Gift Ideas For Mark

Some have said that Mark is hard to shop for. Mark finds this a little hard to believe. To aid the befuddled gift-buyer, Mark has supplied this page of gift ideas which should be of some help.

Books

Mark likes to read. Paperback is always OK.

• Linux and the Unix Philosophy by Mike Gancarz, ISBN: 1555582737
• Cathedral and the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary by Eric S. Raymond, ISBN: 0596001088
• A collection of 'Zippy the Pinhead' cartoons.
• A book of Domino games
• "Elric of Melnibone" by Michael Moorcock

Chess Books

Mark has a taste for chess and likes books about chess.

• The Usborne Guide to Advanced Chess, Usborne, ISBN:0746006179
• The Amateur's Mind by Jeremy Sillman
• The ABCs of Chess by Bruce Pandolfini Fireside. ISBN: 0671619829
• Traps and Zaps 2 by Bruce Pandolfini
• The Ideas Behind the Chess Openings by Reuben Fine. Times Books. ISBN: 0812917561
• Simple Checkmates by A. J. Gillam. Ballantine Books (Trade Paperback). ISBN: 034540307X

Music

Note: I am totally OK with used CDs. In fact, in many ways, I prefer them. Besides, new CDs cost an unseemly amount of money these days. Go to Greywhale or CD Warehouse and buy used ones. Seriously.

• Information Society's eponymous album
• A "best of" Psychadelic Furs CD
• A "best of" Scritti Politti CD
• Soundtrack to the the movie Swordfish
• Mark Grant - Sound Design v2 (Electronic)
• Tempermental by "Everything but the Girl" (Electronic)
• Anything else by "Everything but the Girl", for that matter
• Tom's Album by Suzanned Vega and Various Artists
• Any CD by DJ Max Grahm (Electronic)
• Any CD by DJ Ricardo Torres (Electronic)
• Any CD by Theivery Corporation (Electronic)
• Soundtrack to the movie Pi
• Any Art of Noise CD except for the one with the tree on the cover

Movies / TV Show collections

DVD format preferred over VHS. As before, I'm totally OK with used DVDs.

• Spirited Away
• The Fisher King by Terry Gilliam
• Jason and the Argonauts with animation by Ray Harryhausen
• Real Genius
• Dragonslayer
• Van Helsing
• The Prisoner episodes on DVD
• The 13th Warrior
• Willow

Games

Mark likes board / card games. He's also fond of ancient / exotic games.

• A 5x5 Rubik's Cube
• Just about any of the "Munchkin" cards by Steve Jackson Games. Talk to me before you buy anything, though to make sure I haven't got 'em already.
• Those little D&D miniatures are always nice
• A gift certificate to Hastur Hobbies would be just fantastic

Clothes

• Hawaiian shirts (size XL)
• Flannel shirts are always good. Either quilted or non is OK with me.
• Sweaters, Sweatshirts, pullovers, etc.
• Crazy pants / Crazy shorts
• Thick, warm, socks, suitable for camping or just kicking around the house in cold weather
• A pair of slippers

Miscellaneous

• Mechanical pencils.
• Blank VHS tapes
• CD cases (sleeves, jewel cases, plastic circle thingies)