<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<rss version="2.0" xmlns:s="http://www.techrepublic.com/search" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"  xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
<channel>
    <title><![CDATA[Discussion on What was your first geeky gift? ]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-354137]]></link>
    <atom:link rel="hub" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" />
    <atom:link rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-354137/rss" />

    <description><![CDATA[]]></description>
    <language>en-us</language>
    <lastBuildDate>2013-06-17T23:46:53-07:00</lastBuildDate>
             

    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[Shogun Warriors]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-354137-3541561]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Growing up in a heavily Asian neighborhood of Sacramento, I had a lot of Japanese friends who had the ACTUAL die-cast, pre-Mattel Shogun Warriors. They were from VARIOUS Japanese Anime shows - Combattler V, Mazinger Z (Great Mazinga), Raideen, Gaiking.  They were complex and intricate. My friend used to tell me, &quot;They would never sell toys like this here, American kids aren't smart enough to play with toys like this, they would hurt themselves&quot;. Then the American Shogun Warriors came out (I was totally excited), and kids starting choking on the missiles and putting their eyes out with them, and they were ALREADY dumbed down compared to the Japanese versions. I was so disappointed.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6J5P2gHerEQ]]></description>
        <guid><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-354137-3541561]]></guid>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[dcolbert@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 18:53:57 -0800</pubDate>
    </item>
             

    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[Gaiking]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-354137-3540262]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[When I was around 5, someone gave me a giant (at least it seemed that way) Gaiking robot from the &quot;Shogun Warriors&quot; series. Probably the very first thing I ever owned that was related to anime: http://www.collectiondx.com/toy_review/1978/gaikingIt shot missles that wouldn't even break a piece of paper, but it also had a spring propelled fist that was strong enough to blow a space lego model to smithereens... great fun and probably something you could never get away with today.]]></description>
        <guid><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-354137-3540262]]></guid>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[TBone2k]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:04:55 -0800</pubDate>
    </item>
             

    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[Which came first]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-354137-3537851]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[...the geek or the geek gift?]]></description>
        <guid><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-354137-3537851]]></guid>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Wally Bahny]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 07:12:26 -0800</pubDate>
    </item>
             

    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[Nature vs.Nurture...]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-354137-3537780]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[There is a great study of the questions of nature vs. nurture going on in this thread. Did we want these kind of gifts because we were geeks...Or did we become geeks because we got these kind of gifts...]]></description>
        <guid><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-354137-3537780]]></guid>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[dcolbert@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 05:26:34 -0800</pubDate>
    </item>
             

    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[When I went looking for this one...]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-354137-3537773]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[At first I found a bunch of clones that looked just like it, but weren't the right one. Evidently this line of TI calculator set the mold for the next 20 years. That is a cool site, huh? I live the Internet. ]]></description>
        <guid><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-354137-3537773]]></guid>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[dcolbert@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 05:23:58 -0800</pubDate>
    </item>
             

    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[building blocks]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-354137-3536903]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Mine were American Bricks, rather than the more expense Legos.  The upside was I had more of them than my Lego friends.Electronic chess game from Fidelity, still have it.Radio Shack 150 in 1 Electronics Project Kit.Cobra 29 CB Radio (Christmas Present for my dad and I)  My uncles gave me the handle &quot;Little Professor&quot;.  I could &quot;DX&quot; barefoot from home about 20 miles.]]></description>
        <guid><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-354137-3536903]]></guid>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Realvdude]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:44:17 -0800</pubDate>
    </item>
             

    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[Well if we are going back that far]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-354137-3536767]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[When I was very young my Parents Bought me a Meccano Sethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MeccanoI used to build things with that for ages and I still have some bits of it around after many years. Then another time they bought me a Scaletricx Sethttp://scalextric.hornby.com/Used that so much that I burnt out one of the cars in the first few days. It was a basic Figure 8 Kit with some 50's style Cars the Jag  a D Type didn't survive the Christmas break/holiday and when the shops reopened they bought some more cars and a new motor for the Jag. I most defiantly still have that set and quite a bit more now with over 1,000 meters of Track numerous cars and sidecars and I still occasionally pull it out and show the Nephews what I used to do.But I simply couldn't play with it, as I'm way too old. That is something that has grown in size over the years and while I'm not actively looking for things for it if I see something that interests me I grab it.Col]]></description>
        <guid><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-354137-3536767]]></guid>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[HAL 9000]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 11:56:39 -0800</pubDate>
    </item>
             

    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[Merlin]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-354137-3536722]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Does anyone remember Merlin?  I still have it along with the original box and instructions and it still works.]]></description>
        <guid><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-354137-3536722]]></guid>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[necessaryevil]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 09:23:13 -0800</pubDate>
    </item>
             

    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[An erector set]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-354137-3536352]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[This one, in fact: http://www.buysellcommunity.com/image.jsp?item=OSZAEDXT&amp;sequence_id=3Unfortunately, it didn't survive my brothers' childhoods...  ]]></description>
        <guid><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-354137-3536352]]></guid>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[NickNielsen]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:59:54 -0800</pubDate>
    </item>
             

    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[My &quot;computer!&quot;]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-354137-3536273]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[When I was an infant, someone gave me a Disney toy where you pushed a button or flipped a switch and a Disney character would pop up. When I was around 4, I saw Empire Strikes Back, and decided that my toy was now a computer. I would sit in a cardboard box and play with that thing and pretend I was on a spaceship. Man, I was a dorky kid. Edit: Thinking on this further, I realize that it wasn't really a geeky present as much as I just put it to a geeky use. So, my first really geeky present was probably when one of my dad's friends gave me a copy of the script from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, which isn't old tech, but is definitely geeky.]]></description>
        <guid><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-354137-3536273]]></guid>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[beth3west@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:02:20 -0800</pubDate>
    </item>
             

    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[Heathkit]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-354137-3536116]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[My dad had assembled a whole stereo system complete with vacuum tubes from Heathkit sometime in the early 60s (I think he still uses it in the garage), which I thought was awesome.  Later (maybe 69 or 70 I think) he got me an electronic kit which had a kind of pegboard on a frame on which you mounted the components.  Then with wires and instructions you could wire up an alarm, a radio, etc.  Many hours of fun.]]></description>
        <guid><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-354137-3536116]]></guid>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[steven@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 07:48:04 -0800</pubDate>
    </item>
             

    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[NINTENDO]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-354137-3535770]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[I was about 7 years old, and I got an NES.  We had a TV from the 70s and it only had the UHF/VHF connectors.  So I had to find those UHF/VHF cable converter things.  After a day of searching I found them, and managed to hook it up.  Good times...Gregory Meyerhttp://www.onlinetech.com]]></description>
        <guid><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-354137-3535770]]></guid>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg.E.Meyer@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 21:06:35 -0800</pubDate>
    </item>
             

    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[Super Nintendo]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-354137-3535555]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[I was like 3 years old.First game was Mario Kart.]]></description>
        <guid><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-354137-3535555]]></guid>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Slayer_]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:36:13 -0800</pubDate>
    </item>
             

    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[Sony Walkman]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-354137-3535481]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[I got the Sony Walkman tape player, with an insert that had an antenna that turned it into a radio when I was 16.  It was awesome.]]></description>
        <guid><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-354137-3535481]]></guid>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[GSG]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:35:43 -0800</pubDate>
    </item>
             

    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[That's some iconic design there]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-354137-3535450]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[I remember my dad was working with what must be descendant of that one, and probably ten years later. It could store data to little magnetic strips, and I think it had sort of a weird docking station with a paper strip printer (like a cash register)... otherwise it looked exactly like that one.Edited to add: Found it, it was the TI59 with PC100 printer, http://www.vintagecalculators.com/ti_59.JPGFrom 1977, but it was still alive and kicking in '85 - but then, they made stuff to last back then, didn't they?]]></description>
        <guid><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-354137-3535450]]></guid>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[AnsuGisalas]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:10:58 -0800</pubDate>
    </item>
             

    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[Math game]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-354137-3535223]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[I forget what it was called but when I was 3 my parents bought me a electronic math game (~1982). Whenever you got a question right there was this little guys face and his mustache would wiggle. I was apparently somewhat of a prodigy as I was answering ~grade 5 math questions when I was 3. Sadly I've gotten relatively dumber with age ]]></description>
        <guid><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-354137-3535223]]></guid>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[MikeGall]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 07:48:44 -0800</pubDate>
    </item>
             

    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[I thought]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-354137-3535205]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[The F in WPF was fortran. Man I just wasted $100 on a Fortran 95 text. Thanks a lot.]]></description>
        <guid><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-354137-3535205]]></guid>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[MikeGall]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 07:43:08 -0800</pubDate>
    </item>
             

    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[1975...]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-354137-3535068]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[In 1975, I was 5 years old. I asked my family for a calculator for Christmas. My half-brother, a star parochial high-school quarterback, bought me this: http://www.vintage-technology.info/pages/calculators/t/texasti1200.htmJust finding this picture brought a tremendous wave of nostalgia back for me.This was absolutely the first indication to my family that I was *not* going to be a star high-school quarterback. I was also a huge fan of Ultra-man and Speed Racer by this point, so my future was pretty much a given.I had the calculator for years - I think I probably lost track of it when I was around 17.]]></description>
        <guid><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-354137-3535068]]></guid>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[dcolbert@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 05:28:39 -0800</pubDate>
    </item>
             

    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[Chinese chess game]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-354137-3534851]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[No, not the one with the marbles.The one with the round wooden pieces with Chinese wordsigns on them: Mandarin, Cannon, Chariot, Minister... like that.]]></description>
        <guid><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-354137-3534851]]></guid>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[AnsuGisalas]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:18:53 -0800</pubDate>
    </item>
             

    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[We need a Geek Scouts organization...]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-354137-3534836]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[If the regular Scouts start fires by rubbing sticks together, then we definitely need Geek Scouts who perform maths with slide rules and code GUIs in Fortran.]]></description>
        <guid><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-354137-3534836]]></guid>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[AnsuGisalas]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:14:54 -0800</pubDate>
    </item>
    </channel>
</rss>

