In this episode, we count down the top gifts for the geeks in your household and we look at how the Internet is turning on the holiday cheer. Erin Blaskie, your host, reviews the Powermat and shares four other gift ideas with you. Also in this episode: three holiday commercials designed to make your heart sing and you can vote on the commercials here on the site!
Geeky Gifts Mentioned in the Show
Powermat.
Ideapaint
WiFi Detector Shirt
WakeMate
Flip Ultra HD
Threesome Carnage Videos
Gap Holiday Commercial
Hershey’s Kisses Commercial
Coca-Cola Holiday Commercial
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December 14, 2009 at 11:22 am
Erin,
Here’s three more from my personal Geek wish list: http://yourgotoguy.com/vwp
- Kodak Zi8 HD Pocket Video Camera
- Sennheiser PC 166 USB Stereo Multimedia Gaming Headset
- Voice Actor’s Guide to Recording at Home and On the Road
December 14, 2009 at 12:21 pm
Wow I’m glad you reviewed the powermat, the ads for it are VERY misleading! In the ads they act like you just put any device on the mat and it charges when really you have to plug in an adapter like anything else. Also, if you aren’t charging iphones or blackberries you would have to buy additional adapters to charge more than one device right?
December 14, 2009 at 4:17 pm
Erin – another interesting and useful episode! Loved your PowerMat review, and the way you showed it in action. Also happy to see the Flip HD on the list – just bought 4 as gifts. This is such a nice format – passing it along for others to view.
December 14, 2009 at 8:47 pm
I have a thing for Christmas commercials. My all-time favorite came out about 10 years ago. It’s for Publix, the best grocery store here in the South.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urG0eWR9EMc
You must check it out!
December 14, 2009 at 9:56 pm
Erin
Thank you for the show!
To your list of Geeky Gifts of 2009:
Getting an iPhone application for Christmas is a pretty awesome Christmas gift.
http://iPhoneSeattle.com
December 15, 2009 at 2:29 am
Laura,
I thought the very same. It’d be awesome if you could just toss anything on it and have it charge up. It’s the fine print on the Power Mat that kills ya. That and the 900 adapters that it comes with.
I was actually considering on buying it myself until I noticed that maybe one or two electronics that I own will be useful with it.
- Chris
December 15, 2009 at 6:11 am
Great Show. I actually bought 4 of the Lil’ Bit Kit from IdeaPaint after you talked about it on Ask Erin Live this week. I’m going to do the wall that is behind me when I do Ask Jonathan Live. Unfortunately, they were having a holiday promotion so my stuff is currently backordered. I’ll do a video of us painting the wall once we get it. Again, great show!!
December 15, 2009 at 4:42 pm
David: Thanks so much for the recommendations on the gadgets!! I’ll be sure to check those out
Laura: Yes, the ads definitely made it seem pretty amazing but to be honest, I still like the idea. Here’s why — I have two iPhone users in the house and with the little backs, we can both toss our iPhones onto it. We keep it in a high traffic area and it’s nice to not have to look for the Apple cords and hook them up to our computers and make it messy. Yeah, it’s not as perfect as the ads look but I like it thus far
Donna: Thank you!! I hope to see you back for another episode soon
Lindsey: As soon as I hit submit on these comments, I’m going to check out that commercial!! LOL
Chris: It is limited to the type of technology although it will charge anything with a regular or mini USB port on it. Including bluetooth devices.
Jonathan: I can not WAIT to see Ideapaint in action! I’m going to order some too and was thinking about painting a part of my desk surface… haha
December 19, 2009 at 6:07 pm
Awesome as always! Now I know what to get the hubby for x-mas. He is one with his I-phone.