Can’t go wrong in these categories: books (and other media), clothes, consumables (alchohol), and home-made.
Machines for Light Manufacturing
- CNC Router
- Laser Etcher
- Donut Machine
- Knitting Machine
Jumbo Items
- Sony eBook Reader (refurbished for cheaper, supports Google Books) [Link]
- A Netbook
- A Bike (el cheapo, mountain-bike style)
- A Watch with canvas strap, chrome body, and white face – very simple
- An Eye-Fi Wireless Card (Walmart has for cheap online)
Things I Haven’t Been Able to Find
- The Clapper (clap on, clap off – the clapper!)
- A Pillow – substantial, but feathery
Clothes
- Nice White Oxford Shirt
- Messenger Bag
- A Wool Vest
- Woolen Socks
- Long Underwears
Consumable1
- A Pipe (cheap, but not corncob)
- New Amsterdam Gin
- Bullit Bourbon
- The Liquor to make a Sazerac
Art
Games & Toys
- Dominion (card game)
Books & Media
- http://www.sellmerch.com/awakemysoul/
- The Penguin “Red” Classics Boys’ Adventure Library [Link]
They’re UK books, but all available for cheap used on Amazon. Just search for the ISBNs. - Daily News Subscription
- A Framework for Understanding Poverty [Link]
- A Pattern Language – Used from Amazon
- Third Ways
- Rogue Leaders
- lala Gift Cards are always appreciated
- Information Architecture for the WWW
- Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping
- Sources of Power: How People Make Decisions
- The Design of Everyday Things
- Everything I Want to do is Illegal
- Everything is Waiting for You by David Whyte
- The Collapse of Distinction (Business Book)
- Double Fine Action Comics vol. 1 [Link]
- Patterns of Home [Link]
- Tight Fist or Open Hands?
- Deep Economy [Link]
- Untamed Hospitality
- When Helping Hurts
- Annotated Wind in the Willows [Link]
- Everything on this list: [Link]
- Kate Rusby X-Mas Album
- See also: A forthcoming list of favorite beverages. [↩]
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