Flip Mino HD - What facebook-stalking, youtube watching college age person wouldn’t love an HD camcorder the size of an iPod that they can store all their drunken adventures on? It easier to share than a sorority pledge and it shoots videos in 720p resolution. Best of all, it’s only $200, meaning that you can probably buy it if you round up and return all your bottles and cans, and you can afford to take it out to the bars because it probably costs less than your outfit.
i Pod Touch (2nd Generation) - Speaking of smaller than an iPod, the new iTouch is much thinner than even an iPhone. With all the great applications, awesome browser and wi-fi support, the iTouch is an absolute must ahve for anyone who doesn’t have AT&T and therefore cannot have an iPhone. No reason to miss out of facebooking while on the bus to the bars, updating your blog from the palm of your hand, or browsing lolcats during lecture. I can haz cheezburger?
Nobis Hats - Also known as this year’s pair of Black Uggs, this hard to find in stock item is a must have for anyone who wants to prove that someone loved them enough to track down this year’s hottest item. Like the Uggs, the hat is warm an fuzzy, but unlike Uggs this product is all about individuality. Uggs are about a unique as a North Face jacket, but Nobis hats, like the antlers on their mascot, are headwear designed to show off your personal style. Hey, anything that keeps you head warm and looks cool is rocking, spirit of a bad-ass looking animal, well yeah I’ll take that too.
Mr. Beer Brew Your Own Beer Kit - This is one that left me with a lot of fun memories. When I was a sophomore in college, my roommate Matt and I used this exact kit to brew our own homemade concoction in our dorm room. To be honest, our beer didn’t turn out amazing, it kinda tasted like yogurt a little bit, but that was because the semester was ending so we had to rush the project. You can’t exactly rush fermentation. That, an I should never be in charge of adding the correct amount of sugar to anything, out beer was so carbonated that it made Mountain Dew seem flat. Honestly tho, we butchered the directions and still came up with something that tasted better than 99% of the beer we were drinking as college sophomores (read: Keystone.) I highly recommend it since it was a blast to do.
Posters - Pretty much once college is over it is no longer considered cool to have anything hung up on your walls that isn’t framed. College is the last time you’ll be allowed to decorate your walls like a 9th grade collage of puberty; after that you’ll just be seen as a serial killer. Anyway, there are literally tons of cool posters and it’s a great gift for friends at school because a poster costs less than a round of shots and you can’t throw it up.
Amazon.com Gift Card - Nothing pisses off college students more than having to spend perfectly good beer money on text books. It is the worst! With an amazon gift card, you can buy textbooks without having to veture out in the cold January weather and then lug them back from the book store. It’s also a gift you can give to friends abroad, or even just accross the room, with supreme laziness from the comfort of your own home. You can order a physical gift card to give them, or you can send one by e-mail. It’s simple, it’s asy, and there is no college student alive who wouldn’t be able to make good use of a versatile gift card for a place like Amazon. There is nothing worse than a gift card for somewhere that you rarely shop. I once got a gift certificate to iTunes and I was just like WTF? Who pays for music?
A Kegerator - essentially the best gift you could ever get someone. Its a fridge that is not only just for beer, it’s just for kegs of beer. We had one of these in our apartment my junior year of college and my life has been incomplete ever since. I miss you Kegorator, my life has never been the same without you. If someone seriously bought me a Kegerator, that would make my year. That is why Kegorater makes the list, saving the best for last.
Flip Mino HD- What facebook-stalking, youtube watching college age person wouldn’t love an HD camcorder the size of an iPod that they can store all their drunken adventures on? It easier to share than a sorority pledge and it shoots videos in 720p resolution. Best of all, it’s only $200, meaning that you can probably buy it if you round up and return all your bottles and cans, and you can afford to take it out to the bars because it probably costs less than your outfit.
i Pod Touch (2nd Generation)
Nobis Hats - Also known as this year’s pair of Black Uggs, this hard to find in stock item is a must have for anyone who wants to prove that someone loved them enough to track down this year’s hottest item. Like the Uggs, the hat is warm an fuzzy, but unlike Uggs this product is all about individuality. Uggs are about a unique as a North Face jacket, but Nobis hats, like the antlers on their mascot, are headwear designed to show off your personal style. Hey, anything that keeps you head warm and looks cool is rocking, spirit of a bad-ass looking animal, well yeah I’ll take that too.
Mr. Beer Brew Your Own Beer Kit- This is one that left me with a lot of fun memories. When I was a sophomore in college, my roommate Matt and I used this exact kit to brew our own homemade concoction in our dorm room. To be honest, our beer didn’t turn out amazing, it kinda tasted like yogurt a little bit, but that was because the semester was ending so we had to rush the project. You can’t exactly rush fermentation. That, an I should never be in charge of adding the correct amount of sugar to anything, out beer was so carbonated that it made Mountain Dew seem flat. Honestly tho, we butchered the directions and still came up with something that tasted better than 99% of the beer we were drinking as college sophomores (read: Keystone.) I highly recommend it since it was a blast to do.
Posters
- Pretty much once college is over it is no longer considered cool to have anything hung up on your walls that isn’t framed. College is the last time you’ll be allowed to decorate your walls like a 9th grade collage of puberty; after that you’ll just be seen as a serial killer. Anyway, there are literally tons of cool posters
Amazon.com Gift Card- Nothing pisses off college students more than having to spend perfectly good beer money on text books. It is the worst! With an amazon gift card, you can buy textbooks without having to veture out in the cold January weather and then lug them back from the book store. It’s also a gift you can give to friends abroad, or even just accross the room, with supreme laziness from the comfort of your own home. You can order a physical gift card to give them, or you can send one by e-mail. It’s simple, it’s asy, and there is no college student alive who wouldn’t be able to make good use of a versatile gift card for a place like Amazon. There is nothing worse than a gift card for somewhere that you rarely shop. I once got a gift certificate to iTunes and I was just like WTF? Who pays for music?
A Kegerator- essentially the best gift you could ever get someone. Its a fridge that is not only just for beer, it’s just for kegs of beer. We had one of these in our apartment my junior year of college and my life has been incomplete ever since. I miss you Kegorator, my life has never been the same without you. If someone seriously bought me a Kegerator
Kyle Said,
December 16, 2008 @ 8:33 pm
Feel free to keep these in mind Whittet when I’m a 30 something year old back in college.
design Said,
December 20, 2008 @ 8:39 am
Dude, I love that flippin’ poster. Oh, and a make your own beer kit would be pretty cool.