Johnathan's Christmas List v2007

This is last year's list. You probably want to be here

(Amy's list is over here)

Books

I have so many, many books to read. I've bolded a couple that I'm particularly hyped about, but only to give the list dimension, they are all most exciting prospects.

• Omnivore's Dilemma - Pollan
• Author Unknown - Don Foster
• Bringing down the house - Mezrich 0743225708
• Locks, Safes and Security - 0398070792
• China Road - Rob Gifford
• Shoebox holography - 0894960601 Defreitap
• Normal accidents - Perrow
• London Labour and the London Poor - Henry Mayhew
• The Honest Herbal - Varro Tyler
• The men who stare at goats - Jon Ronson
• The universal history of numbers - Georges Ifrah
• Backcountry Bear Basics - David Smith
• The History of Chocolate - Sophie & Michael Coe 0500282293
• Abducted - Susan Clancy 0674018796
• Innovator's Dilemma - Christensen
• Crows - Candace Savage
• Jonathan Strane & Mr Norrell - Susanna Clarke
• Through the children's gate - Adam Gopnik
• Envisioning Information - Edward Tufte
• Hacking - Jon Erickson
• Propaganda Analysis - Alexander George
• Off the Books - Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh
• Chemical Warfare - Secrets almost forgotten - Ketchum
• It must have been something I ate - Jeffrey Steingarten
• Confessions of an Economic Hitman - John Perkins
• Con Ed - Matthew Klein 0446579556
• The Lucifer Effect - Zimbardo
• On Food and Cooking - Harold McGee 0684800012
• She's Such a Geek - Newitz, Anders
• Small Pieces Loosely Joined
• Everything is miscellaneous
• Mao - Chang & Halliday
• 22 Immutable laws of branding?
• Pro javascript techniques - Resig
• Born on a blue day - Tammet
• The manipulation of human behavior - biderman & zimmer (out of print?)

Clothing

• Dress Boots - I would love a pair of boots that I could wear out in public. :) Big clompers are really warm, and great for shovelling snow, but I don't tend to want to wear them to work, and that means I don't end up wearing them much. A pair of black leather boots that kept my toes warm without looking too terribly silly would be awesome. Size 10, regular.
• White undershirts. I could use at least 6 more of these. 100% cotton please, the cotton-poly ones itch, and die quicker.
• Socks. Size 7-10 (the 10-13s put the "heel" halfway up my leg.) Anything that I can dress up or down would be appreciated.

Motley Miscellany

• Book Darts - Lee Valley has them.
• Tapered Reamer - Lee Valley again.
• Swedish Firesteel - Like, say, this one.
• Fisher "Bullet" Space Pen - A couple of these would actually be great, but the brand is important - gotta be a Fisher. They have a website, but you can find these at Grand & Toy, Staples, and elsewhere too, I'm sure.
• Bench Vise - I keep needing this, keep not buying it, and keep not getting it for Christmas. This year will be different though, I'm sure of it! Any home depot/canadian tire type place will have these.
• Calipers - Digital, Dial or Analog - they'd all be great
• Ice Breaker - Dad Lush lent me one last winter, and they are unbelievably effective. Canadian Tire sells this one.
• A kit for home-brewing beer would be very neat, and much appreciated. I don't know where to find such things, but I think it would be a lot of fun.
• Shop air compressor & tank & tools. A kid can dream, no? Canadian tire has a good deal on a little 8Gallon jobbie.