If you let me know something you have gotten Chuck, I will remove it from the list. So if there is something you thought was on here and is no longer there, it has been bought for him. Also, please let me know if any of the links don’t work so I can fix or delete them. Thanks.
Random Gifts
* Battlestar Gallactic Boxset in BluRay found here.
* Solomon shoes in Black Asphalt Aluminum in size 10.5
* Cool clock
* Magazine renewals for Popular Science, Popular Mechanics and/or Discover Magazine
Workout Stuff
Stuff from Craigslist is GREAT! There are tons of things listed on there each day. (Often for a tiny fraction of the original price.)
* Snap together floor mat
* Curling bar
* Dumbells
* Weights
* Medicine Ball
Tools
* Torx bit set (this is just an example.)
* Hex bit set in metric and/or standard (this is just an example.)
* Gorillapod SLR camera tripod
Accessories for Electronic Boards
* ScrewShield for Arduino
* Deluxe Breadboard Jumper Wires
Books
* Uncommon Sense: Economic Insights, from Marriage to Terrorism by Gary S. Becker
* The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition (2nd Edition) by Frederick P. Brooks
* What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures by Malcolm Gladwell
* The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
* Outrage: How Illegal Immigration, the United Nations, Congressional Ripoffs, Student Loan Overcharges, Tobacco Companies, Trade Protection, and Drug Companies Are Ripping Us Off… by Dick Morris
* Tuned In: Uncover the Extraordinary Opportunities That Lead to Business Breakthroughs by Craig Stull.
* Somebody’s Gotta Say It by Neal Boortz
* Economic Facts and Fallacies by Thomas Sowell
* Books from the History section of the bookstore and more specifically, history in Minnesota.
Computer Science Books
Any of the books from Art of Computer Programming. Please note 3rd edition.
* Volume 1: Fundamental Algorithms. Third Edition (Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley, 1997), xx+650pp. ISBN 0-201-89683-4
* Volume 1, Fascicle 1: MMIX — A RISC Computer for the New Millennium. (Addison-Wesley, February 14, 2005) ISBN 0-201-85392-2 (will be in the fourth edition of volume 1)
* Volume 2: Seminumerical Algorithms. Third Edition (Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley, 1997), xiv+762pp. ISBN 0-201-89684-2
* Volume 3: Sorting and Searching. Second Edition (Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley, 1998), xiv+780pp.+foldout. ISBN 0-201-89685-0
* Volume 4, Fascicle 0: Introduction to Combinatorial Algorithms and Boolean Functions, (Addison-Wesley Professional, April 28, 2008) vi+240pp, ISBN 0-321-53496-4
* Volume 4, Fascicle 1: Bitwise tricks & techniques; Binary Decision Diagrams (Addison-Wesley Professional, March 27, 2009) viii+260pp, ISBN 0-321-58050-8
* Volume 4, Fascicle 2: Generating All Tuples and Permutations, (Addison-Wesley, February 14, 2005) v+127pp, ISBN 0-201-85393-0
* Volume 4, Fascicle 3: Generating All Combinations and Partitions. (Addison-Wesley, July 26, 2005) vi+150pp, ISBN 0-201-85394-9
* Volume 4, Fascicle 4: Generating all Trees — History of Combinatorial Generation, (Addison-Wesley, February 6, 2006) vi+120pp, ISBN 0-321-33570-8
Think Geek Stuff
* Perplexus
* Rare Earth Magnetic Fridge Pins
* Cable Monkey Cable Organizer
* CableDrop Cable Clips
* Wire Tie Straps
Gift Cards
* Home Depot
* Lowe’s
* Circuit City
* Best Buy
* Game Stop