Time to give your phone a friend…or maybe somebody else’s phone! These little dudes are kind of cool. As you can see in the little picture there, the MoPod critters start spinning when they are within a meter of a phone receiving a call or text message.
I’m not sure how they work, but if this is hung on the outside of your bag, and your phone is left on silent, this little guy will help you see the call coming in. How handy! There are at least 7 of these guys to choose from, including a penguin and a monkey!
Spin a phone critter here.
Get that hiker friend of yours the perfect piece of useful flair for his or her backpack. It’s really a simple, yet perfectly executed.
This carabiner mug isn’t only practical and totally awesome, but well insulated as well! The mug itself is double-walled to keep that warm drink warm or the cold one nice and chilly. They’re pretty cheap too, so get one for everybody in the crew. Good times, good times.
Hang your drink here.
Just what everybody needs at work, a panic button! Slap this puppy on your keyboard and have some fun with your fellow employees.
The button doesn’t do anything of course, and I’m not sure if it even depresses at all, but boy it sure looks good! One tip in the comments on the product’s page is that it’s not too great of an idea to put it on a laptop computer…it won’t shut thereafter.
Need to get a cheap gift for everybody in the office? Give them a bag of panic buttons!
Hit that panic button here.
Digital photo frames are a great way to go if you don’t want to have the same old photo sitting on your desk for years. They keep it interesting, and make it very easy to change photos.
You can use just about any kind of memory card loaded with pictures to insert into the frame. Once it’s in there, you can have a nice slideshow of all the pictures on there. You can also hook this up to an external hard drive, so really, there isn’t a limit on how many photos this thing will show. The cool thing about this one is that it’s a whopping 15″ frame! It’s called the Gigantor, great name. Digital frames are kind of expensive, but this one is priced very reasonably for such a large one. They’ve got other sizes over at ThinkGeek too, as in 10.4″ and 8″.
Frame some digital photos here.
This is a new product from Amazon called the Kindle. It’s a portable reader basically, but it’s oh so much more.
The Kindle has wireless connectivity similar to a cell phone, only you don’t need the contract and service agreement to make it work. The display actually uses ink and is called Electronic Paper. So that means that your eyes will feel like they are reading paper instead of an electronic screen, and the best part is that you can read it in the daylight with no problem. It claims to reflect light just like paper, awesome.
You can download books, newspapers, and blogs to the Kindle and store them on it so you can read them anytime. It has a bookmark system so it will remember where you left off in your reading last time you finished. All in all, if you know a book reader who travels frequently, this could be the best gift they ever receive. Even somebody who just loves a good book will enjoy the Kindle. The book download feature sounds great, of course the books aren’t free, but you can get them almost as soon as you think you’d like to read that book…pretty sweet.
Give an electronic library here.
I finally got around to adding an About Page for The Gift Idea Blog. There’s nothing much to it, just thought I’d say hi to the visitors of this site. Enjoy!
I think Saint Patrick’s Day is the nearest holiday now after Valentine’s Day comes and passes. So I figured this would be a great first St. Patty’s Day gift idea. I just love this picture too, the guy’s facial expression is priceless.
It’s obviously a giant hat for an over-sized leprechaun. I think this would be a great hat to wear around the office all day on March 17th. Since you’ve got to wear green to avoid getting pinched, this is the perfect addition to somebody’s wardrobe!
This is also a great chance to possibly pressure somebody into feeling uncomfortable. Here’s what I mean: Give this as a gift to a co-worker or even better yet, your boss. Then when St. Patrick’s Day comes around, they will feel obligated to wear it. So to make that idea work even better, give it to somebody who is very shy or easily embarrassed and sit back and enjoy!
Turn somebody into a giant leprechaun here.
I just got an email from PersonalizationMall.com saying there is still time to order things for Valentine’s Day. I imagine there are a lot of people out there like me who put off shopping for gifts til the last minute. So this is a great chance to get something on short notice and make it look like you put a lot of work into it!
This is a photo cube that you can put a few photos into and have the first name of you and your love engraved into the O. Ordering last minute means you’ll want to spend a bit more to get it shipped next day or two day air, but getting it there in time for Valentine’s Day will make that well worth it in the end.
Make a cube all yours here.
There’s nothing quite like a good morning affirmation. This is pretty awesome. The rim of the bowl has some good stuff, but the “Chicks dig you” in the bottom of the bowl tops them all. It reminds me of Gheorghe Muresan in his commercial for cabbage cologne: “Chicks dig it!”
So this is just a funny little gift idea to get for some guy who needs a little extra confidence boost with his bowl of fruity pebbles.
Boost his confidence here.
I put up a lot of tasty food gift ideas that may not be the most healthy snack for you or your giftee. This go around I’m going with whatever it is the proud owner of this lovely Cuisinart food processor wants to eat!
Now, I know that usually these are used to make fruit juices and vegetable blends and all kinds of good healthy stuff, but imagine what you could use this for at its full potential. Maybe some chocolaty goodness of some sort. Perhaps you could throw in some pastries and fruit and make a nice dessert. I’m sure it’s not advised, but it’s always fun to try to make something good in the kitchen.
Help somebody chop up their food here.
