Much as it pains me to admit it, my birthday is coming up soon, so I’ve put together a last-minute birthday wishlist for my family.

Shooting Stuff

• Range Bag — NB: Luci technically owes me this bag, seeing as how she put a few 5.56mm rounds through my old one
• Aerosol degreaser

Computer Stuff

• Canned Air
• A new mouse for my laptop. It needs to be small and portable. I prefer corded since there are no batteries to replace, and I further prefer the sort that coil up the cord with a spring, like the one I have, only not a fragile piece of shit. Optical only, of course.

Bike stuff

• A fender for my front tire so I can ride in the rain without getting a mudbath. I have a 26” mountain bike.

For my family and few friends close enough for gift-level intimacy, here’s my wishlist for Christmas 2007.

Shooting Stuff

• Shooting Rest — If I had this a month ago, maybe I wouldn’t need a new range bag (see below)
• Shooting Rest Front Bag
• Shooting Rest Rear Bag

For those in my family who are looking for gift ideas for my birthday this month, here are some suggestions:

Shooting Stuff

• Shooting Rest
• Shooting Rest Front Bag
• Shooting Rest Rear Bag
• Peltor 7S Electronic Shooting Muffs

I’ve been eyeing the Wi-Spy for some time, but now that I’m beginning to get into licensed microwave wireless comms, it’s looking even better.

The MetaGeek forums have been promising a new version with an SMA connector for the last six months, and I have a good feeling that its release is finally imminent. Quite possibly the best dollar per unit coolness value in any piece of test/measurement equipment available today.

Those of you who know me at all well know I like elaborate instrumentation. I wish I could ‘see’ from the ultrasonic to microwave as well as IR and visible light spectra, and would have an oscilloscope implanted into my iris if I could think of something cool to hook it up so. When I read Dan Simmons’ Hyperion quartet, I wished I was one of the Ousters, whose modifications allow them to visualize EM fields, gravimetric currents, and other things humans weren’t meant to see.

• High priority books or Medium or High priority music from my Amazon wishlist
• ThinkGeek WTF sweatshirt, XL
• ThinkGeek 2+2=5 t-shirt, XL
• ThinkGeek Pluto t-shirt, XL
• ThinkGeek USB Rocket Launcher
• Jumpstarter and Compressor for my car

I want the following for Christmas:

• Stuff from my Amazon wishlist (items ranked ‘Medium’ or higher are intended for purchase; ‘Low’ and ‘Lowest’ are placeholders)

• New silverware just like my current set, or as close to it as possible

• Creative Zen Micro 6GB, black, and the following accessories

  • iGo universal power adapter