{"id":24307,"date":"2019-12-01T12:12:55","date_gmt":"2019-12-01T17:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/?p=24307"},"modified":"2019-11-26T07:35:01","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T12:35:01","slug":"best-christmas-gift-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/01\/best-christmas-gift-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Christmas gift ideas?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Who has good Christmas shopping ideas? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The most impressive book that I&#8217;ve seen, and one of the few that is a good argument for print, is a 1200-page <em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2O2b2oX\">Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the man who isn&#8217;t woke enough for Gillette and wants a higher-quality shave: <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2XKK0pc\">Dorco Pace 7 razor<\/a>. (see <a href=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/19\/dorco-shaving-test-7-blades-good-4-blades-bad\/\">my comparison test<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the nerd who has everything&#8230; and wants to back it up, a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/34IiCv4\">16 TB hard drive<\/a> (just recently available; <a href=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/02\/has-disk-drive-progress-stalled\/\">progress in this area has been slow<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/32o4IMl\">USB-C charger<\/a> made compact thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gallium_nitride\">GaN<\/a>. (or <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2NTWPJ1\">for the car<\/a>, since the car companies seem to be years behind on USB-C; or <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2K2BCM1\">a power strip<\/a>). Everything will charge much faster!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SOCATA_TBM\">TBM<\/a> is too slow and its payload too feeble: <a href=\"https:\/\/epicaircraft.com\/\">the newly certified Epic turboprop<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Readers: What are your ideas?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who has good Christmas shopping ideas? The most impressive book that I&#8217;ve seen, and one of the few that is a good argument for print, is a 1200-page [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-consumerism"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Best Christmas gift ideas? - Philip Greenspun\u2019s Weblog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/01\/best-christmas-gift-ideas\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Best Christmas gift ideas? - Philip Greenspun\u2019s Weblog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Who has good Christmas shopping ideas? The most impressive book that I&#8217;ve seen, and one of the few that is a good argument for print, is a 1200-page [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/01\/best-christmas-gift-ideas\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Philip Greenspun\u2019s Weblog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-12-01T17:12:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"philg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"philg\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/philip.greenspun.com\\\/blog\\\/2019\\\/12\\\/01\\\/best-christmas-gift-ideas\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/philip.greenspun.com\\\/blog\\\/2019\\\/12\\\/01\\\/best-christmas-gift-ideas\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"philg\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/philip.greenspun.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/448e4e6a0ae9105741a06dcf62cee50e\"},\"headline\":\"Best Christmas gift ideas?\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-12-01T17:12:55+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/philip.greenspun.com\\\/blog\\\/2019\\\/12\\\/01\\\/best-christmas-gift-ideas\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":135,\"commentCount\":7,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/philip.greenspun.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/448e4e6a0ae9105741a06dcf62cee50e\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Consumerism\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/philip.greenspun.com\\\/blog\\\/2019\\\/12\\\/01\\\/best-christmas-gift-ideas\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/philip.greenspun.com\\\/blog\\\/2019\\\/12\\\/01\\\/best-christmas-gift-ideas\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/philip.greenspun.com\\\/blog\\\/2019\\\/12\\\/01\\\/best-christmas-gift-ideas\\\/\",\"name\":\"Best Christmas gift ideas? - Philip Greenspun\u2019s Weblog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/philip.greenspun.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-12-01T17:12:55+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/philip.greenspun.com\\\/blog\\\/2019\\\/12\\\/01\\\/best-christmas-gift-ideas\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/philip.greenspun.com\\\/blog\\\/2019\\\/12\\\/01\\\/best-christmas-gift-ideas\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/philip.greenspun.com\\\/blog\\\/2019\\\/12\\\/01\\\/best-christmas-gift-ideas\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/philip.greenspun.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Best Christmas gift ideas?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/philip.greenspun.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/philip.greenspun.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Philip Greenspun\u2019s Weblog\",\"description\":\"A posting every day; an interesting idea every three months...\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/philip.greenspun.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/448e4e6a0ae9105741a06dcf62cee50e\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/philip.greenspun.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/philip.greenspun.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/448e4e6a0ae9105741a06dcf62cee50e\",\"name\":\"philg\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/philip.greenspun.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/20210525-philip-greenspun-sea-turtle-release-scaled.jpg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/philip.greenspun.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/20210525-philip-greenspun-sea-turtle-release-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/philip.greenspun.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/20210525-philip-greenspun-sea-turtle-release-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2047,\"height\":2560,\"caption\":\"philg\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/philip.greenspun.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/20210525-philip-greenspun-sea-turtle-release-scaled.jpg\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/philip.greenspun.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/philg\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Best Christmas gift ideas? - Philip Greenspun\u2019s Weblog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/01\/best-christmas-gift-ideas\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Best Christmas gift ideas? - Philip Greenspun\u2019s Weblog","og_description":"Who has good Christmas shopping ideas? The most impressive book that I&#8217;ve seen, and one of the few that is a good argument for print, is a 1200-page [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/01\/best-christmas-gift-ideas\/","og_site_name":"Philip Greenspun\u2019s Weblog","article_published_time":"2019-12-01T17:12:55+00:00","author":"philg","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"philg","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/01\/best-christmas-gift-ideas\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/01\/best-christmas-gift-ideas\/"},"author":{"name":"philg","@id":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/448e4e6a0ae9105741a06dcf62cee50e"},"headline":"Best Christmas gift ideas?","datePublished":"2019-12-01T17:12:55+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/01\/best-christmas-gift-ideas\/"},"wordCount":135,"commentCount":7,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/448e4e6a0ae9105741a06dcf62cee50e"},"articleSection":["Consumerism"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/01\/best-christmas-gift-ideas\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/01\/best-christmas-gift-ideas\/","url":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/01\/best-christmas-gift-ideas\/","name":"Best Christmas gift ideas? - Philip Greenspun\u2019s Weblog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-12-01T17:12:55+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/01\/best-christmas-gift-ideas\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/01\/best-christmas-gift-ideas\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/01\/best-christmas-gift-ideas\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Best Christmas gift ideas?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/","name":"Philip Greenspun\u2019s Weblog","description":"A posting every day; an interesting idea every three months...","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/448e4e6a0ae9105741a06dcf62cee50e"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/448e4e6a0ae9105741a06dcf62cee50e","name":"philg","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20210525-philip-greenspun-sea-turtle-release-scaled.jpg","url":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20210525-philip-greenspun-sea-turtle-release-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20210525-philip-greenspun-sea-turtle-release-scaled.jpg","width":2047,"height":2560,"caption":"philg"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20210525-philip-greenspun-sea-turtle-release-scaled.jpg"},"url":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/author\/philg\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paokyZ-6k3","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24307"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25206,"href":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24307\/revisions\/25206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}