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Do you like your iPhone/iPod Touch? Do you like to read iSquint? Well, to take a line from Apple Read moreiSquint Holiday Gift Guide for the Theatre Geek
Can you feel that? It’s the gift giving season! There are always great gift giving guides for loved ones, kids, add all kinds of other people in our lives. But what about the techie in all of us?
There are a bunch of cool tools and toys out there for the techie and designer in all of us. Most of these gadgets help us do our jobs quicker and easier. Then there are some that are just way to cool not to own and play with.
The iSquint Holiday gift Guide is just a sampleing of some ideas on what to get. Where can you pick up these great gift ideas? Try your local theatrical dealer. If you can’t find it there, you can certainly find it online some where. But as today is December 7, you better hurry, you want to make sure to get your gifts in well before the celebration begins!
I have broken down the guide into three list. One list for each type of theatre professional. While of course there are many MANY other types of theatre professions, I am just focusing on these at the moment. If you feel that I am missing a great gift to add to the guide, let me know if the comments section of this article.
Happy Hunting!
Techie
- The Ratcheting & Original Ultimate Focus Tool
- Focus Glass
- C-wrench
- Pin Splitter
- iPhone Lighting apps
- Setwear Gloves
- Backstage handbook
- FireSword Flashlight
- MagLight
- Spyderco Knife
- iTunes Gift Card
Lighting Desingers
Programmers
- Enttect Programming Wings
- DMX Coffee Machine
- Swisson DMX tester
Again, these are just a sampling of gifts to get the theatre professional in your life. Am I missing something to the list? Let me know in the comments section of this post.
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By: Todd Proffitt
Ok what is a focus glass?
By: Chris Flood
@isquint do you know if that Lux meter is any good? The price just seems too good to be true.
@Todd Proffitt IIRC A focus glass is a lot like the piece of glass in a welders helmet and will allow you to look straight into a lighting instrument without being blinded. Which is useful for seeing the hotspot of the light while focusing.
By: Justin Lang
@chris I have not seen that Lux meter. ConsoleCat actually put that up a week or so ago. I was thinking about dropping the money on it just because it is that cheap.
By: gafftapegreenia
My dear iSquint, you should know better than to use the word “techie”
As for gifts, how about the new Leatherman Supertool 300?
By: Chris Flood
Yeah A multi tool is a must. I know i’m getting a Gerber Flik this year and i’m pretty excited about it.
By: Nick Ward
Sadly, the ratcheting ultimate focus tool is sold out until 2010
By: Todd Proffitt
Ok were do i get a focus glass. I use a Moris #59150 lux meter and it works great and it was under $50 at my local theatrical supplier.
By: Todd Proffitt
Sorry i got my lux meter at my local electrical supplier.
By: Jim Hutchison
guys – that lux meter is basically this one:
http://www.amazon.com/Mastech-Digital-4-Range-Luxmeter-LX1330B/dp/B000S19W3W
I have the one in the link above – I use it when consulting and checking for holes in systems in my design work. It’s fine for the cheap cost. I’m sure the other one is too.
Jim
By: ElGusto
Nice list, but Techie? Really?!?