Gifts for geeks
It's that last week before Christmas, if you are like me, you are just about to start your holiday buying.
Most of these are easy to get before Christmas if you have prime shipping and all are under $30
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Start with a killer shirt. This one rocks in hot my favorite hot pink: https://amzn.to/2SaVQp7
If your geek just got started into soldering, this $30 iron holder, with a third hand, flux, sponge and cleaning ball is the bomb: https://amzn.to/2EARHaw
If they have most of that stuff already, one can always use another hand and for $15 this is a great pair of them: https://amzn.to/2S30aGD
If they already have all of that, you can't have enough soldering matts This one is a great design with spots for everything you need, holding those tiny screws safely for only $9: https://amzn.to/2S3c6bn this is a similar one from a different vendor https://amzn.to/2S7iBKo
It is important to protect your DIY projects with appropriate fuses, and these with 16 gage wire are great for $16: https://amzn.to/2QVYce4
A great pair of nippers is priceless, these Hakko's are only $5 and as my friend Rob from thesmarthomehookup.com pointed out, if you are wondering if you can have too many of these, they sell 10 packs!: https://amzn.to/2BrnoPw
A maker can never have too many breadboards and jumper wires, here are just a few great examples.
A few of everything for $14: https://amzn.to/2ByJ3FV
My favorite breadboards with some jumpers for $11: https://amzn.to/2LmKHi2
Jumpers of every kind (these work great with proto boards) only $12: https://amzn.to/2S5mnEa
This little Single board computer comes with all the necessities except an SD card, for $27. Your maker can throw retro pie on it and plug in an old xbox or playstation controller to have a killer retro game system. This kit comes with the case, power, the SBC, and even HDMI cables: https://amzn.to/2QA3Wea
This is my favorite little micro processor, wifi, and plenty of pins. This is running all the code for my holiday lights, and most of the switches for the smart bulbs in my house 2 for $12 is a steal: https://amzn.to/2Qxginf
This D1 Mini is a close second to my beloved Node MCU and you can get 3 for $15 with a chance to practice their soldering: https://amzn.to/2BrrwPw
You could go with a Latte panda single board computer that will run windows 10 for $100-$220 depending on the model (I like the boards with no windows 10 key since I would put linux on them anyway): https://amzn.to/2S6b2n4
Or a nice monitor like this 27 inch Asus which is only $135 if you get the display port/HDMI/VGA model: https://amzn.to/2S4XV5R
or this curved Scepter 27 inch for $170 (droool): https://amzn.to/2BtAP1s
In the end though, your maker is going to just be super happy that you fed their passion! Have an amazing holiday season.
-- Phatty
Most of these are easy to get before Christmas if you have prime shipping and all are under $30
Using these links helps me out by improving my Amazon Affiliate status.
Start with a killer shirt. This one rocks in hot my favorite hot pink: https://amzn.to/2SaVQp7
If your geek just got started into soldering, this $30 iron holder, with a third hand, flux, sponge and cleaning ball is the bomb: https://amzn.to/2EARHaw
If they have most of that stuff already, one can always use another hand and for $15 this is a great pair of them: https://amzn.to/2S30aGD
If they already have all of that, you can't have enough soldering matts This one is a great design with spots for everything you need, holding those tiny screws safely for only $9: https://amzn.to/2S3c6bn this is a similar one from a different vendor https://amzn.to/2S7iBKo
It is important to protect your DIY projects with appropriate fuses, and these with 16 gage wire are great for $16: https://amzn.to/2QVYce4
A great pair of nippers is priceless, these Hakko's are only $5 and as my friend Rob from thesmarthomehookup.com pointed out, if you are wondering if you can have too many of these, they sell 10 packs!: https://amzn.to/2BrnoPw
A maker can never have too many breadboards and jumper wires, here are just a few great examples.
A few of everything for $14: https://amzn.to/2ByJ3FV
My favorite breadboards with some jumpers for $11: https://amzn.to/2LmKHi2
Jumpers of every kind (these work great with proto boards) only $12: https://amzn.to/2S5mnEa
This little Single board computer comes with all the necessities except an SD card, for $27. Your maker can throw retro pie on it and plug in an old xbox or playstation controller to have a killer retro game system. This kit comes with the case, power, the SBC, and even HDMI cables: https://amzn.to/2QA3Wea
This is my favorite little micro processor, wifi, and plenty of pins. This is running all the code for my holiday lights, and most of the switches for the smart bulbs in my house 2 for $12 is a steal: https://amzn.to/2Qxginf
This D1 Mini is a close second to my beloved Node MCU and you can get 3 for $15 with a chance to practice their soldering: https://amzn.to/2BrrwPw
If you do really want to break the bank though...
Or a nice monitor like this 27 inch Asus which is only $135 if you get the display port/HDMI/VGA model: https://amzn.to/2S4XV5R
or this curved Scepter 27 inch for $170 (droool): https://amzn.to/2BtAP1s
In the end though, your maker is going to just be super happy that you fed their passion! Have an amazing holiday season.
-- Phatty
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