These are a few of my favorite things... in case anyone is looking long-range at Christmas gifts for the geek in YOUR life.

SCOTTEVEST/SeV

What an innovative company. SCOTTEVEST dubs itself as "Travel Clothing for the Trip of Your Life" and offers a range of gear from long & short sleeve ts, polo shirts, Q-Zip pullovers, pocket-laden cargo pants and shorts... even boxers made to carry an iPhone or iPod, passport my ass!

I've also never seen so much information available for a pair of shorts: details, key features, reviews, pocket map (that's right, there's so many pockets you have to map them; they should have called them the Christopher Columbus Cargoes), X-Ray pocket view, and a 4+ minute video hosted on youtube. SCOTTEVEST certainly knows how to market online.

My top pick, shown above is the Women's Trench Coat. Not only does it look snazzy with a black turtleneck underneath, get this: it's 'compatible' with the iPad & Macbook Air. The Weight Management System, NoBulge terminology is designed to please your geeky girl on both fronts. $150.

Here's an inexpensive gift for those heading out on summer trips, or maybe even for yourself (ha! I am so getting one): The SeV TEC Hat. If you're tired of money belts or wallet packs hanging around your neck under your clothes, this hat does the trick.  In the brim of the hat is a place for bills and a single key; a pocket on the side of the hat takes coins and credit card/bank card. It's stylish and inexpensive at $18.

The only drawback is for out-of-country orders. The only shipper they use is USPS, which for Canadians means a) at least a week of extra delay and b) a 'brokerage' and customs fee that is usually at least 40% the cost of the items. Can you hear the gnashing of my tooth from where you are?

SELF-LACING SHOES & RAYGUNZ

Tired of bending over to re-tie laces? Feeling middle-age (literally) getting between you and your feet? Try these self-lacing shoes on for size - better yet, make them yourself following the directions at Instructables and you, too, can go Back to the Future.

And if ever there was an art piece for a geek, this is it: a blown glass ray gun, created by Vancouver artist Jeff Burnette at Joe Blow Glassworks. His web site seems to be down, and disappointingly the last show I can find referenced is back in 2009, but look at this, ain't it a stunner? I see via twitter that he is still active (@jeffburnette) so I'll do my best to find out studio location and times for a visit.

ROCK PAPER SCISSORS LIZARD SPOCK

Yes, Spock DOES trump everything on this ultra-cool t-shirt inspired by The Big Bang Theory TV show. Just in case there's a dispute, the shirt also shows arrows of supremacy.

For my full list of top picks, check out my wishlist at ThinkGeek: Stuff for Smart Masses.