Father's Day, Geek Style? 77
mstyne asks: "With Father's Day coming up this weekend, it's been put to me to determine what we should get dear old Dad. Pants and ties are boring and old hat. What do you get for the tech-savvy pop that loves new toys?"
Get them a Star! (Score:1)
Go Here to buy a star... who knows, it could even have it's own earth2... you would own it! [starregistry.com]
Re:Get them a Star! (Score:2)
We get enough grief honoring International conventions here on Earth!
real question: is that a scam? (Score:1)
Re:real question: is that a scam? (Score:1)
Cute 22 year old girl (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Cute 22 year old girl (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Cute 22 year old girl (Score:1)
Re:Cute 22 year old girl (Score:2)
But 3 would work for me...
FreeBSD Girl (Score:1)
Re:FreeBSD Girl (Score:1)
That chick, on the other hand, is attractive.
Non-commercial (Score:2, Insightful)
Maybe Mother's Day and Father's Day should be non-commercial. Just let them know you appreciate them.
Re:Non-commercial (Score:1)
Re:Non-commercial (Score:1)
RealDoll! (Score:1, Funny)
I'd include a link, but some folks complain about Pr0n links, even when someone HREFs the SI Swimsuits.
Nothing (Score:2, Offtopic)
Nixie Tube Clock (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Nixie Tube Clock (Score:1)
GPS (Score:2, Interesting)
He takes it everywhere he drives when he travels. He sails and uses it to navigate on the Water as well.The later models are in Color and Have downloadable detailed maps for local areas.
Re:GPS (Score:2)
Get him a case each of: tupperware, golf pencils, zip-lock baggies, pocket-sized notebooks, and if you really love him - disposable cameras. Load him up with cool little trinkets from bars/computer shows/something else close to his interests. Optionally, a spindle of 3-inch blank CDs if he has a burner and creates anything electronic that is remotely interesting.
Send him here [geocaching.com], here [navicache.com], here [brillig.com], or here [geocachingworldwide.com].
To make a real gift basket out of it, add sunscreen, insect repellant, calamine lotion, and bottled water.
If he really takes to it, next year get him an 8-pack of travel bugs [geocaching.com].
Thinkgeek has some stuff (Score:1, Informative)
http://www.thinkgeek.com/dads-n-grads.sh
Crystal Radio (Score:2)
Charitable Works (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Charitable Works (Score:1)
Oh, well, my post will get modded out of existence by the resident Zionist and Anti-Zionist fanatics anyway, since neither group has the ability to tolerate equal time for the opposition.
Re:Habitat... what a fucking joke. (Score:1)
By providing families who could otherwise afford to make monthly payments on a modest home but cannot come up with the usual downpayment and closing costs, H for H and related programs really do have a positive effect on participants' lives.
Don't get me wrong, I'm rather conservative and usually view social programs with a grain of salt. However, I think that since H for H is privately funded, has an excellent track record, and brings about very real changes to people's lives, it is a very worthwhile organization.
Re: your ignorance of Habitat's methods (Score:2)
I recommend volunteerism to you as a way to put a little perspective in your life. Habitat might be a good start - check out your local chapter. Keep in mind that although it's a Xpian charity, you are not required or even expected to have any particular religious affiliation (the local chapter in my neck of the woods is run by Unitarian Universalists and Bhuddists!).
Give to.... (Score:3, Funny)
obSimspons
(extra karma if you can name the episode!)
Always a winner (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Always a winner (Score:2)
Hopefully, nothing (Score:4, Insightful)
The best thing they can do is leave me alone for 24 hours. Barring that, spend 24 hours doing stuff with me. Worst case scenario: buy shit for me.
The best thing they can do... (Score:2)
When my kids were younger, the best thing I could give my wife for Mother's Day was to not be a mother for a day. So ahead of time, I planned a day trip with the kids, frequently out of state or far away in-state. In addition, I had a sitter arranged for that evening, and tried to have the house reasonably clean the night before.
So my wife got to see us get up and out first thing, then had the day to herself around a fairly clean house. Late afternoon we'd get back. She'd "bounce the kids on her knees" (do the fun mommy stuff) for a few minutes, and then the sitter would arrive and we were gone for dinner and movie or play.
She did the same type of thing for me several times. As the kids got older there was less need for this type of relief.
Re:Hopefully, nothing (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Hopefully, nothing (Score:1)
*wink* *wink* *nudge* *nudge*
Re:Hopefully, nothing (Score:1)
*grin*
Re:This is "insightful" ? (Score:1)
Re:This is "insightful" ? (Score:1)
Re:Hopefully, nothing (Score:1)
A RPN HP-Calculator! (Score:2)
Normal calc: [2] [+] [3] [=]
RPN calc: [2] [3] [+]
RPN calcs are really cool if you have a lot of parens in your formula, and getting the right operation order is easy. RPN calcs are basically a little stack computer.
Re:A RPN HP-Calculator! (Score:1)
Re:A RPN HP-Calculator! (Score:1)
Don't you need an [enter] in there after [2]? Entering your line in my HP 32SII would result in "23" and my HP 48GX would complain.
Re:A RPN HP-Calculator! (Score:2)
Sorry about that, after the 2, the enter is required to push the two onto the stack.
Re:A RPN HP-Calculator! (Score:1)
Re:A RPN HP-Calculator! (Score:1)
Re:A RPN HP-Calculator! (Score:1)
Re:A RPN HP-Calculator! (Score:1)
I had to write one of those calculators for my C++ class (we had implemented a stack class...)
Very smart! (Score:1)
Stuff for Smart Masses [thinkgeek.com]
Chatpen? (Score:2, Interesting)
This is win-win thing - he can write you as much as he likes and you'll be forced to reply in writing.
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TiVo (Score:4, Insightful)
Radio control (Score:1)
How about a reality check? (Score:1)
Buying him a toy is shallow and uncaring. It just demonstrates you couldn't take the time out of your busy schedule to do something with him yourself.
Worse, it promotes the idea that you are a consumer, and not anything more. At best, you'll keep him occupied with a few hours of novelty before it wears off and he puts it on a top shelf and forgets it.
But if you spend some time with him and it's meaningful, believe me he'll cherish it much, much longer.
Re:How about a reality check? (Score:2, Insightful)
As I've gotten older, I've developed more of a guy relationship with my dad instead of the whole father - son thing. I think the big turning point was when my wife and I bought a house and I asked for some help doing painting and such around the place. I'd much rather spend time with him than box him up a tie and UPS it to him.
Re:How about a reality check? (Score:1)
Re:How about a reality check? (Score:1)
Re:How about a reality check? (Score:1)
Thinkgeek.com (Score:2, Insightful)
Obviously... (Score:1)
something unqiue (Score:1)
SOmething like that
Does not compute... (Score:2, Funny)
How could you have a geek for a dad when we all know that kids require sex?
Get me nothing! (Score:1, Insightful)
Father's Day is an idiotic response to an idiotic Hallmark holiday (Mother's day). If you look into the history of Mother's day you'll find that the woman who started it was unhealthily devoted to her own mother. And things just went downhill from there.
I gave my dad... (Score:2)
(However, I did make a nice print of him holding the baby and put it in a frame for him)
Network Cards! (Score:1)
"Dear All,
Why not treat your loved ones this Father's Day with a free network card! Stocks are limited, so hurry!"
Not only did I get read of all those horrible Realtek cards that had been sitting in a box somewhere, but also several 100m of coax cable that was gathering dust.
The ensuing fight over the terminators was quite amusing too....
Chainmail Tie (Score:1)
See this [angelfire.com] one for an example. (Not mine, not me, just a random example).
"Carpe vitam globis!"