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Ed Hansberry
12-26-2004, 04:00 PM
So, what did Santa bring you this year? Doesn't matter if it is Pocket PC related or not.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/hansberry/2003/20031225-santa.gif" />

ChrisB
12-26-2004, 04:03 PM
Santa brought me a MyFi! :D :) :mrgreen:

encece
12-26-2004, 04:10 PM
A Delphi XM Radio.
Lord of the Rings complete set.
Star Wars IV, V, VI boxset.
TV-DVD Recorder

I'm happy! :D

dangerwit
12-26-2004, 04:13 PM
PSP &amp; some games, Archos AV480, ATI X800 Pro, AlienBees light setup for photo, 1GB SD, small stuff, and a beautiful katana to replace an old worn-out one. :)

Oh, and I finally broke down and ordered a new Dell PPC -- here's hopin'!

*Phil

Ed Hansberry
12-26-2004, 04:15 PM
Oh... let's see.

• The ABBA "Gold:Greatest Hits" CD! :rock on dude!: Mamma Mia, here I go again... My my, how can I resist you? (http://www.mamma-mia.com):alfdance:
• The 12 DVD Lord of the Rings collection - Nothing like a 4 hour version of "Return of the King!" :way to go:
• The 10 DVD Matrix collection
• Fight Club DVD
• Simon &amp; Garfunkel's Greatest Hits
• Several books - mostly working with the Pauline letters. Uhmmmm.... Greek....
• Some clothes - and headed out in a few hours to the inlaws - sure to get more there.
• Some awesome things from my kids only a father could cherish.
• Enough Jordan Almonds to last me until... uhmm... Wednesday. Maybe. :werenotworthy:
• And (drum roll please...) a Blue Angel. :D

jgrnt1
12-26-2004, 04:26 PM
- Denon 2105 Home Theater Receiver
- Pioneer DVR-320 DVD Recorder
- Several Fry's gift certificates (Woohoo! Time to rebuild the PC!)
- Three bottles of merlot
- The Complete Far Side 1980-1994
- The West Wing, first season on DVD

- My five year old got a Robosapien from his grandparents (the lucky little s**t)

felixdd
12-26-2004, 04:29 PM
We don't really do gifts at my house (although we do get together and celebrate), my friends got me stuff :D

Girlfriend: a very nice pictureframe.
Friend: a motorola E398.

EddieH28
12-26-2004, 04:30 PM
OK, i got the I-Mate PDA2K (sold my upaq 6315, lots of headaches!)
i got a 5.1 surround sound speakers, and atomic clock, a ny mets watch and licence plate, metroid prime 2 for gamecube, the matrix DVD, some soap cause i smell a lot, 2 pairs of jeans, a LOT of pairs of socks, and more love from my wife (AWWWWWWWWWWW)

shawnc
12-26-2004, 04:32 PM
Leather bag from Levenger and HP BT headphones. I'm quite pleased :D .

ironguy
12-26-2004, 04:33 PM
I got a clapper! LOL!

My table lamp on my nightstand is just a little too far away too reach, so when going to bed I almost have tog et out of bed to turn it off. So my wife got me a clapper!

Extended LOTR:Return of the King
Couple of Audio DVDs.
$$$

bob1919a
12-26-2004, 04:34 PM
I'm poor. I got $20! Yay! :evil:

cesarfong
12-26-2004, 04:35 PM
a new Faber Castell Delux Pen with 3 uses : Pen, Pencil and Pda Stylus :)

0X 0X 0X

jutae
12-26-2004, 04:37 PM
Foot Massager, Back Massager, pajamas (from my little ones) and a christmas with my wife and kids (they are temporarily living 400 miles away).
My wife didn't catch my bluetooth gps hint. Guess I'll have to be more direct next year.... :)

mmidgley
12-26-2004, 04:39 PM
* 0.5 GB SD (that should read 512 MB, but I feel poor compared to all you guys that have been measuring your storage cards in GB for a long time now)
* Viewsonic V35 PocketPC (actually for my 4 year old daughter) w/0.25 GB SD :)
* one of those geeky looking electric scooters for "adults"
* electric razor
* computer chair (now I can relax while computin')

m.

jutae
12-26-2004, 04:39 PM
She's ordering me a vaja case for my dell x50v monday! :D

Fishie
12-26-2004, 04:42 PM
Nothing whatsoever.

Fishie
12-26-2004, 04:43 PM
We dont believe in the big fat Turkish guy who depending where you are at on the world either lives on the North Pole or in Spain.
So no exchange of presents here at Casa Fishie.

lithium
12-26-2004, 04:50 PM
A gmail invite :)

ombu
12-26-2004, 04:51 PM
Hmm, I'm sure there's a mistake, please check out if he left my gifts elsewhere (find out near your xmas trees, please), there's nothing at home, so if somebody sees a box with "hx4705" printed on it somewhere, please call me, no problem, I'll pay for shipping costs. :lol:

Thanks in advance.

Foo Fighter
12-26-2004, 05:01 PM
I sold some old PDAs and other gear on ebay and used the money to treat myself to a new Dell Axim X50v and a Tungsten T5.

As for gifts from family and friends...

A couple PC games; Sid Meier's Pirates (Great game!), and Call of Duty: United Offensive.

128MB SD Card (KodaK)

new desk mat for my chair

multi-purpose ties for tying off cables and such

clothes

clothes

clothes

clothes

clothes

and more clothes. Oh and some Hugo cologne. :)

MobileAGBell
12-26-2004, 05:02 PM
The two coolest gifts I received include:

A new Microsoft fingerprint reader. This thing allows you to input passwords by using the fingerprint reader. So when you need to log in to a site, rather than manually inputting a password, you simply touch the fingerprint reader and it inputs the site-specific password for you. Of course you need to set up each site but its simple to do. It connects via USB port.

A new Siemens SX66 (Blue Angel) from Cingular. This thing will take some time to set and learn.

The best gifts, though, were something more important. Like the commercial says, trinkets, doo-dads, and clothes you're never going to wear, MasterCard. Family and friends, priceless.

Jereboam
12-26-2004, 05:03 PM
At long last my 4700 arrived. Charging now before working out where to install everything (cursed 64Mb of RAM).

But then a young lady thought it was sensible to park up in the middle of a snowy mountain road and caused me to swerve to avoid her which resulted in me hitting another car, destroying the front left wing of my brand new Audi A3 Sportback.

Needless to say, the Christmas spirit has left me and has been replaced with a most un-festive desire to do bodily harm to several people. Not even my spanking new handheld can raise a smile.

Bah humbug.

J'bm

acollet
12-26-2004, 05:05 PM
For Christmas I received a Nintendo DS w/ Madden 2005 DS as cash to buy some PPC items

bjornkeizers
12-26-2004, 05:06 PM
Seeing as how we're cheap here in Holland (we spend only 100 euros on average per person on presents, which is the second-lowest behind the japanese!) Santa didn't bring me any real gadget goodies. Useful stuff mostly: two CD cases (100 &amp; 70), a pack of DVD-R's, two stainless steel mugs, and some chocolate. Nice, but I wouldn't mind finding something like a DS under the tree, that's for sure :-(

But, since Santa was lacking, I also gave myself a nice little present :D - a Citizen Nighthawk eco-drive watch! It runs on solar energy, it tells time in normal, military or dual time zones, and it has a full E6B flight computer! (yes, very geeky!)

http://img65.exs.cx/img65/9417/dialclose9my.jpg

Steve14965
12-26-2004, 05:20 PM
I had a good christmas :)
-New HP laptop (3GHz, 512MB RAM, 60GB)
-Fossil Watch
-Clothes
-Laptop case
-DeLorme Earthmate GPS

lisantica
12-26-2004, 05:21 PM
Cool watch!
My goodies are:
* PowerBook 15" w/bluetooth mouse and Matias Silver Armor case (can withstand a 10 foot drop), I don't plan on testing it out :D
* Seinfeld DVD Set the one with the salt and pepper shakers, definitely won't be re-gifting that!
* Halo 2 and to think I haven't even made it through Halo 1 yet!

Lisa

mememe
12-26-2004, 05:29 PM
:)
Ipod 20gb (V4)
Motorola Razr phone (sweet) w/ BT Headset
The Office (Season 1&amp; 2)
Arrested Development (Season 1)
XBOX Chronicles of Riddick
RC Hummer (never had an RC toy growing up, this is FUN!) :D

polbit
12-26-2004, 05:34 PM
I know this is a Pocket PC forum, but I use both, so...

1. Palm Tungsen T5
2. Awesome painting done by my fiance
3. Gattica DVD
4. misc stuff...

alabij
12-26-2004, 05:34 PM
Braun Activator 8595.
I can finally dump Gillette

whydidnt
12-26-2004, 05:40 PM
I had pretty good Christmas:

1. Ordered an OQO - who knows when it will actually arrive
2. Odyssey White Hot Two-Ball Butter
3. Dozen Titelest ProV1 Golf Balls
4. LOTR Triology DVD collection
5. Set of 500 High Quality Poker Chips (Hold 'em party, here I come!!)
and my favorite-
A T-Shirt my daughter made for me that says: "Your WHAT hurts?" - one of my favorit sayings when I hear too much whining around my house!! :D

erussell
12-26-2004, 05:43 PM
Bluetooth headset and transflash card for my V710
gift certificates for clothes (no longer in IT career - hated it - Real Estate now)

Johnny Bravo RJ
12-26-2004, 05:50 PM
Santa brought me a christmas food intoxication...
I'm itchin and scratchin all over my body, since yesterday....

MikeUnwired
12-26-2004, 05:53 PM
I'm really hard to buy for because I get the stuff I crave during the year for myself.

Popcorn popper w/ 3 jars of Orville Reddenbachers
Gloves
Pants
Bamboo plant
Borders gift card
Cologne -- Paul Sebastian
Grill mits
2005 Dilbert planner

webdaemon
12-26-2004, 06:01 PM
Yeah, I buy myself stuff all year too.

I got the Ultimate Matrix DVD set and a sweater from my brother's family

I bought myself a trip to New Orleans for New Years and stuff to go along with it, a portable DVD player since I'm not taking my laptop and a Minolta Z1 3.1 mega pixel digital camera which will be here tomorrow just in time for my trip. :)

arnage2
12-26-2004, 06:05 PM
santa brought me:
PS2 slimline redesign.
Gran Tourismo 3
GTA san andreas
midnight club 2
ratchet and clank up your arseonol
lemans 24 hours
ps2 mem card.

palm tungsten e
tungsten e hard case
25th hour dvd
simpsons xmas dvd
simpsons xmas comic book


i got a good haul :)

atsouch
12-26-2004, 06:47 PM
Pocket Loox 720 (amazing device) with a Piel Frama case, 1 GB Kingston CF, 1GB Pretec i-disk Tiny USB stick (small, very small), Shrek 2, books on the Da Vinci Code...

mcsouth
12-26-2004, 06:50 PM
Got a travel case for my golf clubs, so that I can avoid unintentional (or deliberate) damage to my 'sticks' when traveling. Now, I just need to start traveling more... :wink:

Got several books, and some magazine subscriptions (Golf magazine and Backpacker magazine) - believe, it or not, I still haven't bought or read "The Da Vinci Code", but my mom got that for me as part of our family gift exchange, so now I can join the millions of others who have read it.

Best fun of the day was watching the kids open their gifts; after my wife and I agonized for weeks about what to get the kids, it appears that we chose well. So a happy christmas was had by all!

marcm
12-26-2004, 07:05 PM
I got the Think Outside Bluetooth mouse and keyboard, a JAVOedge sync cable, skin case, and screen protector. I also got a PSP (A gift certificate to EB that is equal to the cost) two DS games, and an Electric Scooter! It was a good year for me! :D

macs4god
12-26-2004, 07:09 PM
I got a new iPaq h1945 (new in box from eBay) which I'm posting this from right now! I also got a 256 WiFi SD Card so can be wireless wherever I go!

LukeD
12-26-2004, 07:31 PM
Santa brougth me a Linksys Wirless-B Music system that connects to my PC and I can play my 4000+ songs anywhere in the house w00t. I also got some stuff from Javoedge.com, a sync/charger cable, and screenprotector. Santa really must love my kids cause they got alot of stuff LOL.

Can't wait to get liquored on new years!!

pdantic
12-26-2004, 07:46 PM
'puter related stuff - an HP Deskjet 6840 WiFi printer (so the 4 computers and my iPAQ can print to something!), a SanDisk 128MB USB Thumb Drive (bought it for myself at CompUSA for $9.99) and 100 blank DVD-Rs (bought for myself at CompUSA for $18.99). Also got a Dell Inspiron 700m laptop last month, but it really doesn't count as a Christmas present. :lol:

The best Christmas present? :) I'm no longer working for IBM and my stress level has dropped about 500%! That's the gift that keeps on giving!

Steve

Vidge
12-26-2004, 08:05 PM
Technically, my Sony U750 was my big Christmas present to myself even though I got if a week early :D I got a BT CF card, a Ray Charles CD, a cool pad that holds things on the dashboard of my car, several scarves, body lotions and, because I love diamonds, a very large "diamond ring" paperweight for my desk! :lol:

jpo424
12-26-2004, 08:46 PM
i got the dell x50v..... but its defective :cry:

stevey500
12-26-2004, 08:50 PM
uh.. G4 PowerMac 733mz 1gb ram.. tons of accessories... 17" Apple studio LCD display oh yeah and 500watt logitech z680 5.1 dts / DD sound system:P also m-audio revolution 5.1 sound card

WindWalker
12-26-2004, 09:39 PM
"Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell" by Susannah Clarke
"The Final Solution" by Michael Chabon
The Return of the King Collector's Edition DVD with Minas Tirith sculpture
Assorted articles of clothing

No technology...and that's fine by me :)

Zack Mahdavi
12-26-2004, 09:48 PM
* A suitcase.. i've been wanting a new one!
* Amazon.com gift certificate... already bought some DVDs with it!

billbuckner
12-26-2004, 10:15 PM
New Styluses, a 1GB SD Card, (SanDisk) and the complete Monty Python's Flying Circus and the first season of Mystery Science Theater 3000 DVD collections. (My favorite!)

carphead
12-26-2004, 10:34 PM
Not muvh :(

Just a nice shiny Panasonic DVD Recorder. :) Which I had to pay for :(

Mrs Carphead got some nice (expensive) diamond earings. Little Miss Carpheads got lots of neat toys. Which means I'll be getting a x50v as soon as my corporate account manager at Dell gets me one at a decent price :)

crispeto
12-26-2004, 10:38 PM
I'm kinda spoiled:
Apple ibook 1.2 wireless w/ case
Sony miniDV handycam HC20
Canon i1500 printer
12" memory foam mattress ZZZZzzzzzzz
$200 from my dad (but my wife took it to help pay for all this stuff!)
:lol:

JustinGTP
12-26-2004, 11:12 PM
Well, for me, I surprised myself. I wanted a new PDA, Digital Camera, and a new MP3 player, but instead, I wanted to get something else. Something different. Completely different! So I asked for this, and got one :)

I received an HPI Nitro RS4 RTR Evo 3 nitro (gas basically) powered R/C car


Black and Decker toolbox for all my R/C Car bits
Prophet Quick Charger (with peak technology, nice!)
Srewdrivers/Pliers (necessary for hobby, and they are my own set :) )
Glow plug ignitor
Fuel bottle
Nitro Fuel :)
Glowplug wrench and other R/C things
A set of these cool pictures for my wall
Guinness book of World Records 2005 50 Anniversary Edt.
The complete "The Exorcist" DVD set
And giftcards


Too bad it just snowed like a mother, I would be outside with the R/C car right now! We had some really good weather the other day too :)

-Justin.

bjornkeizers
12-26-2004, 11:45 PM
Just so I can satisfy my morbid curiosity.. How old were you again Honda? :D

Those R/C cars are getting better and better all the time. I wish I had one when I was a kid. Of course, now that I'm 22, I could afford a really cool r/c helicopter.... Hmmmmm.... ;-)

Abba Zabba
12-27-2004, 01:07 AM
Well I got a new Moto RAZR V3 and a hx4700. Thats all I wanted and Santa delivered :D Oh yeah I also received money and gift cards.

Ed Hansberry
12-27-2004, 01:21 AM
But then a young lady thought it was sensible to park up in the middle of a snowy mountain road and caused me to swerve to avoid her which resulted in me hitting another car, destroying the front left wing of my brand new Audi A3 Sportback.
attention everyone... please, a moment of silence for the wounded Audi... :cry:

Typhoon
12-27-2004, 02:00 AM
Santa?! You guys gotta be careful... Dec. 24th, on the eve before Christmas, I woke up in the middle of the night to find Santa coming down our living room chiminey. But when he came through and noticed the large crucifix right across from him on the living room wall above the TV set, he flinched, started hissing, exposed his demonic fangs, eyes turned pitch black (as if he had no soul), spoke probably some foul ancient language I could not understand, and then quickly evaporated into red mist that escaped back up the chiminey along (w/his bag) that created a quick tremor that shook the house. I know now that Santa is a demon. So I should warn all of you who would like to keep your souls to be careful!

Ken Mattern
12-27-2004, 03:02 AM
A photograph of my daughter Elizabeth and son seth, both adults and living far away.

Darius Wey
12-27-2004, 03:02 AM
attention everyone... please, a moment of silence for the wounded Audi... :cry:

Poor Ed... You probably won't be sleeping well tonight. :(

Darius Wey
12-27-2004, 03:04 AM
By the way, a lot of you folk got some fantastic presents!

Me? I got a great dinner! :lol: :splat:

lowair
12-27-2004, 03:52 AM
Finally got my Xbox!

Now for the games! Heh Heh!

freakygreek
12-27-2004, 03:53 AM
I got a Vaja case for my iPod the I- Vod remixed and Etymotic 4ERP
earphones.


Cheers

ctmagnus
12-27-2004, 03:54 AM
Me? I got a great dinner! :lol: :splat:

As did I. We had a tiny, minuscule fraction of the whole family dinner, at a cousin's house. First time ever, too. We've always had a close family dinner at our house every year until now. Change is sometimes good!

Shagin099
12-27-2004, 04:09 AM
I got:
-Lord of the Rings Return of the King platinum extended gift set
-512MB Lexar USB 2.0 jump drive
-Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda season 1
-Braveheart DVD
-ESPN College Hoops 2k5 (xbox)
-Tom Clancy 3 pack of xbox games
-Poker set
-The Elegant Universe
-A Theory of Everything
-How to Clone the Perfect Blonde
-WHat would machiavelli do?
-The Physics of Star Trek
-lots of gift certificates (to best buy, kohls, target, microplay + media play)
-more i'm sure lol

nosmohtac
12-27-2004, 04:33 AM
I got a pair of slippers from my daughter, a Best buy gift card from my son, and a 1GB sd card from my wife.

We had an excellent Christmas. All gifts were enjoyed. I brought my wife into the 21st century with her first digital camera with printer dock.

She knows my love for gadgets, but knows nothing about them so she said I could order a BT GPS online.

kcwester
12-27-2004, 04:51 AM
Materially I received everything I could possible want--a new laptop--family photo of my children--dinner with family and friends.

Emotionally, I'm asking for your prayers and thoughts for a friend from my school (I'm a teacher). On Tuesday she was notified that she lost her only son to the tragedy in Mosul. Obviously she is in an extreme emotional state and she needs the prayers and thoughts of others.
Her tragedy has made me realize how petty I can be and that I truly need to count all my blessings. I've been bawling because my son is moving to Noth Dakota--and she no longer has a child.

May all of yours be safe. I wish all a happy and prosperous New Year.

PDAlien
12-27-2004, 05:20 AM
- 1GB SD Card
- $100 Handango Gift Certificate
- Extra battery for iPAQ 4155
- Led Zeppelin documentary DVD
- Jimi Hendrix Plays Berkeley DVD
- Books on Salvador Dali and other surreal artists

I gave my wife the new Konica-Minolta Maxxum 7D Digital SLR camera with a 28mm-100mm AF lens. This is a sweet 6 megapixel camera! uses Minolta lenses that my wife already had :)

crispeto
12-27-2004, 05:42 AM
Hey Cheryl, my prayers are on the way!

RKosin
12-27-2004, 05:49 AM
A talking bar mixer which includes joke.....the asdvancement of memory chips even in the north pole!

powder2000
12-27-2004, 06:35 AM
A brand new pair of Blundestone Boots (my favorite), $100 Sears gift certificate (tools, already spent), $100 for clothes, Christmas with my wonerful wife and girls. Got my wife a Rave mp3 player (teching her up slowly) and got the kids a ton of toys. Also spent all of last week with a sinus infection, 7 month old daughter with ear infection and wife with strepp throat. We survived what is really nothing compared to the sacrifices our soldiers are making for us this holiday season. Thank you for your service.

Jonathan1
12-27-2004, 07:00 AM
HX4700, 1GB SD card, MN Zoo membership, Civ III Ultimate Collection, $10 gift card for Best Buy, various cash from my relatives that will prob go towards either season 5, 6, or 7 of Star Trek: TNG on DVD. I swear Paramount really is screwing over ST fans with the price of their DVD sets.

All in all it was an OK X-Mas. I’m more thankful that I got an extra day and a quarter off of work. That was the best gift of all and I get this Friday off. Sweet :)

Ecks
12-27-2004, 07:12 AM
Dell axim 30H!!!!!!!!!!!
2000mah mugen battery
Swatch Windfall
Clothes
New Cell Phone..well...i still have to decide which one i want...lol...

ricksfiona
12-27-2004, 07:50 AM
Man, it's nice to have wealthy relatives!!!

Me, I got a new pair of comfy pajamas... Thanks mom!!!. :wink:

juni
12-27-2004, 09:03 AM
The hx4700, an electrical razor (the battery on my old one lasted around 5 minutes), 256M sd card to complement my 1G microdrive, a Nokia Mediamaster digital TV receiver (with a 80G harddrive - this is as close to TIVO Finland will ever get), Xbox game and a whole bunch of clothes. :)

Jereboam
12-27-2004, 11:59 AM
Ed, thanks for your kind words. My Audi is being trucked down the mountain today...it had to spend a few nights at a Subaru garage while Audi GmbH collectively sobered up. Mr Subaru says it should just be a new wing...but...well...for me it will never be the same again.

kcwester, awful to hear that. We all see it on the news and often feel quite remote and detached, and when it comes closer it must be terrible.

Now juni, I have been watching your blog and happen to know you got your 4700 a while ago...so we want 2005 to be the year of VGA (skins)! There's no letup you know... ;)

J'bm

Eowyn
12-27-2004, 01:07 PM
The best presents always turn out to be the one I buy for myself. This year it was a SD 256Mb Wifi card.

marlof
12-27-2004, 02:03 PM
My best present: I got to spend two days with my mother who was seriously ill earlier this year!

Next to that I received 5 pair of socks, smelly stuff, a travel book on China, a USB hub, a cooking book, a movie encyclopedia, chocolate, a cooking apron, a gorgeous new B&amp;B couch and a Blue Angel PPC!

StrikeTen
12-27-2004, 03:27 PM
Well, santa brought me
A Brand New 12" iBook
Some Cologne
New Chair
Sony ex81 headphones
a DVD player
some other stufff, I am drawing a blank already

Ryan Joseph
12-27-2004, 03:39 PM
I had a great Christmas. Very restful, just what I needed. And it snowed yesterday! Too bad it couldn't have been a day earlier, but it's better than nothing!

Anyway, I got:

- Clothes (my mom and sister felt the need to redesign my wardrobe. I'll be stylin' now!

- MYST IV: Revelation (I'm thrilled about this one)

- Some books and CDs

- A Mustang evolution poster

- And....the big present that I'm syched out of my mind about.....a brand new, shiny silver, Sony Handycam DCR-HC30 MiniDV camcorder. My old JVC was so unreliable that I was forced to borrow cameras when I needed to do a video project. This goes well with the present I bought myself at Thanksgiving: Pinnacle Studio 9 Plus. Very cool. :mrgreen:

dodette
12-27-2004, 03:43 PM
As with a few people I've read so far, this was a very XMas for us.

The Man got a MyFi, and he got me a SkyFi2. We've been enjoying XMradio for the past month, and will for 23 months more to come.

Wishing everyone a happy start to 2005.

k_kirk
12-27-2004, 04:11 PM
Santa brought the company I work for W32.Envid.B@mm... A good number of people spent a good number of days over the holidays dealing with the cleanup etc. Guess we were all on the "bad" list... Will try to be "good" next year. ;-) Glad to hear all others fared better than we did! Ho ho ho...

Menneisyys
12-27-2004, 04:24 PM
I wish I had relatives / friends like most of you :E

I've "only" got some home-made socks, home-made wallpapers etc. from relatives/friends. It's highly customary in Finland to make presents by hand just like these. Our flat is full of home-made Finnish stuff, received as gifts from our relatives :)

robert_biggs
12-27-2004, 07:16 PM
Very Merry Christmas :D

I received:
Microsoft Wireless Desktop 3.0
Lexmark 1 GB 80x Pro-series CF
LOTR - Return of the King Extended Edition
U2 - How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
Indiana Jones Trilogy on DVD
512 MB PNY SD
cologne
hand-knitted scarf
clothes
junk food

...and still waiting to get a new digital camera once Circuit City caries the model I want (have over $400 in gift cards there).

Phoenix
12-27-2004, 08:27 PM
I received some nice things this year. It makes me realize just how fortunate we are.

This year, I was blessed with...

-Relaxing time with family
-LOTR - Return of the King (Platinum Series Special Extended Edition DVD Collector's Gift Set)
-3 CD's
-4 Books
-Wall Calendar
-1 other DVD
-Photon Freedom Micro Light (Turquoise Covert)
-Robosapien Signature Series Metallic Blue (Sharper Image)
-NewBright RC Hummer (Hey, what can I say? A few toys don't hurt! :lol: )
-Sweatshirt
-Cologne
-Blanket
-Chocolates
-A fine gift for my desk and a few stocking stuffers

I'm very thankful for what I received, and very thankful for what I was able to give. :)

And Happy Holidays to everyone :D

snayar
12-27-2004, 09:32 PM
Just a Suki Grand Vitara XLS+ :)

Happy holidays! :D

dacs29
12-27-2004, 10:55 PM
I posted a list of what I got for Christmas into my blog, so I might as well just link to the blog entry. It can be found at: http://www.davidclubb.com/archives/2004/12/25/merry_christmas

David

Wiggster
12-28-2004, 12:39 AM
Well, after working Christmas Eve and Christmas, I spent the time with the family and had a grand old Christmas. In addition to the standard fare of new clothes and chocolates, I got:
· A Canon PowerShot A400 (http://consumer.usa.canon.com/ir/controller?act=ModelDetailAct&amp;fcategoryid=145&amp;modelid=10630) (3.2 Megapixel digital camera that uses my favorite, SD cards [and a new 256 MB card to boot])
· The new Cranium Turbo Edition (http://www.cranium.com/cranium%5Fgames/craniumturboedition/) (so much more fun than the last incarnations!)
· Half-Life 2 (care of my significant other, a game with a gravity-gun)
· My very own Robosapien (http://www.robosapienonline.com/)! I can't wait to hack into him with my PDA.
A meager offering, perhaps, but it was one of the best Christmases of my life. And I now have a camera to capture future Christmases :)

dean_shan
12-28-2004, 12:58 AM
60 Gig iPod Photo.

OSUKid7
12-28-2004, 09:32 PM
Finally remembered to post to this thread. lol.

Photoshop Elements 3.0, Pantone ColorVision ColorPlus, Simpsons page-a-day calendar, Simpsons Season 1 DVDs, Hubble Space Telescope National Geographic book, OSU hooded sweatshirt, gift card to Graeters (http://www.graeters.com) (get that from my dad every year), and a "gift certificate" for a SCOTTeVEST (http://www.scottevest.com/v3_store/30_fleece_st.shtml) since it's out of stock now. And cash from grandparents and my uncle's family.

Not a bad year. :)

duncanhbrown
12-28-2004, 09:59 PM
- LOTR-Return of the King 4-DVD set
- 120 GB external Network Attached Storage UTP/USB interface
- CDs: The Mikado and Once Upon a Mattress
- Books: 21 by Patrick O'Brian
- clothes
- universal gift certificates

Peter Traugot
12-29-2004, 01:20 AM
I got a rock. :(



I guess you can call it a "gift". My wife LET me buy MYSELF a new DV camcorder...A Panasonic PVGS120 3CCD. Nice. (guess it beat her buying the "wrong" one for me though)

My duaghter is only 2 1/2. She gave me . . . joy :)

okkervil
12-29-2004, 09:20 AM
-HP iPAQ rz1715 (definitely not a top of the line, but i'm a recent palm convert)
-Cowboy Bebop full DVD set
-The Big O and Big O II DVD sets
-various computer books
-a couple CDs
-clothes, as always
-cinnabon muffin mix (the stuff is freaking amazing)

jkbeckman
12-29-2004, 04:51 PM
My wife created me a "Cat Box Sulpture Gardens" calendar.

She picked up a cat box, litter and a ton or Tootsie Rolls to create such greats as Crap-Henge (stone henge made from Cat Poo). and Poo-Bah (turds with a boo-bah in the middle).

Throw in some actual cat box creations like HELP ME from friends. I now have a story to tell when anyone comes to my desk at work.

This hast to win something.

JustinGTP
12-29-2004, 08:22 PM
Just so I can satisfy my morbid curiosity.. How old were you again Honda? :D

Those R/C cars are getting better and better all the time. I wish I had one when I was a kid. Of course, now that I'm 22, I could afford a really cool r/c helicopter.... Hmmmmm.... ;-)

Hah! Yes, I am 17.5 (almost 18 :) ) and I love the gas R/C cars. So much cooler than Radioshack :) . My brother wanted to get into the R/C helicopter, but he decided that there is too much wind for a little electric one and the gas ones are dangerous if you crash them!

-Justin.

crash
12-31-2004, 11:14 AM
i bought my brother's family a nice telelscope and i got a ladies watch and pen in some gift box. btw i am not a lady. merry christmas. i'll trade you for your rock. :roll:

darin1480
12-31-2004, 04:43 PM
I got an Ipaq hx4700!

Some ear bud stereo headphones for it

dtom
12-31-2004, 05:01 PM
Dell 20" LDC monitor
Dialogue Flybook
Leatherman SuperTool 200
Stuffed Cow - "Mooooooo"
Fossil Desk Clock (shaped like a plane)

dena222
12-31-2004, 05:03 PM
A 4th gen 40GB iPod with glow-in-the-dark skin :D
A Zen Micro in PINK! :)
A teeny-tiny 5MP Nikon digital camera 8O
The Beatles "Capitol Albums" :x-mas:
and an iTunes GC!

What a great Christmas! My husband is an :angel:

Steve Jordan
12-31-2004, 05:32 PM
I got the Avengers Diana Rigg COMPLETE seasons DVD collection! WHOO-HOO! And 2 round-trip tickets to Vegas! WHOO-HOO!!! And a cool calendar, a shirt, a scarf, lots of chocolate, and a contemporary-style print of flying geese for my living room.

Strange... everyone else ignored the other DVD sets I suggested would make good gifts...

jamisonw
12-31-2004, 07:57 PM
After I got a new Seimens SX66 (with wifi, bluetooth, etc) my wife let me buy my own christmas present, an Acura MDX with navigation and BLUETOOTH!!!! It linked right up with my phone, but then the car said my phone didn't have "service". Not sure what that meant. After talking with Acura it seems my phone (iMate, Qtek9090, Seimens SX66, etc) is NOT compatible with the automotible bluetooth systems. If it is true, it is a serious bummer. I also got the Sony Ericcson HBH-660 headset because it has caller id, but the caller ID feature doesn't work with the phone, nor does the ability to use my voice recognition via the headset. Not enough standards in place I guess.

brianbitzkowski
01-01-2005, 06:47 AM
I received the following:

- Wacom Graphire3 USB Tablet with Pen and Mouse
- SanDisk 512 MB SecureDigital Card
- Creative Nomad NuVo 128 MB USB MP3 Player/USB Flash Disk
- Halo 2 Limited Edition

I also received $20 from my co-workers with which I bought:

- USB Mobile Docking Station (3 Port USB Hub + PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse Adapter)

This was a sad christmas though :( I had to spend it without my iPaq h5455, which I sent away on 12/09/2004, and was supposed to be back on 12/20/2004. I am sitting here on 01/01/2005 and still nothing. Never know what you got till its gone. Right now I am using an old HP Jornada 548. Oh, so this is why I bought a new Pocket PC.

Halo 2 is GREAT!! I already played through Halo 1 and Halo 2. Now I might get Half-Life: 2.

Brian

Monju123
01-01-2005, 08:35 AM
A 30 year old bottle of McAllens single malt scotch. OH BABY

Pat Logsdon
01-01-2005, 09:47 AM
I am on gadget overload at the moment:

Canon EOS 10D
Archos Gmini 220
Blue Angel
Zalman Reserator 1 (http://www.1coolpc.com/resorator.htm)

On the negative side, I now have to figure out to power all of this stuff without burning the house down. :mrgreen:

ctmagnus
01-01-2005, 02:23 PM
On the negative side, I now have to figure out to power all of this stuff without burning the house down. :mrgreen:

Hint: Water cooling :mrgreen: :mrgreen: ;)

Steve Jordan
01-01-2005, 03:05 PM
On the negative side, I now have to figure out to power all of this stuff without burning the house down.

That's been my biggest worry for about 5 years, myself! With 4 computers, 1 laptop, all the peripherals and wireless conections, battery-powered cellphones, cameras, handhelds, etc... it's no wonder my electric bill is climbing by the second.

Another thread on this site is about predictions for 2005... I'd like to see someone come up with a better way to route power through a house, so you don't end up running 15 devices through one outlet and a power core! Break out the marshmallows... any second now...

ymm424
01-01-2005, 09:08 PM
Well, I got the "I Robot" DVD, "Spiderman II", some lotions and scents, a gold necklace from my oldest son's girlfriend and mother with the little golden birthstone kids (something I never got from my own kids, and I have 4!)....gift certificates, and so on.
My gifts to myself: a 512 sd card for my HP IPaq 2215 (I've got a 128 card which I use for music and stuff...figure I'll now use one of the cards solely for music) and I just ordered a wireless sd card...can't wait to try this out since I live in NYC by NYU as well as tons of Starbucks with wireless hotspot access. Hope it runs easily and efficiently, or I guess I will be posting back here asking about what to do!
Happy New Year to all.
Peace :way to go:

Darius Wey
01-02-2005, 03:32 AM
Another thread on this site is about predictions for 2005... I'd like to see someone come up with a better way to route power through a house, so you don't end up running 15 devices through one outlet and a power core! Break out the marshmallows... any second now...

Bring on wireless power! :worried:

blusparkles
01-02-2005, 03:43 AM
My birthday is a couple of weeks before Christmas, so my presents are usually combined for both occasions.

Presents to myself:
My own one-bedroom apartment in eastern Sydney (best present yet!)
Sex and the City complete series box set
The Office complete box set

Presents from other people:
Gift voucher to David Jones (which I used to buy 3 Egyptian cotton towels)
Money from relatives (used to buy myself an Xbox!)
New blinds from my apartment
New light fixtures for my apartment
A microwave and toaster
White gold anklet
Stuffed toys (never outgrew those!)
New timber floors for my apartment

So not much in the way of gadgets this time round
:D

Darius Wey
01-02-2005, 03:54 AM
My own one-bedroom apartment in eastern Sydney (best present yet!)

There better be a good broadband service with that. :P

My philosophy behind residential purchases are: "look for broadband, and then hope for a decent place", as opposed to "look for a decent place, then hope for good broadband". ;)

minimage
01-02-2005, 04:40 AM
Two Spiderman DVDs and Spiderman 2 (and I've been informed there is also a duplicate of Spidey 2 that I haven't received, yet LOL)
The Hulk DVD
The collection of the first 6 Star Trek movies on DVD
Star Trek: Nemesis DVD
Star Trek: Enterprise crew poster (the only series poster missing from the kitchen wall)
Turkish bath robe ( been wanting one for years)
Neverwinter Nights Platinum
CompUSA &amp; Regal Cinemas gift cards (between the CUSA card &amp; the extra Spidey DVDs, I think I see a new hard drive in my future!)
I bought myself the Knights of the old Republic for Xbox
Spare pen for my ViewSonic V1250 TabletPC
Snowman stoneware serving platter

Mr. Mage received a PC to replace the one which died a few months ago. A group effort between our friends and me, it's a 2.2gHz celeron with a gig of RAM. He's not used it yet, because I told him I wouldn't set it up, until he cleaned his desk...and he has yet to clean his desk.

Another group effort netted a friend an Xbox and Halo 2. It was Mr. Mage's idea, and an excellent one, don't you think?

Phoenix
01-02-2005, 08:38 AM
...My philosophy behind residential purchases are: "look for broadband, and then hope for a decent place", as opposed to "look for a decent place, then hope for good broadband". ;)

That cracks me up because I'm largely the same way. :)

blusparkles
01-03-2005, 01:56 AM
My own one-bedroom apartment in eastern Sydney (best present yet!)

There better be a good broadband service with that. :P

My philosophy behind residential purchases are: "look for broadband, and then hope for a decent place", as opposed to "look for a decent place, then hope for good broadband". ;)

Naturally :wink: I'm on TPG's 1.5Mb/s "unlimited" ADSL plan :D

Janak Parekh
01-03-2005, 02:07 AM
That cracks me up because I'm largely the same way. :)
I'd bet a substantial % of PPCTers are the same way. :P

Naturally ;) I'm on TPG's 1.5Mb/s "unlimited" ADSL plan :D
I think Darius "dial-up" Wey is probably silently cursing you right now... :P

--janak

OSUKid7
01-03-2005, 02:19 AM
Naturally ;) I'm on TPG's 1.5Mb/s "unlimited" ADSL plan :D
I think Darius "dial-up" Wey is probably silently cursing you right now... :P
You mean you think he's actually finished loading this page in the 25 minutes since bluesparkles posted that? ;) :lol:

Janak Parekh
01-03-2005, 02:23 AM
You mean you think he's actually finished loading this page in the 25 minutes since bluesparkles posted that? ;) :lol:
Well, I don't think he's online yet (it's 9:30AM Monday in Western Australia). But what scares me is that he's done his ~ 3,200 posts mostly over 56K... 8O I'm truly afraid what he's gonna do once he gets broadband. :P

--janak

Darius Wey
01-03-2005, 04:35 AM
Naturally :wink: I'm on TPG's 1.5Mb/s "unlimited" ADSL plan :D

I was thinking of joining that plan. I hope it's worth it. :D

Darius Wey
01-03-2005, 04:37 AM
Naturally ;) I'm on TPG's 1.5Mb/s "unlimited" ADSL plan :D
I think Darius "dial-up" Wey is probably silently cursing you right now... :P

:razz:

You know me too well... :rotfl:

But what scares me is that he's done his ~ 3,200 posts mostly over 56K... 8O I'm truly afraid what he's gonna do once he gets broadband.

Mind-boggling! :mrgreen:

kazzos
01-15-2005, 11:35 AM
I got a BMW :devilboy:
A DeWalt tool kit set, I think the wifey is trying to hint at something, I'll find out soon enuff, mmmm. . . . :?:
Bored out of my wits kinda time, apart from that it was good.