Ask Slashdot: Gifts For a 90-Year-Old, Tech-Savvy Dad? 211
First time accepted submitter Bearhouse writes "My Dad amazes me with (a) his longevity & energy, and (b) his continued ability to mess around with electronics stuff. Since he already has things ranging from valve amps made from war-surplus, via an original IBM PC kit to an Android tablet, I was going to buy him a Raspberry Pi for Christmas. Turns out he's already got one. I saw nothing that really got me excited here, so your ideas would be appreciated."
A couple of suggestions (Score:3, Informative)
Not knowing your Dad, or what tools he has, or how geeky he is, or knowing your budget ....
How about some Geek tools?
One thing I'd like is a PC -based oscilloscope.
Variable power supply to power his projects/bread boards?
Bread board kits?
kit to make his own boards?
subscription to Make?
electro luminescent wire and drivers? (coolneon.com)
good luck
try this site (Score:5, Informative)
try this site:
http://www.thisiswhyimbroke.com/ [thisiswhyimbroke.com]
Re:same thing I always tell others (Score:2, Informative)
That's like saying "Don't ask me what I like about sex, try to figure it out by yourself and surprise me".
Romanticism has its place. That place is called "novels".
Re:Maybe a 3d printer? (Score:4, Informative)
It don't work like that, kid. I'm sixty, most sixty year old women are as repulsive to me as they are to you. To me, women in their forties are HOT, women in their twenties look like children. So add the plans for a sixty or seventy year old woman.