10 Gifts for the Geek Who Has Everything
External Laptop Charger: Veho Pebble Pro or Hyperjuice 60wh
The average ultraportable notebook gets barely more than 6 hours of endurance when running at 40 percent brightness. That’s not enough to get your favorite geek through a long plane ride or an active day running around the show floor at CES.
Most of the external batteries on the market can only charge USB-powered devices like phones and tablets. However, there are a couple of options that will also charge a laptop. The Veho Pebble Pro, which really saved my bacon during hurricane Sandy, costs just $70 and comes with a slew of tips for charging. Mac users will appreciate one of the Hyperjuice batteries, such as the $170 60Wh version that promises an additional 20 hours of endurance.
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December 12th, 2012 at 11:32 pm
These are all great gift ideas, but I went a different direction for my Geek who has everything. I initially didn’t know what to get my son; I thought he already had every gadget known to man. Thankfully, one of my coworkers at DISH gave me the idea of getting a DISH Sling Adapter. Once I connect that to my DISH Hopper DVR, my son will be able to stream any live program or any recorded program from our DVR to his phone. He is a big pop culture TV and Movie buff, so I know he will love being able to access that stuff at any time.
December 30th, 2012 at 8:50 am
About the keyboard, if the one receiving the gift is a gamer, don’t buy him/her a Unicomp Ultra Classic (it is not good for gaming since it can’t detect more than 2 key presses at the same time, it is great for typing though). A great keyboard for gaming and typing is a RK-9100 with Cherry Blue switches, or a Razer BlackWidow 2013 with Cherry Blue Switches. A great keyboard for skill-based games (but not so good for typing) is a Corsair Vengeance K60 with Cherry Red Switches.