Geeks
How to Spot Them: They speak in an indecipherable language that, as far as you can tell, is little more than an odd combination of Unix commands, syllables, and PHP scripts. Whenever you’ve asked them for some troubleshooting, they’ve neither complained nor raised any eyebrow, not even after pointing out that your printing difficulties stem from the fact that you forgot to turn the printer on.
Why We Picked These Gifts: Because no matter what obscure piece of software you’ve managed to find, they’ve probably had it installed on their Power Mac months ago.
What You’ll Spend: $10 to $35.
Other Ideas: If the gifts profiled below don’t strike your fancy, the May 2004 edition of Geek Factor looked at more than half-a-dozen programs and gadgets that will make other geeks green with envy. And if the geek in your life harbors secret dreams of marshaling an army of Mac-controlled robots, the November 2004 Geek Factor details the parts and skills they’ll need.
I’m Too Sexy for My Shirt
What do you get the geek who has every gadget ever made? A T-shirt in which he or she can transport the gizmos, of course. Available in black or white, Koyono’s BlackCoat-T sports a red center zipper that speaks tantalizingly of the mysteries within—namely, two compartments that can safely stash PDAs, cell phones, MP3 players, or whatever else your geeky sweetie can stuff inside. The shirt works under clothing, but we can’t imagine why you’d want to hide style like this.—FRITH GOWAN
$35; Koyono
Card Carrier
Mac geeks are proud to display their allegiance at every opportunity. Give The Missing Bite’s Retractable Badge Holder to an office-dwelling geek you love, and every working moment will be an excuse to evangelize. The clip features the beloved Apple logo, and a retractable cord connects to a loop that snaps to an accommodating badge.—FRITH GOWAN
$10; The Missing Bite
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