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"    Is shopping for men the worst or is it the worst? It&amp;#039;s the worst. You may as well shop for him like you&amp;#039;re really buying stuff for yourself. So this holiday season get him gifts that he&amp;#039;ll like but you will *also* like. Here are some ideas so you don&amp;#039;t have to torture yourself over figuring out what those things might be.  1.  Sonos Play:1, $199: This compact music player is the opposite of garish, sounds better than anything else in its price range, and best of all, let&amp;#039;s you take control of the music right from your smartphone.    2. Nike+ Fuelband SE, $149: Between football season and all the holiday binging, he&amp;#039;ll likely pack on a few extra pounds. Nike&amp;#039;s improved Fuelband tracks a wearer&amp;#039;s movement so you know when you need to get up and walk around, eat less, etc. Get one for yourself too and you can get competitive about who has more &amp;quot;Fuel Points.&amp;quot;    3. Xbox One, $499.99: No, the  latest console from Microsoftisn&amp;#039;t just for games anymore. In fact, while he&amp;#039;s playing a game, the Xbox One lets you &amp;quot;Snap,&amp;quot; or watch live TV on the same screen. And the Kinect camera is perfect if you&amp;#039;re Skyping with friends because it makes sure you&amp;#039;re always front and center. Best of all, you can tell it what to do with simple voice commands.    4.  Nest Protect, $129: Can&amp;#039;t seem to find your way to the bathroom in the middle of the night without tripping over something on the floor? (We are messy after all.) Not only is the Protect  a smarter smoke alarm that won&amp;#039;t freak out when he burns toast, but it also comes with Pathlight, which briefly lights your way in the dark. Genius.    5. August, $199: Guys can be incredibly lazy about the most mundane tasks, like locking and unlocking the door. With the  August smart lock system all he needs to do is have his smartphone with him. Rather than having an awkward conversation about swapping physical keys, now he can easily give you a digital one.     6.  Apple iPad mini with Retina display, $399: When all else fails and you&amp;#039;re totally out of ideas, you can&amp;#039;t go wrong with  Apple&amp;#039;s latest iPad mini. It has one of the most gorgeous screens and access to millions of apps \u2014 like ones that can teach him to cook dinner for you. Pre-program it with everything he&amp;#039;ll need to please you.    7.  Kyte and Key, $69.99: Leather braided bracelets seem to be the &amp;quot;it&amp;quot; accessory for dudes, so why shouldn&amp;#039;t they be functional too? The aptly named Cabelet is a wearable charging cable. He&amp;#039;ll never have to do the &amp;quot;anyone have a charger?&amp;quot; awkward office-wide email again.    8. Harry&amp;#039;s, starts at $15: This is a mail-order service that ships German-engineered razors and shaving cream every couple of months. So his face is always soft and he can indulge is laziest impulses not to go to the drug store.     9.  Claresonic Pedi, $199: Perhaps he&amp;#039;s feigned some interest in getting his feet cleaned up. Whether or not he has, he definitely needs it! As a guy who actually likes getting pedicures, but doesn&amp;#039;t actually like going to the nail salon, the Pedi is at the top of my list this holiday season. Besides, it&amp;#039;s either this or a PedEgg.    10.  Braun Watch, $150: This Dieter Rams-designed wrist watch shows your taste for clean and simple designs and that you&amp;#039;re not fooled by all this smart watch hoopla.    11.  Venta&amp;#039;s Air Washer, $399.99: Winter is coming, which means your skin is about to take a thrashing cold air and indoor heaters. So consider Venta&amp;#039;s air washer that not only humidifies and cleans the air, but also more importantly, is quiet, uses very little power and hardly ever needs to be cleaned. Photo Credit: Amazon "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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