So, what presents did you give? Get? We’d especially love to hear from folks who used our gift guides to buy (or make) presents and how your recipients liked them.
Above image from Tada’s Revolution.
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Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. And he has a new best-of writing collection and “lazy man’s memoir,” called Borg Like Me.
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