Every year my team has a "Secret Santa" holiday party and gift exchange. This week, I was working with a couple of our Cisco engineers and noticed their "Top 10" list of holiday wishes - conveniently taped to their cubicle window for their Secret Santa.
Do any of these match the items on your list this year?
Jim's Wish List:
10) Wacom Inkling - the ONLY thing on the Wired Wish List that was even close to coolDroid RAZR - because all Apple iPhones will burn up in 2012 when the Mayan calendar runs outSamsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 - again, no to the Apple iPads; see #10Surround system upgrade - qty. 2 Paradigm Signature S8's, qty. 2 Sub 25's, Signature C5, qty. 4 Signature ADP3's, Harman/Kardon AVR 3650 receiver, Oppo BDP-95 Blu-ray playerTV to go with #7 - Vizio XVT553SV 55" Class (54.64" diagonal) Full Array TruLED LCD HDTV - my wife will KILL me...oh well!A REAL light saber - like the one Darth Maul had. No check that, I would cut myself in half. I still want a real light saber but single-ended like Luke Skywalker's.Lifetime gift certificate to an authentic sushi restaurant - and by "authentic," I mean the kind with the conveyor belt that goes by my barstool.Cisco 2501 Router - s/n 000000001 (because I just had to put SOMETHING Cisco on my list!)Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG in candy-apple red with a Mr. Fusion upgradeArc Reactor - after all, I have to power all this stuff!
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Nate's Wish List:
10) IMSAI 8080 computer with accompanying IMSAI 212A 1200 baud modem (as used by Matthew Broderick in the 1983 movie Wargames)Luke Skywalker Force FX Lightsaber Replica (the green one from Return of the Jedi)Big green Cisco router symbol throw rug (It doesn't exist yet, that I know of, but it should!)Xbox 360 Kinect with Nyko Kinect Zoom add-on (because my place isn't very big)A bigger place for my Xbox and KinectOfficially licensed Indiana Jones fedoraNew Samsung Galaxy S II phoneAsus Transformer Prime tablet (adding an Autobot symbol sticker to this, oh yeah)Star Wars - The Old Republic Collector's Edition (online game, sue me)A sequel to the movie "The Professional" with a grown up Natalie Portman as the main character/assassin (Impossible? Maybe. But would be SO awesome.)
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What this says to me: our engineers are Star Wars fanatics that tend to lean away from Apple products. They're also total tech geeks - and I mean this as a compliment - and have VERY high hopes for this holiday season.
Whatever is on your list this year, hope you have a terrific holiday season and a year full of good health and prosperity!