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" You really tried this year. You woke up at three in the morning to get one of those $300 laptops, only to discover the store had just four in stock, all of which went out the door in the first eighteen seconds. You pestered every pimple-faced stockboy at every toy and videogame store in town to held you find a Nintendo Wii. And now, with a week until Christmas, you&amp;#039;ve got empty hands, a burning pit in your stomach, and nothing to give that impossible-to-shop-for tech lover in your life. Here are seven great gift ideas -- most of which are well under $100.  Like wool socks, what Monster Cable&amp;#039;s Outlets To Go lack in raw sex appeal, they make up for with sheer practicality. Perfect for that road-warrior in your life, these Outlets To Go are essentially very compact power strips that solve the dilemma of having one-too-many-plugs for one-too-few-outlets in an airport or hotel room. They come in three, four and six outlet configurations at $14.95, $19.95 and $29.95.  Sometimes the easiest solution is the obvious one. And while everyone loves having a cross-linked digital calendar, your life shouldn&amp;#039;t grind to a screeching halt because you forgot to charge your PDA. This is why writing things down on paper will never go out of style. And there&amp;#039;s no better place to practice this arcane art than the Moleskin 2008 Red Pocket Weekly Planner + Notebook. If your little tech head isn&amp;#039;t impressed that Moleskine&amp;#039;s notebooks have been used by Hemingway, Van Gogh and Picasso -- then maybe they&amp;#039;ll be charmed by the Chairman Mao-esque red skin on the planner. It&amp;#039;s pretty sweet, less than $20, and will make it home in time for Christmas.  You might not have watched Futurama -- and judging from the way that show got booted off Fox to live on at Comedy Central, this is not a difficult blanket statement to make -- but geeks sure did. The series is the best-selling animated DVD at Amazon, so make sure to double-check to see the person you&amp;#039;re shopping for doesn&amp;#039;t already have it. We recommend Bender&amp;#039;s Big Score, which has tons of cool extras like &amp;quot;Everyone Loves Hypnotoad&amp;quot;, a brilliant satire on the mindlessness of a dumb sitcoms. It&amp;#039;s only $19.99, too.  Terrified to buy technology because you&amp;#039;re afraid you&amp;#039;ll get the wrong thing? Then get some decidedly non-tech accessories, like cases to protect the gear someone already has. The Austro-Anglo design outfit Working Class Heroes has some serious street-cred with the geek crowd with its variety of smart, rustic felt-and-leather cases for iPods, iPhones, and laptops. Unlike many of those off-the-rack cases you see in electronics stores, Working Class&amp;#039;s accessories have a decidedly bespoke vibe while remaining affordable for all, living up to the company name. Cases start at $25, but sadly, pre-Christmas delivery is no longer guaranteed.  There are very few universal geek gifts -- but portable storage is one of them. The Swiss Army USB (yep, the same people who brought you foldable pocket knives and tiny white toothpicks) can&amp;#039;t be beat for lo-fi, hi-tech/old school-new school convergo-porn. They start around $50, but for $66 you can get a pocketknife that comes with a 512 MB of memory, enough to hold roughly 125 songs. Sure, you can get a USB drive for cheaper, but the novelty of having a flash drive on your pocketknife is a reminder of how cool and in-the-know you are for giving that gift.  Apple&amp;#039;s dominance of the MP3 market has obscured the fact that its rivals have done a lot to catch up in the last few years, offering equally-stylish models that are cheaper and feature unique options. Consider the Creative Zen Stone Plus, which offers a slick-looking, 4 GB model for just $70! It doesn&amp;#039;t just hold 1,000 songs and can fit in any pocket, it can play FM radio, too. The 4 GB model comes in black only, but the 2 GB model, which costs the same price, also comes in blue, pink, green, red, white.  With more and more people using MP3 players, listening to music at work, dragging iPods to the gym, you can never have too many pairs of headphones. Consider getting a pair of Shure SE110 Sound Isolating Earphones for just $99. The foam-coated tips are extra comfy, gently fitting into your sensitive ear canal, fit securely without slippage, and feature incredible sound for such a low price point. It even includes a three-foot extension cable so you can spin around in your chair at work while air drumming. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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