It's here! My 2004 holiday wishlist. First off, I don't post this to be greedy, I just think it's a handy way to let people know what kinds of things I'm interested in, let ME figure out what I'm interested in, and give me a future insight into what I thought was cool at this point. Some of this stuff is way outside of what I would consider as typical “gift price range”, and I would never expect to get it. I'll probably continue to update this as the holidays progress and I invariably cave in and get some things for myself or see something new and cool. I'm going to categorize from the beginning since that's the way last year's turned out.
If, for some crazy reason, you're interested in actually getting me something, you might let Becky know in order to avoid duplicates (rebecky at dontspam mail dawt com). I looked at several online wishlist sites to avoid that problem, but I didn't like any of them. Any suggestions?
Video Game Stuff:
XBox Console - It's finally on my list. I'll probably take care of this one myself. Got it with the help of some used games
Additional XBox Controller - This controller situation on the XBox is unclear to me. There seems to be several official styles. Which one is better? Dave relates his distaste for them in the comments of a recent post. What's the deal here? Evidently, the “S” controllers (that linked to) are the good ones according to the people I've talked to, and the consoles come with them now as opposed to old stupid ones. Thanks Ben!
HD cables for the XBox - I don't have any non-component sources hooked into my TV now (5 total now). Why stop? I was just getting really tired of composite.
XBox Live Starter Kit (w/ headset) - This is much cheaper than I thought it was. I've got 4-months XBox live free, and already picked up 1 communicator (Although I could use another)
Halo 2 - The reason for the above Thanks, Rich!
- Any other recommendations for XBox stuff?
Computer stuff
Photography
Home Theater
- Component Video/Audio switch - As I mentioned before, I'm out of inputs. I have an older version of this that only does video. This one does audio (optical/coax/stereo) as well and is auto-sensing! Very cool.
Movies (DVD)
Clothes:
Gadgets:
- Green Laser - Jerry brought his by a few weeks ago and we had TONS of fun with it ... so bright.
- Phidgets - I found these on Scott Hanselman's list. Way cool! I can think of some cool stuff I'd like to do with the RFID stuff. I wish they had stepper motor controllers. I might finally finish my electronic pan/tilt head.
More to come! I'm out of time for now.
Feel free to post YOUR wishlist items in the comments.