Pop Sci's nerd wishlist: Xmas crap we want

Posted by Xeni Jardin, December 13, 2007 11:02 AM | permalink

Popular Science is running a Christmas special with a bunch of internet folks talking about the gadgets they lust for. I would like to drink eggnog with all of these people in one room, that would be fun: Jimmy Wales (Wikipedia), Amanda Congdon, Kevin Rose (Digg), Wil Wheaton (arch-nerd), Ray Kurzweil (futurist), Chris Burke (musician), Daniel Lyon (Fake Steve Jobs), Nolan Bushnell (Atari), Matt Harding (Internet Filmmaker), Timothy Ferris (4-Hour Work Week), Jonathan Coulton (Musician), Phil Torrone (MAKE), Dave Prochnow (How 2.0 Blogger/Builder), and me and Mark from Boing Boing and Boing Boing tv. Link.

Photo credits, above: Coop (me) and Bart Nagel (Mark).

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#1 posted by Josh Bancroft

, December 13, 2007 12:03 PM

Cool! That's my photo of the Marantz Digital Recorder:

http://flickr.com/photos/joshb/1455247119/

It's Creative Commons, so I'm happy that you're using it, but please do provide attribution in accordance with the CC-BY-NC license. Thanks! :-)

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#2 posted by fredblotnic , December 13, 2007 12:17 PM

I made my own geek wish for Christmas

what-i-want-for-christmas

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#3 posted by misspopsci , December 13, 2007 12:28 PM

Whoops! We're adding the credit now, Josh. Sorry for the omission!

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#4 posted by Josh Bancroft

, December 13, 2007 12:49 PM

@misspopsci - no problem - I know it happens. Thanks for adding it! :-)

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#5 posted by Flakcatcher , December 13, 2007 1:09 PM

Wow, someone still cares about Amanda Congdon? I thought her career went boom.

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#6 posted by zuzu

, December 13, 2007 1:34 PM

Some sort of magic ray that would instantly, globally and pervasively eliminate all weapons from this planet

"He's got a board with a nail in it!" -- Kang

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#7 posted by Bloo , December 13, 2007 2:41 PM

So, why not? Why not invite all these people by for some egg nog? The worst they could do would be to say 'sorry, I've got other plans'.

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#8 posted by smiley1 , December 13, 2007 3:15 PM

iPhone would be my number 1 on my list. According to this list of "Best Christmas gifts for gadget geeks" everyone wants a Wii. Guess what's number 2... http://tinyurl.com/2ol6f9