Nice one guys. Did you pick-up some power tools from Bunnings? A Philips Airfyer to help your old man’s cholesterol? Maybe you got him a discount deal on 10 laps in a V8 race car…or as a dad yourself, you scored some new tech toys of your own. Drop us a note within – some fellow readers may still be looking for last-minute ideas.
Heath
Sunday, September 4, 2011 at 4:14 PMGot him an energy moniter so he can yell at us even more for leaving the lights on and also got him a head torch as he works up in the roof a bit. Think he liked em both!
punkyrooster
Sunday, September 4, 2011 at 4:48 PMYou can always get what my kid’s get me…nothing! At best it could be said that they are embarrassed to have me as their father.
EckyThump
Sunday, September 4, 2011 at 5:48 PMDude, that’s serious,…don’t do anything silly now! Ya gotta keep in mind that the current generation of kids are for the most part, selfish little pricks. But it’s OK, because when they have kids they’ll realize just what being a parent’s about!! Personally, I have no complaints so far!! 3}
Aliasalpha
Sunday, September 4, 2011 at 6:55 PMWell I didn’t get my dad anything either but in my defence it was less from selfishness and more from the fact I couldn’t think of anything that would be needed by a guy who’s been dead for a quarter century. Maybe urn polish but then I’d have to be the one to put it on, he’s such lazy bugger…
EckyThump
Monday, September 5, 2011 at 7:57 AMWhat the hell are you talking about? I really hope that was a tongue in cheek comment, as indeed mine was!! #}
olearymo
Monday, September 5, 2011 at 8:47 AMYes, because previous generations’ kids weren’t selfish little pricks at all. They were lovely cherubs. And politicians were honest, and you could leave your door unlocked.
EckyThump
Monday, September 5, 2011 at 9:17 AMDude,.. tongue in cheek! #]
EckyThump
Sunday, September 4, 2011 at 5:50 PMUSB3 HDD HUB, and a Satellite tracker, erm…, what the hell is a satellite tracker? OH I’ll figure it out!! #]
Shaun
Sunday, September 4, 2011 at 7:10 PMGave my Dad a HP Touchpad.
Howl
Sunday, September 4, 2011 at 8:48 PMAre we still able to get those for $100?
George
Sunday, September 4, 2011 at 7:23 PMIt’s my 1st father’s day for me this year and I got a Technic race car. Something my son will probably end up playing with. :p I gave my father money as he’s too hard to buy for.
Danny Allen
Sunday, September 4, 2011 at 7:31 PMLego is always win
George
Sunday, September 4, 2011 at 9:42 PMAgreed
Christian
Sunday, September 4, 2011 at 7:35 PMYeah I got spoilt with a pre-order of Batman: AC, Sweeeeeeet!
Jay
Sunday, September 4, 2011 at 8:00 PMGot an Asus Eee Transformer tablet with keyboard dock!
EckyThump
Monday, September 5, 2011 at 7:58 AMMate, your kid really loves you!! #]
wsDK_II
Monday, September 5, 2011 at 8:27 AMWIN!
Godfrey Tanner Bar
Sunday, September 4, 2011 at 8:23 PMGot my Dad tickets to go see some band he likes, he doesn’t really do technology, but my girls got me a $5000 computer. That said this computer will also be my birthday and xmas gifts for the foreseeable future. :D
Damo
Monday, September 5, 2011 at 8:13 AM$5k? What sort of computer is that? Specs?
Godfrey Tanner Bar
Monday, September 5, 2011 at 8:22 AM27-inch iMac
3.4GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7
16GB 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM ($125 from PC Case Gear)
1TB Serial ATA Drive + 256GB Solid State Drive
AMD Radeon HD 6970M 2GB GDDR5
+ an Apple Thunderbolt Display (27-inch)
+ Apple Care
wsDK_II
Monday, September 5, 2011 at 8:28 AMtoo bad man, you got ripped off!
could have got a windows machine for LESS THEN HALF THAT, with better specs :)
Godfrey Tanner Bar
Monday, September 5, 2011 at 8:38 AMI did some research before purchasing, and I could not find a system that was drastically cheaper. Please keep in mind here that the two 27inch 2560x1440px displays are my top reason for wanting this set up. There is a DELL monitor that does that res, but from memory the PC tower build would have been about 800ish cheaper. Which for me, was not enough of a saving.
Godfrey Tanner Bar
Monday, September 5, 2011 at 8:38 AMI did some research before purchasing, and I could not find a system that was drastically cheaper. Please keep in mind here that the two 27inch 2560x1440px displays are my top reason for wanting this set up. There is a DELL monitor that does that res, but from memory the PC tower build would have been about 800ish cheaper. Which for me, was not enough of a saving.
Rhys
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Godfrey Tanner Bar
Monday, September 5, 2011 at 8:53 AMThanks Rhys, you’re right on the money, I am a graphic designer and those screens are going to be amazing to work on. wsDK is right about the heafty price but I justified it to myself (read wife) by likening myself to a salesperson working hard for 10 years in a reliable old shitbox, and then one day when he has a nice bit of tax back and says fuck it, lets go to work in a BMW. :D
olearymo
Monday, September 5, 2011 at 12:05 PMdude it was a gift. So… less than half of ‘free’, you mean?
Mike
Monday, September 5, 2011 at 10:46 AMGood to see you bought the ram from a 3rd party. The biggest wtf with Macs is how much the ram upgrades cost. Easily double what it should be :O weird as
Last bad thing is the SSD. The ones Apple uses are teh failz, in price AND performance. Better idea would’ve been to pickup a Vertex 3 or Agility 3 from a 3rd party too.
Luke
Sunday, September 4, 2011 at 8:24 PMBought my dad a bottle of rum xD. Will probably help him drink it sometime ;)
SS
Sunday, September 4, 2011 at 8:43 PMI got myself Mac mini
Nme
Monday, September 5, 2011 at 6:35 AMBest present ever. They are everything you need in a Mac without the massive price tag. I love mine. Use it as a media player for my tv
Commander Shepard
Sunday, September 4, 2011 at 9:35 PMPartner and 2y/o bought me Kinect.
Wasnt going to buy it but happy to use voice commands in mass effect 3.
Zac
Monday, September 5, 2011 at 9:26 AM:O Really? I didn’t know ME3 was going to have voice commands. Sweet, now I’m happy I have a kinect. I really don’t use it at all, the games are too laggy.
Lone Wolf
Monday, September 5, 2011 at 4:43 PMThis is Australia, Kinect Ddoesn’t have voice support yet, unlikely to see it before ME3 arrives from current forecasts.
Still, if you enjoy seeing your kids do the invisible hula, punching the air or jumping for no reason, I’m sure you’ll get plenty out of it.
Also, got my dad a record player which can convert records into MP3s on flash drives or SD cards. He has a huge collection of records still.
Sheeds
Sunday, September 4, 2011 at 11:28 PMI got a Star Wars Force FX Lightsabre (Green – Luke ROTJ obviously!) from my 3 boys witha wall mount!
ABSOLUTELY freakin’ AWESOME !!! :D
Sheeds.
Tony
Monday, September 5, 2011 at 7:52 AMMy wife got me a LG Magic Motion remote control for the TV and my daughter got me a $100 JB Voucher.. Winning..
Rhys
Monday, September 5, 2011 at 8:37 AMWe got him a men of league polo. :) He spent the day getting pissed in his new polo watching the rugby.
Lillee
Monday, September 5, 2011 at 9:37 AMThe daughter got an Ipad2, I got chocolates…
olearymo
Monday, September 5, 2011 at 12:07 PMI didn’t get anything. :( Not a thing at all.
Guess I gotta have kids first, right? :P
EckyThump
Monday, September 5, 2011 at 12:32 PMYeah, that kind of helps, but don’t give up on the idea, they’re worth it in the end! As in good pressy’s #]
feral
Monday, September 5, 2011 at 12:49 PMI got some chilli chocolate and some socks, the wife dosent understand the gadget obsession but does my love of red wine.
Also got some footprints on canvas thanks to daycare… ;)
red t-rex
Monday, September 5, 2011 at 3:23 PMMy eldest daughter took me to see “Final Destination 5″. It’s been our thing to see each of the Final Destination movies together and it just opened so it was good timing. Harmless brainless fun. I quite enjoyed it. Quite a few laughs and sqeamish moments (if you are into that sort of thing). Actually I consider the opening credits one of the best credit sequences I have seen.