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Anniversary gift for a programmer

My boyfriend does coding (Rails/C?/PHP) for a job and I don't know what he would appreciate on our first anniversary. Does anyone have any ideas? Yes, he's stereotypical geek, but I'd rather not give a pack of Bawls for an anniversary gift.

He dislikes going anywhere, so "experiences" like going to an event are out. Maybe I should just have a giant LAN party in the house.

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Check out ThinkGeek for nerdy gift ideas.

sheepsimulator  2010-04-02 22:13:53
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i would say anything remotely sexual should do. Oh, by the way, this is a non-programming related question so you shouldn't really be asking.

pixeline  2010-04-02 22:14:16
to those downvoting my reply. It's really the question you should downvote if you actually followed the rules on SO, and have this question posted to a non-programming forum. Oh, and maybe get yourself an upgrade in sense of humour.
pixeline  2010-04-02 22:18:20
'fraid I was already thinking of something in LaTeX
High Performance Mark  2010-04-02 22:19:55
+1 agreed on all counts
rjh  2010-04-02 22:23:19
Was going to vote this up back to 0, but with a 6 up / 7 down vote split you have still gained rep :)
slugster  2010-04-02 23:09:15
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A Cake? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/686216/what-code-would-you-have-on-your-wedding-cake-closed

Or a Surprise? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2420689/surprise-for-a-programmer-on-birthday

rlb.usa  2010-04-02 22:17:23
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I don't know about other programmers here, but one thing for sure is that I wouldn't buy him a gift that will get him more glued up to the gift than the provider of the gift.

Take him to see a play or something that will get his mind out of coding too much, that way you both have a chance to mingle with each other.

Or am I off-course?

The Elite Gentleman  2010-04-02 22:20:23
Agreed. Something geeky may be appreciated in the short-term, but something a little different (as long as it doesn't push the recipient way out of their comfort zone) will likely be fondly remembered for a long time to come.
Cal Jacobson  2010-04-02 22:25:30
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The first anniversary is the "Paper Gift" year.

A book that is programming related, but not all about code would be a good idea. I would recommend Coders At Work.

Another popular gift for the first year is a framed picture. I cannot think of a good idea to make that Programming-related, but you could try to come up with something.

Kevin Crowell  2010-04-02 22:20:41

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