas to give presents, but the question assumes Christmas first, then presents. @ceejayoz - Answering 'Nothing' would mean you want nothing for Christmas, not that you don't celebrate Christmas.
Downvoters - care to give any reasons?
I was not a downvoter but I think that your comment is a bit problematic.
First of all, saying that not all geeks celebrating Christmas is at least obvious.
In addition, think of this hypothetical question and you may understand the downvoters:
- Ask HN: Which Apple product do you desire the most?
- Answer: Not all geeks desire an Apple product.
Re: Ask HN: What do you want for Christmas?
#23Suit, fridge-freezer, macbook
Re: Ask HN: What do you want for Christmas?
#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
Downvoters - care to give any reasons?
I was not a downvoter but I think that your comment is a bit problematic. First of all, saying that not all geeks celebrating Christmas is at least obvious. In addition, think of this hypothetical question and you may understand the downvoters: - Ask HN: Which Apple product do you desire the most? - Answer: Not all geeks desire an Apple product.
@gsivil - Thanks for jotting down these points. I think my response was more geared towards the text "What should be on the Christmas list of geeks everywhere?" rather than the title "What do you want for Christmas?" of the OP's question. They can be interpreted as being different - at least I did.
Re: Ask HN: What do you want for Christmas?
#25I just bought a truckload of books for my birthday, but I wouldn't mind some more ;). Sadly, the amount of free time I have is inversely proportional to the size of my wishlist[1]. Such is life.
Re: Ask HN: What do you want for Christmas?
#26An ebook reader. Advice ? (iPad, Galaxy, Kindle, B&Noble's reader ???)
I absolutely love my Kindle. Here's a word of warning though, if you like to read books that have code listings you will need the DX. They just don't work on the 6" screen.
Re: Ask HN: What do you want for Christmas?
#27I've been looking at one of these: http://www.makershed.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=MKGK...
Seems like a fun toy, and I really enjoyed the "write bubble sort on a PIC" project I had in college.
Re: Ask HN: What do you want for Christmas?
#28A practical use of an iPad, I won one but I really don't have any purpose for it except checking e-Mails/Twitter/any news.
Re: Ask HN: What do you want for Christmas?
#29I suppose Christmas lost its excitement for me once I was able to buy just about any gadget I would've wanted as a present.
I think that's generally the point where it becomes more fun to give than to receive. At least that has been my experience.
Re: Ask HN: What do you want for Christmas?
#30An ebook reader. Advice ? (iPad, Galaxy, Kindle, B&Noble's reader ???)
Reading linear books (novels, etc.), get an e-ink reader like the Kindle, etc. You won't mind the page delay if it's one page at a time.
Reading tech books (manuals, reference material, etc.) get an iPad or subnotebook. Much faster to flip rapidly through as there's a much smaller page load delay, better search etc.
I'm so thankful for ebooks - there's a line in one of the perl docs that says "You can't grep dead trees", which has always been my beef with paper docs.