USB typewriter, $550, Etsy
Fact: Santa only accepts letters written on anachronistic peripherals. Wired-up to accept modern USB interfaces, this ancient instrument has all the tactile satisfaction of machinery without the need for ink.
VXT4W, $999, KRK Systems
The most hardcore developers spend weeks recording the report of a rifle. The most hardcore gamers spend a grand to hear them the way the developers did.
KP3 Touchpad Dynamic Effect Sampler, $350, ThinkGeek
You plug in your guitar, or your MP3 player, and move your finger around the touchpad to dynamically control the built-in effects. Once you hear what comes out, you'll never settle for unflavored music ever again.
World of Warcraft: The Board Game, $90, Fantasy Flight Games
It took an entire team of nerds to pick up the pieces--rife with detail for up to six players, the WoW board game includes 135 plastic figures, 450 cards, and 21 dice.
Litter Robot II, $330, Litter Robot
Avoid a catassing cataclysm this Christmas with a robotic litterbox that automatically stashes the goods out of nose's reach.
LED Work Gloves, $15, ThinkGeek
When you aren't fake-flying around your bedroom, arms-outstretched, pretending you're Iron Man, these illuminating gloves shine a light on your components when you're elbow-deep in your PC case.
Fuzion City Glide Scooter, $60, Fuzion Scooter
Traverse crash sites without leaving potentially-incriminating footprints behind. The wide wheelbase absorbs rugged sidewalks and office carpet alike.
US Department of Justice reportedly recommends that Google be forced to sell Chrome, and boy does Google not like that: 'The government putting its thumb on the scale'
Gabe Newell was diving when a shark tried to bite him 'a couple of times' but 'it didn't really bother me... I just think that's how I'm wired'
