Geeks, technophiles, early adopters, giant nerds—these are hard people to shop for, because by definition they're always more up on the latest and greatest than their peers. That's why every year at Christmas time, loved ones and significant others struggle to find gifts for that special geek that fit the following three criteria: 1) they want it, 2) they don't already have it, and 3) it won't break the bank if you buy it for them. And, every year, the Ars Technica Holiday Gift Guide is here to help.

Most tech-oriented gift guides are filled with gadgets and gear that only meet criterion #1 above—truth be told, we at Ars have written a few guides that fit this description in the past. That's why with our 2009 guide, we put our heads together and came up with an assortment of gift ideas that, for the most part, should fit all three criteria for the nerd in your life. We asked ourselves not "what is the top X or Y of 2008?", or "what should everyone have at least one of?", but "what is it that we've come across in the past year that we actually wanted, for whatever crazy reason?" We then threw all of the suggestions in a giant pile, and sorted them into some basic groups.

We admit that this process produced a list with a few super-random items in in it—ninja star coat hooks, a chess set that you hang on your wall, a wand-shaped remote that lets you go all Harry Potter on your entertainment system—but we challenge you to find another guide this year that contains more items that you'll actually want to buy, either for a loved one or for yourself.

So take a look through the Holiday Gift Guide 2009, and keep the plastic handy, because you won't find a more entertaining, geek-appropriate collection of gift ideas this holiday season.

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