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Excel Gift List and Geek Gadgets Geek Gadgets  | Music | DVDs | Clothing | Books | Other Are you looking for geek gadgets or gift ideas for the Excel user/computer geek in your life? Maybe you need a present for your boss, or a departing co-worker. Sure, you could buy a practical, but boring flash drive, or calculator, but you'd like something a bit more exotic. I haven't used all of the items below, so can't endorse them, but they looked interesting, and somewhat Excel-related, so they may help you with your gift-giving. Note: These are affiliate links, so I'll earn a small commission if you buy something on the linked site. Thanks! If you have other Excel-related gift ideas and geek gadgets that you'd like to share, please let me know. Click on a picture to go to the web site for that item, or point to a picture to see a short description, and rating where available.

	Geek Gadgets
	Mixed Numbers Wall Clock If you love numbers, this is the clock for you. And with the jumble of numbers in this geek gadget' face, you can pretend it's any time that you want!
	Victorinox SwissMemory 2 GB The perfect Swiss Army tool for a computer user, has a 2 GB flash drive attachment, knife blade, nail file with screwdriver, scissors, key ring, LED mini-light, and retractable ballpoint pen. This geek gadget's not for your carry on bag when travelling though!
	Programmable Coffee Maker What could be a more perfect geek gadget for a programmer, than a programmable coffee maker?
	Gordian Knot Fun for your favourite mathematician.
	Pirate Arithmetics It's never too early to learn about numbers, and prepare for an exciting life with spreadsheets. An arithmetic game for children 4 and up, or pirates.
	Powers of 2 BCD Clock This geek gadget's binary code shows what time it is. A great clock for a programmer.

	Music -- MP3s Music for Excel Fans Well, the songs have Number in their titles, so they must be good! Click here to go to the Music section (Warning -- it plays music, but you can adjust the volume, or turn it off)

	DVDs Numb3rs FBI agents use mathematics to solve crimes.
	Excel Saga It's not really a movie about Excel, the spreadsheet, but the series titles seem appropriate. For example: Excel Saga - Doing Whatever It Takes Excel Saga - Missions Improbable Excel Saga - When Excels Strike (Out)
	Good Will Hunting Matt Damon stars as Will Hunting, a closet math genius who works as a university janitor. He solves an impossible calculus problem scribbled on a hallway blackboard and reluctantly becomes the prodigy of an arrogant MIT professor.

	Geek Clothing
	Pi To The 50th Decimal Tie Behind the pi symbol on this tie, pi is calculated to the fiftieth decimal point. Awesome!
	Abacus Cuff Links These geek cufflinks might be useful if you have to calculate the tip at a fancy dinner.
	Binary People T-Shirt What geek wouldn't be proud to wear this? There are only 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary and those who don't.
	Programmable Scrolling LED Sign Hat Your Excel user could be the first one on the block to be able to program a hat. Who knew that hats could be geek gadgets?

Books

	The Geek Dad Book for Aspiring Mad Scientists This book will help scientists-in-the- making discover how our world works with creative project ideas, including how to: Grow crystals to power your Stargate and set your room aglow Extract your own DNA and decode your genes Build a MacGyver radio from nothing but cast-off electrical and office supplies
	What Would Wally Do? by Scott Adams Humour, or perhaps inspiration, for those who work in cubicles.
	Excel Books If you'd prefer a more serious gift, instead of a geek gadget, you can add an Excel book to someone's collection. There's a long list here:  Excel Books and a list of Excel and Office books that I use here: Excel Bookshelf
	Excel Pivot Tables Recipe Book by Debra Dalgleish And I'll include a shameless plug for my own Excel books, the perfect gift for every Excel user.

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