I’m curious to know what you got for Christmas! Did Santa bring you everything you asked him for? Were you happily surprised by anything? What pieces of technology were you ecstatic to open this year, or find in your stocking?

Everyone in our community is abuzz with glee over gifts they received. Some were luckier than others, I’m sure. But all in all, everyone seems to be quite pleased with their holiday goodies! How about you?

• Listing your site with Google News is so easy that it’s hard.
• What ticks you off about Google?
• OpenOffice 2.x has hit the end of its life.
• The average adult spends about thirteen hours per week online.
• Texas County, TX is going to start naming drunk drivers right on Twitter.
• Sadly, burglers prey on churches and religious organizations.
• Did you receive anything totally unexpected for Christmas?
• All ski runs are not created equal.
• Will we see an Apple Tablet in January?
• What new gadgets and gizmos did you receive for the holidays?
• Microsoft has released four new themes for Windows 7.
• What are the most annoying gifts you could give to a Geek?
• Why is texting while driving so dangerous?
• What search tools are available for brand exposure?
• Let them eat Peanut Butter M&Ms!
• Are budget brand gaming rigs good enough to play on?

Be sure to check out our downloads center today! There are tons of new games, applications and software available at excellent prices!

What Did You Get for the Holidays?

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We woof you a Merry Christmas! We woof you a Merry Christmas! We woof you a Merry Christmas! And a happy new bark!

Wicket and Pixie are really in the Holiday spirit this year. How are your dogs doing? Upload a video response starring your Christmas pets if they wanna play along.

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Santa sent me a video email! Can you believe it?! I didn’t know he did things like this! Oh, I hope I’m on the Nice list! I’ve tried so hard to be good this year. I only asked Santa for one thing. If I’m lucky, I’ll find it in my stocking on Christmas morning!

Wait, what? Santa says I haven’t been good enough? That is a load of hooey! I’ve been a model citizen this whole year! I’ve been good, I swear it! What’s the deal?! That list is rigged, I’m telling you. Someone is telling lies about me!

Are you on the naughty list – or the nice list? What do you think you’ll find in your stocking on Christmas?

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If you could choose any one Geeky gift this holiday season, what would it be? Money is no object. Let’s just close our eyes, and pretend that someone out there has very deep pockets, and wants to buy us each the gift of our dreams. How do you narrow down your list? Do you know what you’d want? Is it possible to choose just one thing?

For me, I honestly couldn’t choose. There are a lot of Geeky things I want. Many of them are expensive, which is why I don’t already own them! Even if I were rich, I still couldn’t afford to keep myself happy with all of the gadgets, gizmos, devices and toys that are out there for sale. Places like ThinkGeek taunt me with all of the cool stuff they have. How could I ever decide?!

It seems a lot of you are getting into the holiday spirit. I came across several posts on our sites today revolving around Thanksgiving and even Christmas. It put me in such a holiday mood that I turned on some Christmas music earlier, and let it play over my live stream. I listened to it and hummed along as I caught up on everything going on in our community.

• There are five exercises you can do to reduce the pain and tension in your shoulders and neck after spending hours at your computer.
• Help come up with a new teaser for Geeks!
• Newspaper subscriptions are continuing to decline. Do you still receive a printed copy?
• New research explains why Bird Flu has not reached pandemic proportions.
• SWATting is using technology to hurt others.
• Could Chrome have a new competitor?
• What types of computer deals will you find at WalMart for Black Friday?
• How do you handle file indexing issues within Windows 7?
• Healthy Life Network is looking for your recipes.
• Chrome operating system – is stateless the way to go?
• Will there be a real estate book from Google?!
• Apple is sounding off on the iPhone worm.
• Post your funnies on Blaugh!
• Managing your mobile device isn’t as difficult as you may think it is.
• What types of punishments work best for today’s kids?
• Customize System Restore in Windows 7.

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What do You Want for the Holidays?

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It’s no secret that I love Christmas. One of my absolute favorite things, though, is to stuff stockings. Stockings were always fun and special when I was growing up, so I went all out to make Ponzi’s special this year, as well.

Here is a list of what I put into her stockings. Yes… there are two! She has two feet, so she may as well have two stockings.

• KitKat bar
• Light Blaster (bends and refracts light. Cool to look at xmas lights through)
• Hazlenut chocolates
• Service bell (like at counters in stores) to get ahold of me easier
• Audio power pack for iPhone… one for her purse, and one for her car
• Pound of Major Dickinson’s Blend coffee from Peet’s, which is her favorite
• Neon glow 22″ necklace
• Play money… to help start her on her coin collection. What?! Play money doesn’t count? Oh well, it’s still fun.
• Harmonica
• Life Savers Storybook
• Kazoo
• A cow keychain that moo’s and has an LED light. This is to symbolize the fact that she wanted to donate to a charity that buys a cow for a needy family, who can then use it for milk… and eventually meat.
• Oreo cookies
• Paw rubber stamp
• Earplugs, so that she won’t have to hear the Ventrilo stream when she doesn’t want to
• Chocolate coins. Unfortunately, they don’t make plain ones anymore, so these are SpongeBob Squarepants ones
• Stretch Deck, to help her with stretching more, which is something she plans to do
• Sour Patch candy

What do you put in your stockings for loved ones, family or children? Do you have special traditional gifts? Leave me a follow-up comment, or email me at chris@pirillo.com and let me know!

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