I admit it - I'm a tough guy to purchase presents for.  I want something, I usually just buy it.  Everone plays "I want", but when I do its usually about something that's REALLY expensive.  I've dealt with requests from my family for a list of what I might like for several years running now, so I figure I should just make a web page out of it.  Hopefully it will give you an idea of what I like.

Books:

I found all of these at barnesandnoble.com, but they shouldn't be too hard to locate at any other bookstore
 

	Cryptonomicon Paperback by Neal Stephenson Harperperennial Library; ISBN: 0380788624 Price: $16.00 Barnes & Noble online: $14.40
	Six Not-So-Easy Pieces : Einstein's Relativity, Symmetry and Space-Time Audio CD Book & cds edition (March 1998) by Richard Phillips Feynman, Gerry Neugebauer (Preface), Roger Penrose (Introduction) Perseus Press; ISBN: 0201328429 I very specifically would like the version that includes the CD's Price: $40.00 Barnes & Noble online: $32.00
	The Cluetrain Manifesto: The End of Business as Usual by Rick Levine, David Weinberger, Christopher Locke, and Doc Searls Format: Hardcover, 190pp. Perseus Publishing; ISBN: 0738202444 Retail Price: $23.00 Barnes & Noble online: $18.40
	Practial Unix Programming: A guide to Concurrency, Communication, and Multithreading. by Kay A. Robbins and Steven Robbins Format:Textbook Hardcover, 1st ed., 672pp. Barnes & Noble online: $59.00

Music

Probably the most likely to change category of them all.  Sometimes, even I don't know what my musical taste is like.  Usually I purchase music on the spur of the moment, but there are a few that I just haven't gotten around to picking up...

Classical:
Fantasia soundtrack (the original, not Fantasia 2000)

Other:
Metropolis soundtrack
Coil
 

Videos:

MicroCosmos (it's a bug movie)
Aliegro Non Tropo (Like Fantasia, only Italian)
Chronos (The IMAX movie, not anything with actors)

Weird Stuff:
 

Klein Bottle:  This is the three dimentional eqivalent of a mobius strip.  Probably one of the most effective conversation starters that I've run into, and damn cool looking to boot!

Exerlopers:  These things eliminate all shock to the legs when running, and significantly increase your running speed while tripling the exercise benefit. Maybe they'll even help me keep up with Esmerelda when we go for a walk. *grin* (note: this is an expensive item - not for the feint of pocketbook)

I have also taken a particular fancy to apothecary jars, especially ones with now illegal substances printed on them.

For quite a long time now I've been wanting to own a glass sphere, about two and a half inches in diameter,  for contact juggling.  Clear glass, no frufru.