This silly season I find that I'm looking for the online bargains, trolling around the internets looking for some of the coolest things that I'd never buy myself. You know, some of that useless stuff that's great on Christmas Day then finds it way to the back of your wardrobe and some of the must haves for the debt inclined. So here we go...

USB Desktop Tanning Center

Ever been laughed at by your friends for looking nerdy? Ever thought that it could be due to you monitor-tan? Well this nifty little device plugs into your USB and pumps your face with luscious UV rays helping you to look active on the outside.

Livescribe -Pulse Smartpen

Ever wanted to get a soft copy of your minutes for work? Can be buggered re-typing it all over again? Well fret no longer... as well as having a little inferred camera in the nub to record your pen strokes there's a microphone so you can add notations which can also be converted into a txt document! Nice..

The New Tivo

With the new CASPA VOD service and unmetered downloads from a growing list of ISP's the new Tivo Dual HD Tuner PVR could be on top of any one's list. Currently it's around $2 - $4AU dollars to watch your favourite TV show using the service but coming April next year you'll have to option of watching the show with commercials for free. And it's not that bad as commercial content goes with 30 second breaks at the start, middle and end of your shows (more for movies) is a breeze compared to current scheduling practices. It's got one of the easiest user experiences of all other locally available PVR's and you can stream you're archived video's to the unit (Divx, Quicktime, MP4/H.264...) We'll see how the streaming goes, but for all the other features this is a total goer.

Darth Vader Unmasked - USB Stick

It's just cool.... in 2,4,8 and 16gb.

Tauntaun Sleeping Bag

There's something pretty sweet about waking up in the guts of one of your favourite fantastical creatures. I mean you even get a mini Light Saber on the zip as you slice her open and the head becomes a little pillow! For any Star Wars fan or any nerd at all... this will be hard to beat.

Kindle Wireless Reading Device

A virtual book. The digital ink simulates the look and feel of reading with no glare or refresh rate to strain your eyes. It looks real paper, and makes accessing the mass of features a cool and fairly painless experience.And there's no need for a PC as the build in Wi-fi and 3G lets you surf the net as well as access Amazons library of 360,000 books and 50,000 audio books. Other features like Read-to-Me Voice to text and wikipedia are cool too but need some work. For us Ozzies it gets a bit more difficult as only a fraction of the noted titles are available in Australia and but it can be made up for by the access to free out of copyright content from websites such as Gutenberg.org and the new ability to read PDF's. The high price tag is a total downer but this is a wish list I suppose....