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TuxJam 85 – Gifts for Geeks 2020


The Earth completes another orbit and Christmas is approaching once again. There are many shopping days remaining, each filled with 86,400 seconds in which you can click on the perfect gift for your geek. Guided by TuxJam’s special seasonal show you literally have no excuse!

Items marked with * involve extra costs outside the US.

Stocking Filler (under £10):
  • Micro SD card filled with podcasts (find out what your geek is into)
  • Spaceballs The Face Mask
  • Pibow Coupe 4 (£9)
  • Bearables Bear Kit (£9)
  • Sandisk 64GB Cruzer Blade USB Drive – £7.79 (Amazon)
  • Raspberry Pi Zero W – from £9.30 (Pimoroni)
  • Raspberry Pi Zero W Starter Kit – £37.50 (Pimoroni)
Low (£10-25):
  • Mario Pipe Can Holder (£17)
  • SanDisk Clip Jam (£21)
  • Computer Clock module kit ($34.99*)
  • Willful T1 Headphones (£19.99)
  • Linux-themed t-shirts – £15-£20 (Amazon)
  • Cordwood Puzzles
    Puzzle One – £15.90 (Pimoroni)
    Puzzle Too – £15.90 (Pimoroni)
    Puzzle Three – £15.90 (Pimoroni)
Mid (£25-100):
  • Make up a collage of things that your geek is into and put it in a custom frame which displays their username (difficult to price)
  • Swiss Army knife Workchamp (£90)
  • 6502 computer kit ($84.95*)
  • CAMRA Membership – £26.50-£31.50 (CAMRA)
  • 3D Printing Pen – £35.99 (Amazon)
  • Raspberry Pi 400 Personal Computer Kit – UK – £93.90 (Pimoroni)
High (100+)
  • Ledger Nano X (£110)
  • GTRacing Gaming Chair (£180)
  • FairPhone 3+ (£425)
  • Complete 8-bit breadboard computer kit bundle ($279.96*)
  • Picade – desktop retro arcade machine
    10″ display – £225 (Pimoroni)
    8″ display – £165 (Pimoroni)
    Console – £75 (Pimoroni)

Wow! You really love them!!!

(or wish to blast them into space)

  • AT-AT BBQ
  • Thermal IR camera (£37,605.50+free delivery!)
  • Commercial space flights with netflights.space
    Around the ISS – £250k/pp
    To the moon and back – £85m/pp
    To Mars – £500m/pp

Along with a mix of Creative Commons Christmas tracks:
  • Radical Boy – Merry Christmas Everyone
  • Pet Rock – Walking in the Air
  • Lee Rosevere – I’m Giving You My Cold for Christmas
  • Sean T Wright – Silent Night
  • Evan NG – O Come All Ye Faithful (featuring Benjamin Ding)


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 November 30, 2020  55m