Alex's 2007 Birthday/Xmas/etc Wish List

Last Updated: December 27, 2007

New! Post-Xmas update!

As always, this list is provided for the convenience of those people who have decided they want to get me a gift but don't know what to get me (and so they'll stop pestering me to make a list). If you've found your way here, it's probably because you're somebody who knows me and might conceivably want to give me a gift. This should in no way be interpreted as an expectation of anything, and please feel free to completely ignore this page's existence if you are so inclined. I certainly don't expect gifts from anyone. This list comes with no warranty of any kind. Not for use in medical applications or nuclear reactors. Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.

Music

General Policy: These are things I'd like to have, but some of them might be rather hard to come by, and I don't want anybody spending huge amounts of money on them. If reasonably priced, new CDs are preferable, but if not, used CDs are fine, or if those aren't available, downloaded/copied/burned/mp3/ogg is ok too. Use your best judgement. I know some people have philosophical objections against buying new CDs, and that's fine too.

Susumu Hirasawa — Kenja no Propeller (Philosopher's Propeller) (www.s-hirasawa.com)

(or really anything except the Paranoia Agent soundtrack and "Blue Limbo", which I already have)

The Susumu Hirasawa stuff would almost certainly need to be ordered (I have had good experiences ordering from the linked website before, however).

Books

Shakugan no Shana (manga)

Vol 3 (I don't think this is out yet, but if you find it, then cool)

Loveless (manga)

Vol 7 (the latest one)

Ceres, Celestial Legend (manga)

Vols 11+ (I have 1-10 already)

Good cookbooks

Specifically, things which are geared towards making smaller (one-person) meals or ones which are good for those without a lot of cooking experience.

Gadgets

A heart-rate monitor

One I can wear while running (preferably Polar Telemetry compatible, as that means I could use it with the gym machines too, but not strictly required)

A digital camera

(the small, compact type) This would probably be a bit pricey, though, so I don't really expect anybody to get me one. If anybody has good suggestions, though, that would be welcome too..

There's gotta be some other nifty gadgets out there I'd like, but I can't think of any of them.. sigh.

Games

Anything Myst-ish

...except Myst, of course, as I've done all of that series (well, except the URU expansions, which I should try at some point..) [Update: I got The Longest Journey and Dreamfall for Xmas]

a MMORPG to try

...that isn't EQ/EQ2/WoW. Been there, done those.

Assassin's Creed (PS3)

It looks interesting, and might give me something to do with my PS3..

DVDs, Etc

Reminder: These are in no particular order

Some Kind of Wonderful

Real Genius

Neverwhere

Benny Hill

Robot Carnival (anime)

I've been debating whether to get this for some time, but I think I probably do have to sooner or later just because of the opening/closing bits..

I'm probably forgetting some stuff that should go here..

Mundane/Miscellany

Mounting brackets to mount a 1.25" mast to the side of a tree

I'm pretty sure these are going to have to be custom made in some way, though.. still, any help doing so would be appreciated as I'm just not having the time by myself to finish that bit of the project.

Gift certificates to Fry's or other geeky places

(I'm sure I'll find a use for them) Note: I'm no longer asking for Best Buy gift cards, because it seems like these days every time I go in there looking for something, they never ever have what I'm looking for anyway, so the gift cads rarely get used..

Clothes

...if somebody happens to find some that would look nice, I'm always trying to find things to fill out my wardrobe. Sizes: shirts=M (sometimes L though, depending on the shirt, so returnable is probably a good idea) (neck=18, sleeve=35), pants=36/31, socks=(Penny's Gold Toe Metropolitan black) Yes, I'm officially an old man now, I'm actually asking for socks for Xmas

..and of course penguins and dragons and fluffy anime things are always cool.