It’s that time of year again.  It’s time to buy that person in your life some sort of electronic device that you don’t really understand.  Don’t you love staring blankly at rack after rack of expensive electronic geegaw, having no idea what might work, what might be useful, and what the cool gift of the year is?  I know I do!

However, if you want to know what you’re buying before buying it, I’d like to recommend Engadget’s Holiday Gift Guide.  So far all they’ve covered are cell phones and e-book readers, but I can tell you right now that the e-book reader is going to be a hot item this year, so that’s a great place to start shopping for the nerd in your life.  It’s new technology, but it’s been around just long enough and has enough corporate muscle behind it for you to be sure you’ll get a few years out of your Kindle or Nook.