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A friend of mine asked me what present I'd like for my birthday, so I wrote a list..
Take it a look. Perhaps you may find some nice idea for your friends or for yourself. :)

(!!To avoid misunderstandings: I've not been payd for posting these links here. :P
Said this, if the site owners would like to show me their appreciation in someway for the free AD.. this will not offend me! ;) )

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---BOOKS
Well, I like to read, so it shouldn't be hard here..
However, I'd like to read Terry Pratchett's books (except for "Guards!Guards!" which someone actually gave me, in original language :P) as well as the 5 books trilogy (!) by Douglas Adams (someone made me read the 1st one "The Hitch-hicker's guide to the galaxy" and I liked it a lot!).
Someone told me about an interesting book named "Hismael" or something.. I don't remember sadly, but it shouldn't be hard to find it.
The plot has something to do with a phylosophical discussion between the main character and a chimp, or something...

I already have tons of novel books, even if I didn't read them all... :P
I like book about curious science facts, but they have to be neither too easy nor to require special knowledges to get the book content.. :/
I can read english text but slowly (since I often need to check the dictionary.. :/)

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---C64
Since I come from the 8 bit age and I also got a C64, a wonderful T-shirt with the "READY." text would be nice. :)
http://lemon.spreadshirt.net/it/IT/Shop/Index
Sadly it's always a risk with wearing stuff, it'd be good to try them before, to avoid buying stuff which doesn't fit... x/

I have some small size shirts, but also some medium size ones. It's not easy to find the correct size without trying the thing. I usually prefer skin-tight ones, but to avoid mistakes I should get a bigger size.. :7

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---TEA
I'm a tea/blends lover. I'd like some good tea! :)
http://jingtea.com/tea/finest-and-rarest

A chinese friend of mine made me try the pu-ert: never tried something like that before! It's very special and good! ¦d'
(Even if that one was probably aged and expensive.. :P)
http://jingtea.com/tea/finest-and-rarest/1990s-royal-cooked-puerh-loose-1990s-jun-shu-puerh

I know that it's possible to find also mushrooms and seaweeds tea around (even if I'd call them blends rather than tea.. :P), and I'd be curious to try them! I wander what they taste like..? :d

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---VARIOUS GADGETS

"USB Heated Gloves"
http://www.funusb.com/index.php/component/option,com_ixxocart/Itemid,/id,19/lang,en/p,product/parent,6/
useful during winter. :)

"USB Beverage Cup Cooler and Warmer"
http://www.vat19.com/dvds/usb-warmer-cooler.cfm
Something like this would be useful since I'm a tea lover. It's easy to find in many variations and shapes: the only things to check is that it was to be both a warmer and a cooler with a useful temperature variation (if it's only +/- 5-10°c, it's easier to keep warm the cup with bare hands. :P), and perhaps that it's possible to use it also without the PC once provided a AC/USB adapter. :)

http://gadizmo.com/the-only-metal-pen-youll-ever-need.php
Interesting. A metal pen! :|

I'd like to have also a USB digital TV receiver to watch TV on the PC. :)
But it's probably too expensive. :P

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---TIES
WEE!! Awesomeness! (o_O)
Even if I have no idea of when I'd have the chance to wear it.. to a wedding perhaps?? They're very chic! hmmboh..:?
Very cool, anyway! :o

http://www.cyberoptix.com/gramophone.php
http://www.cyberoptix.com/exhaust_v2.php <3 !:D
http://www.cyberoptix.com/engine_v2.php
http://www.cyberoptix.com/cherryblossom.php
http://www.cyberoptix.com/poppies.php
http://www.cyberoptix.com/ship.php
http://www.cyberoptix.com/meatgrinder.php
http://www.cyberoptix.com/peacock.php
http://www.cyberoptix.com/loremipsum.php <3 !:D
http://www.cyberoptix.com/helicopter.php
http://www.cyberoptix.com/chastity.php
http://www.cyberoptix.com/wood.php
http://www.cyberoptix.com/shark.php

A combination of two of these colors (even if made of microfiber, not necessarily silk) would be perfect: Black, Char, Silver, White, Sage, Khaki, Ivory, Olive. Perhaps dark on pale, or vice versa, so that the draw would be enhanced by the contrast.. :)

http://www.cyberoptix.com/colors.php

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The ThinkGeek website has tons of silly wonderful things!! :D
http://www.thinkgeek.com/

for example...

---STUFF TO WEAR!
http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts-apparel/feature/desc/0/all

About anything to wear I'm sensitive in taste. A present like this would be risky.. :P
These are almost all T-shirts and I already have many of them, I'd risk to open a shop myself.. still these are all wonderful! :)
(even if some of them are way too expensive being just a black shirt with a line of text, or worse a single word, printed on it.. >:7 )
Themain problem is still to find the correct size: the american ones are way bigger than the italian ones, and I'm small.. I'd need an extra small or I'd end up using it as a bathrobe.. x|

Anyway (disregarding female and kyds stuff, for obvious reasons.. ^^; ) many of them are nice!

- "i read your e-mail."
- "man woman" (wondeful.. anyone who use linux would laugh at it.. xD)
- "Cheshire totoro face" (of course! people don't call me yayo for nothing! <3 Miyazaki! ;) )
- "CTRL ALT SHIFT KILL" and "Benderbrau" (hehe! great Bender! ^^)
- "#000000" and "no comment" (good for the ones who understand HTML! ^^)
- "I see dumb people." and "I see dead pixels."
- "I failed the turing test."
- the ones with the "pi", "e" and "phi" shapes created using the number themselves
- "External Exercise" this one make me laugh! xD
- "I never finish anyth" this one would be appropriate for me. :|
- "shakespeare" to be or not to be written using the regular expressions! very nice! ^^
- "LMAO" xD
- "98% chimp" ^^;
- "viva la relativity!"
- "loading... please wait" xD
- "binary people"
- "meh." and "no." :)
- "evolution" cute.. even if I'm not a lego fan.. :)

other things...
- "HEAD tag hat" nice.
- the Indiana Jones' Fedora is wonderful but too expensive.. :(
- this is: the "1up" and "geek" beanies would fit on me! :)
- the "TIES SUCK tie" (una cravatta con scritto "le cravatte fanno schifo" in binario! :) )
- "dot matrix wallet" nice wallet. original idea.
- "original ring thing" always useful! sadly it's someway too expensive to be a bare metal ring.. :P
- "8bit tie" haha! cool! xD (but I'm not sure I'd really wear it.. it's someway weird.. 8| )

---TOYS! :D
http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/feature/desc/0/all

- "japanese pocket puzzle" cute.. :)
- "desktop dinosaur plant" nice! it stays alive even if you forgot to give it water! :P
- "USB plasma ball" this is totally useless, but I'd waste hours watching it.. :P
- "42 utility towel" this one would make a pair with the "The hitch-hicker's guide to the galaxy" by Douglas Adams! ^^
- "carnivorous plant set" I wonder if it works with flies and mosquitos.. ? :P
- "la dreamcast console" it's awesome.. but it's way too expensive.. :P :(
- The godzilla plush. someway useless but nice. :D

---GADGETS! :D
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/feature/desc/0/all

- "mathmos thaw" nice idea. It should produces a wonderful romantic light.. sadly I don't have the girlfriend to have "iced candle light" dinner with! :'(
- "super ear" interesting: I could hear what girls say about me.. >:) but it's a bit expensive.. :/
- "plasma bulb night light" nice! I wonder how much light does it really produce..? :|
- "auto led" useful. :) but perhaps not so cheap.. :/
- "outdoor window LCD termometer" useful. :P
- "led binary watch" cool!! :o but expensive.. :/
- "nippon fusion watches" nice. :| but I don't use often the watch.. I'd use it just to be cool in especial occasions.. :P
- "swedish firesteel" cool.. :o but I'm not sure when I'll have the chance to use it.. :P

---HOME/OFFICE STUFF! :D
http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/feature/desc/0/all

- "cool shooters ice shot glasses" :d (sadly I don't drink so often and I'm not used to have guests.. :/)
- "duct tape wallet" :)
- "stainless steel wallet" nice but expensive. :|
- "toxic waste mug" nice! :D
- "ingenuitea 16oz teapot" nice! :)

---COMPUTER STUFF

It's weird that the only one thing I found of which is interesting in the PC stuff is the USB Aromaterapy oil burner. : |
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/a26a/
anything else is too expensive or it'd be useless for me .. :P

---FOOD
About food and drinks... I'm curious about the ibiscus flowers :|

---ELECTRONIC GADGETS. :P
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/84b2/
The mini pet cactus is cute! :)

The "GP2x wiz MAME/Amiga/Console Emulator" is wonderful! :o ..but expensive! sigh. well, nevermind.. x/

---BOOKS! :|
http://www.thinkgeek.com/books/all/

Well, that's a nice list to browse..
And it's all crazy stuff, however. 8)
"Forbidden knowledge", "The zombie survival guide" (popular book), "Mind hacks", "Visual guide to lockpicking", "Urawaza, secret japanese tips" (this one should be interesting.. :P), "Why there's antifreeze in your toothpaste"..

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And that's all the stuff that I managed to think of during the lates days. :P
:)

y.