Technology-based gifts — while always welcome — can be a bit, well, boring. Here: some indulgent and unexpected choices.
For someone with a sweet tooth … and serious style: The gorgeous Dean & Deluca Package Cake, “wrapped” in a European fondant.
Sony LocationFree TV. Watch your Tivo’d programs, local TV, or your DVD collection from anywhere in the world. The base station in your home streams the video over a broadband connection; the LocationFree TV screen — or your PlayStation Portable handheld! — receives it at the other end. All we can say is: Wow. TEDster Dan Dubno’s review (in his holiday gift guide), will get them started. $1099 w/7-inch TV at SonyStyle
For someone who’s kept their sense of humor: A mug inscribed with an ‘erasable’ Bill of Rights. Fill it with coffee, and the text disappears from the heat-sensitive ceramic. So long, civil liberties. Hello, seasonal satire! $12 from UncommonGoods.com
More ideas in Inspired Holiday Gifts, Part 1