This list was last updated 06/25/18
A mobile amateur radio, and a cable for programming it
General Tools "The Seeker" 200, 300, 355 or 400 "Video Borescope System"
or
SecurityMan ToolCam
Google OnHub wireless router
Asus RT-AC3200 Tri-Band Wireless-AC3200 Gigabit Router
TP-Link Archer C7 AC-1750 dual-band gigabit router
Star Trek Starships Collection http://www.st-starships.com/
Replacement screen for a 2013 Nexus 7. http://www.fixez.com/categories/screen-replacements/tablet-screen-replacements/google-nexus-7-2013-lcd-touch-screen-replacement
Some tools for the replacement would be handy too! http://www.fixez.com/categories/repair-tools/all/16-piece-precision-repair-tool-kit
And perhaps even a spudger http://www.fixez.com/nylon-spudger
Raspberry Pi
IR motion sensor
RFID reader
GPS receiver
Adafruit and Amazon have good selections
A case and a touchscreenwould be nice.
Enterprise lamp
A self setting alarm clock. I am a big fan of the "wave setting" on the Emerson clocks where the display is off until you trip a motion detector. No projector, please.
Tea
Chai Latte K-cups (but not the Grove Square brand)
Irish breakfast tea
Eco Valley Earl Grey (WeiKFIELD Foods)
green tea
Biking
Helmet
A 9 x 5.125 x 0.08 inch edger blade (or two).
This is Ryobi's part: Model # AC04203, Internet # 202322186, Store SKU # 818928
Money (they don't seem to do gift certificates) for Coursera certificates. They currently start at $49.00 each. I would like to take 2 classes for 2017.
Memberships:
Membership in the Association for Computing Machinery.
Audio/Video Equipment
dbx 5BX-DS Dynamic Range Expander WITH REMOTE
A Velodyne subwoofer
Bose QuietComfort 3 (Acoustic Noise Cancelling) Headphones (also available in the Apple store. Please don't pay full retail price ($349) for these). I can pay the difference from the discontinued Quiet Comfort 2 headphones or the current Quiet Comfort 15 headphones ($299).
Apple stuff these are all available in the
Apple store (online and physical) and in order of preference
Mac Mini, 2.6 GHz, 8GB, regular hard drive, $699
If you get a Mac Mini, these would be great too: Apple USB SuperDrive, AppleCare Protection Plan for Mac mini - Auto-enroll
An iPad Air 2 or iPad Mini 4. They are $499. No particular color, but the wifi only version with 128GB would be great. I'd be happy to pay the difference from a lesser model. Having the cellular too would be nice.
AppleCare+ would be a great addition too.
Home gadgets
- Smarthome Devices
- A WaterCop water shutoff system (not sure which size yet)
http://www.smarthome.com/7165.html
- IR X10 Console
http://www.smarthome.com/4040.html
- Smarthome Books
- Structured Wiring Design Manual
http://www.smarthome.com/9356.html
http://www.x10.com/nightwatch05.htm/63797
If you're gonna buy something from X-10, let me know so I can refer you (I get a credit and you get a gift certificate)
15 Amp AFCI circuit breaker
20 Amp AFCI circuit breaker
A whole home surge suppressor
Movies: (DVD no VHS)
- Get Smart
- The Nude Bomb
Music: (Amazon, iTunes or CDs)
- music done on Harpsichord (already have Elizabeth Boggs - Harpsichord at City Tavern)
- Bad Religion
- The Dissent Of Man
- John Cale - This may be listed under Soundtracks rather than under John Cale
- Antártida
- The California Guitar Trio
- Echoes
- Camper Van Beethoven
- Tusk
- Ceann
- Making Friends
- Cud
- Showbiz
- Descendents
- Hallraker Live!
- Devo
- Pioneers Who Got Scalped
- SmoothNoodleMaps
- Emerson, Lake and Palmer
- Pictures at an Exhibition
- The Fleshtones
- Do You Swing
- Steve Hackett
- Metamorpheus
- Tribute
- Gary Hoey
- Ho Ho Hoey
- Ho! Ho! Hoey II
- Green Jellÿ
- Musick to Insult Your Intelligence By
- Laibach
- Volk
- Steve Martin
- Rare Bird Alert
- The Crow
- The Mr. T Experience
- Yesterday Rules
- MXPX
- On the Cover
- One Hit Wonder
- Who the Hell is One Hit Wonder?
- Joan Osborne
- Soul Show
- My Own Personal Disc
- The Osbournes
- Osbourne Family Album (NOT the edited version)
- Out of Band Experience
- Kings of Feedback / Open Your Ears
- Liz Phair
- Evil Grrrl
- Pop Will Eat Itself
- The Looks or the Lifestyle?
- Punch Drunk
- Punch Drunk
- Punk Rock Orchestra
- Weapons of Mass Deconstruction (its not clear if this is available)
- Pusher
- Problems
- Ramones
- Mondo Bizarro
- Social Distortion
- Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes
- Shonen Knife
- Happy Hour
- Siouxsie and the Banshees
- The Best of Siouxsie and the Banshees (there are 2 versions of this CD, one has only 15 songs, the one I want has 24 or so)
- Squid Vicious
- At War with the Whale
- Steve Hackett
- Wolflight
- Weezer
- The Good Life
- Weird Al Yankovic
- Poodle Hat
- Within Temptation
- any (and every) release by them EXCEPT "Enter" and "Mother Earth" will be fine
- Yes
- Yes Years
- Compilations
- If I Were a Richman: a Tribute to the Music of Jonathan Richman
CDs:
- The Bobs
- Too Many Santas
- Get Your Monkey Off My Dog
- Hanzel und Gretyl
- Black Forest Metal
- Annie Lennox
- A Christmas Cornucopia
- Paul and Storm
- Do You Like Star Wars?
- The Velvet Underground
- American Velvet: Tribute to the Velvet Underground
- Unpiecing the Jigsaw A Tribute to The Velvet Underground
- The Bootleg Series, The Quine Tapes
- Soundtracks or maybe Compilations - Rocky Horror Picture Show
- The Rocky Horror Punk Rock Show
Computer Stuff
Logitech web camera
solar powered wireless keyboard (both Anker and Logitech make these, Logitech is preferred)
RAM: 1 or 2 8GB DDR3-1600 DIMMs (PC3-12800) It's for a HP P7-1447C with a MSI MS-7778 (Jasmine) motherboard
USB 3.0 hub
universal network cable http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/c890/
Engage Keyboard http://www.smartfishtechnologies.com/Engage-Keyboard-w-Anti-Fatigue-Comfort-Motion_p_8.html
Battery Backup Unit (UPS)
Replacement UPS batteries for a APC BX1500
Griffin iMate ADB to USB adapter
Self Destruction Button USB 2.0 Hub ($62.24)
Night Vision Scope
Books:
- John Alderman, Mark Richards and Dag Spicer
- Core Memory: A Visual Survey of Vintage Computers
- Jim Carroll
- The Basketball Diaries
- Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, John Cleese, Michael Palin
- The Complete Monty Python's Flying Circus; All the Words Volume One
- Monty Python, Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones
- The Complete Monty Python's Flying Circus : All the Words, Volume Two
- James P. Hogan
- The Anguished Dawn
- Catastrophes, Chaos & Convolutions
- Mission to Minerva
- James Kakalios
- The Amazing Story of Quantum Mechanics: A Math-Free Exploration of the Science that Made Our World
- Donald E. Knuth (I believe you can print out draft copies from his web site)
- The Art of Computer Programming: Volume 4: Combinatorial Algorithms (Volumes 4B, and 4C will be ready in the year 2007)
- Volume 4B, Graph and Network Algorithms
- Volume 4C and possibly 4D, Optimization and Recursion
- The Art of Computer Programming: Volume 5: Syntactic Algorithms (Estimated to be ready in 2015)
- Lexical scanning (includes also string search and data compression)
- Parsing techniques
- Robert Rankin
- They Came and Ate Us, Armageddon II: The B-Movie
- The Suburban Book of the Dead, Armageddon III: The Remake
- Scott Rosenberg
- Dreaming in Code: Two Dozen Programmers, Three Years, 4,732 Bugs, and One Quest for Transcendent Software
- Mark Russinovich
- Zero Day: A Novel
Cars and car things
dash cam
ODB II Bluetooth Auto Diagnostic Scanner
Dodge Journey UConnect wireless handsfree phone kit
Dodge Journey UConnect Web Internet WiFi kit
Accessories for a 2009 Dodge Journey SXT AWD
Accessories for a 2007 Pontiac G6
- Buick: Reatta
- 1991 preferred, sunroof or convertible preferred, touch screen
- Cadillac: Allante
- 1993 preferred, hardtop with the convertible preferred
- Oldsmobile: Toronado
- 1991 or 1992
- Oldsmobile: Aurora
- V8s only