Jay R. Wren – lazy dawg evarlast

Yes, this is things I want.

• One of each of the types of things in this article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6886845/
• toy termometer: http://www.sjdiscounttools.com/esiest65.html
  http://store.yahoo.com/bradystools/teingun4to93.html
• It turns out the Nintendo Wii controller (wiimote) is just a bluetooth device and easy to make work with a PC and use with programming! I would LOVE to play with programming one of these things.
• Brewing beer might be fun: http://morebeer.com/view_product/18192/10229 http://morebeer.com/view_product/15910/102142
  
• 160G iPod in Black 120G Zune plz
• Thinkgeek is pretty cool.
• The T-Amp has gotten rave reviews, I could put one of these to use.
• How about some awesome nerd clothing from : http://www.scottevest.com/
• I would love a Hon Comfort Task Multitasking chair, in black please: http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=11129656

Books are good.

• Alva Noe – Action in Perception
• Dr. Alexander Elder – Trading for a Living
• Eric Sink – Business of Software
• “The Secrets Of Consulting” by Gerald Weinberg
• The Worldly Philoophers – Robert Heilbroner
• The Wealth of Nations – Adam Smith
• Unlimited Wealth – Paul Zane Philzer
• The Sovereign Individual – James Dale Davidson
• The Crest of the Wave – Robert Prechter
• The Great Boom Ahead – Harry Dent
• I’m also told “If you haven’t, you should check out Harlan Ellison, especially the short(?) story ‘I have no mouth and I must scream’”. So it sounds good to me.
• Mike says to read Kindergarten Wars
• tsfrench2: read the future of ideas … interesting book.

More non computer stuff on my list:

• A pair of 20lb dumbells. So I can do curls and work on muh guns.
  …
  stop laughing…
  I said stop it damnit!

Friends of mine have wishlists too. This is more here as a note to me, to remember to check ‘em.
Eric

Things I have already recieved as gifts:

Christmas 2007

A tripod for my Camera. – thanks Mom Loffreda

Daniel Goleman – Emotional Intelligence – thanks Mom Loffreda

Larry Niven – Ringworld – Thanks Janice

Philip Jose Farmer – Riverworld – Thanks Janice

Jostein Gaarder – Sophie’s World – thanks Mom Loffreda and Janice

Things I got before I started tracking when:

I would LOVE a Linksys WRT54GL so that I can run OpenWRT and replace my current and insufficient border router. It turns out that the Buffalo WHR-HP-G54 is just as good or better for the same price. Either would be very nice.My Mother in law rocks! she got me this! I’ve got OpenWRT tomato running on it. I setup SNMP and even fprobe for Cisco Netflow information.

Phillip K. Dick – Man in the high castle This was a great book, Thanks Eric, for the recommendation. Thanks to my wife Janice for the gift!

Napoleon Hill – Think and Grow Rich My wife and my mother-in-law got me this. Thanks to you both.

E-Myth by Michael Gerber Thanks to my mother-in-law for this one.

Old Man’s War – John Scalzi Janice got me this. I don’t remember who told me to read this, but thanks! It was a great book.

I would love an electricity monitor to convince Janice that me buying a new computer will actually save us money. Thanks Chris. I love having this thing.