Christmas shopping idea: Harvey Weinstein-endorsed massage chair

Happy Black Friday.

On a recent trip to the mall, a friend stopped in at Brookstone to shop for gifts for her brothers. Her husband and I relaxed in the massage chairs. It occurred to me what Harvey Weinstein’s next job could be… endorsing massage chairs! (The ads could run next to Al Franken ads for a doorknob/door-knocker manufacturer.)

Readers: What is on your Christmas list this year?

Here are some of my own ideas:

• Nikon D850, which an expert photographer says produces the best in-camera images of any camera he’s used, much better even than the D800/D810 (meanwhile, Nikon has had to shut down its low-end camera factory in China and the labor market for photographers is getting tougher, with the New York Times’s employment practices recently highlighted in a lawsuit)
• Sony a7R III, perhaps the same sensor as in the D850 but in a mirrorless design
• DxO One camera, a company to your friend’s smartphone to address the fact that no smartphone company is serious about making cameras (the DxO One is newly available in an Android version)
• a DJI drone (maybe the new Spark for $500? or the Inspire 2 with Zenmuse X7 for the budding Hollywood artist? (also get a coupon for sexual harassment lawsuit defense?))

Ideas that aren’t in the photo-nerd category:

• Nokia watch. It looks like a regular watch, but has a 0-100% activity dial so that your friend can be constantly reminded of his or her progress against a goal, e.g., 10,000 steps, but not have to keep checking a phone. 8-month battery life so it doesn’t become another hassle in your friend’s life.

Ideas in the flying-nerd category:

• for pilot friends with iPhones: Foreflight gift certificate
• for pilot friends: offer to go over to their hangar and send the life jackets and/or life raft in for recertification (needs to be done every 1-5 years and is a hassle)
• Aero Vodochody L-39NG(!); see Wikipedia for the vanilla L-39, a beautiful example of which, complete with ejection seats, can be purchased for $300,000 (less than an Icon A5!)