…or how I learned to stop buying socks and love my geek.

Tis’ the Season for giving and you may not have a clue as to what the special geeks in your life will want. How do you shop for someone that has their finger on the pulse of technology? Someone that’s plugged into the latest, hottest gadgets that do all kinds of kooky, crazy stuff? Well the last few years may have been difficult for you, but this year is a different story! This year you have the super heroes of AltGN.com to swoop in and save the (holi)day!

Our staff is entirely made up of geeks so just by telling you what would give us “geek wood” you’re sure to find something to make the geek in your life happy too.

Gentlemen, enlighten us as to what is tingling your geek sense this holiday:

Matt:

There are plenty of awesome DVDs out there this Christmas season, high-def or not. If you’ve got a friend or family member that has an HD-DVD player for their Xbox 360, I would recommend the Planet Earth series, Heroes Season 1, or probably the most jam packed single disc HD-DVD out there; Hot Fuzz.

If you’re geeky loved one would rather play games, get Super Mario Galaxy. (Even if this involves hunting down a Nintendo Wii for it) Mass Effect, Assassin’s Creed, Call of Duty 4, and Orange Box round out a very solid stable of games for the Xbox 360. He or she has a Playstation 3? Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune seems to be excellent and the newest installment of Unreal Tournament comes out 12/11.

A personal favorite series of books that I discovered earlier this year are written by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. I would recommend starting with Relic and moving to The Cabinet of Curiosities, then Still Life with Crows. They’re great for anyone who likes some mystery thrown in with some action and paranormal activity. Think X-Files but on a smaller scale.

All great choices. If your geek doesn’t already own Heroes that’s definitely a must have.

Kevin F.:

Well… I’m the Lifestyle guy so I suppose I should focus on something that you don’t have to sync to iTunes.

Let’s start with big gifts, higher priced gifts for those that are very close to you and perhaps you even live with (and will get to enjoy the gift too!).

This is a wine specific refrigerator, you can keep your wine stored at the proper temp of around 56 degrees. This is a good buy at $196. I have one like this and I keep all of my $30+ bottles in it. Keeping wine is Serious Business!

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage….=1164157296116
Kegerator (a classy one). Hey, I attended college and we took a rusty beat up fridge that still worked, cut a hole in the side and tubed it with a CO 2 tank, “borrowed” from my buddy Jeff’s job at Coke, and had frosty beer on tap at all times. We didn’t have $600 bucks to spend on this sexy unit right here. If you are a wife that has an extra good husband that deserves to enjoy beer the way it was meant to be enjoyed, this is a nice way to say “Thank you for taking out the trash and cleaning up the cat/dog poop for 364 days a year, have a frosty one for me baby!”

http://www.crownroyalstore.com/gifts.asp

Crown Royal actually does personalized labels and has a full array of logo bearing stuff to buy. That’s just an example, really all of the popular liquors have websites and stores and things that would make a good gift.

A bottle of something nice is always a pleasant gift, especially for people you may know but not know super personally but want to get them something. Many of the liquor products have gift sets you can get for the same price you would pay for the bottle through the year, they have the bottle plus a shaker with a recipe book or cocktail glasses, neat trinkets perfect for giving.

If you know this person your gifting well and want to give them a $100 bottle of 18 year old scotch, then by all means, knock yourself out. If it’s for someone you kinda/sort of know, like someone at work and you’re going to a Christmas party at their house or your wifes friend and her husband who you[i]kind of talk to but its not like you talk to these people all the time[i] and you want to bring them a gift, stick to something name brand and something that mixes well or can be enjoyed on it’s own. Jack Daniels or Crown Royal is very versatile and popular, or if you want to go with vodkas, click the picture and read about good vodkas.

Finally, there are very many micro brewed beers out there that are local and independent. FIND THEM. They will usually have a little bar or tasting room set up and you can set yourself up a flight of different beers to taste and buy a six pack or growler (a 64 oz jug that they fill for you at the brewery) and these make versatile gifts because its $10-20 and if you get them the growler, they can go back to the brewery and have it cleaned and refilled.

There is also an option that has the potential to make the world a better place.

Gift a Laptop to a child in a developing country, get one for your own child.
$200

http://www.laptopgiving.org/en/index.php

You buy one and they send you one as well! Probably great for your child’s or your nice or nephews first PC.

Those are some wine, beer and spirit related gifts that I hope ya’ll will enjoy, so drink up, be safe and have a happy holidays!

Continue to page two for more great ideas! >>>

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