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Christmas 2007
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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.
Christmas 2007
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