Truffle tree adoption - ideally, I'd like to adopt two trees, and have the truffles sent to me from one and sell the truffles from the other. Could be quite a fun thing, really.
An hour in a Floatation tank. Sounds neat, I'd like to try it.
Sissel sitfit cushion, for all those times I have to sit on really painfully bad chairs. Like when I'm teaching, or when I'm doing accompanying at the Suzuki thing and the chairs are awful (I've finally figured out it is the chairs there that make my back sore afterward). A chiropractor I saw regularly for a while had one of these and it's about as near to one of those fitness balls as you can get without, um, carrying a fitness ball around.
A Wi-fi spotter. I was sure these could be acquired for a little less money, and far more widely; I'd be perfectly happy with something that just has an on/off switch and a red light for secured networks and a green one for unsecured, really. It doesn't have to have anything more advanced in the display. But I figured pointing at an example would be good.
If you ever want to buy me flowers, get me something from here instead. Severed plant genitalia aren't really my thing (unless I'm going to eat them up).
A Stirling engine. PRETTY! Hmm. I wonder if I could build something like this to try to cool the loft in summer.
One IKEA EXPEDIT bookcase, 149cm by 149cm, black-brown. This is for under the window in the loft, I've measured it and it will fit, and it will make it much easier for me to keep that space tidy.
An IKEA giftcard. For me to sit here and list all the little things I'd like from that place would take a very long time.
Long Tall Sally gift certificates/vouchers/whatever. Their clothing actually fits me. This is good.
Lockable storage for the garden, particularly the tall stuff. I don't have access to the shed, and while it's reasonably safe (people can't get into the back garden without going over the fence and prickles and so on, and they can't do that without going through someone else's back garden), I worry sometimes that someone will grab the fork and use it to break a window. Also, keeping things dry will make them last longer.
Once I have some storage, basic garden tools that don't suck would be nice. I have a reasonable fork and a reasonable heavy metal rake, but everything else I bought on the cheap because of cashflow problems, or found in the old shed, or whatever. Gardening will be easier with proper tools.
Cycle training - I'd like to get to the point where I can safely cycle from here to Hendon and back on a Sunday to teach, as well as a few other locations I travel to regularly, but I'm askeered of the cars. Taking lessons would help. I've tried to organise cycling with friends but it's been a bit of a non-starter, we're all so darn busy.
Krill Lamp glowsticks, unfortunately the ones that Shevek gave to me have disappeared (along with my tiny hammer and some other bits and pieces). For the record, I'd like Extreme or Extreme180 in white, blue, green, red or infra-red. I also like the mini lamp (so cuuuuute) and the huge one that is available to pre-order as a prototype. A few of the Original ones would also be good - they aren't as bright but they get a lot of time out of a set of batteries. I have a solar battery charger, so I can essentially run these for free (or at least I can until the batteries completely give up).
Really good sheets, standard double size. Not your average polycotton stuff... I'm thinking extremely high thread-count organic cotton, silk, linen, maybe bamboo if bamboo sheets exist. I spend a third of my life in bed, and I'm sick of cheap nasty sheets.
A donation to Trans Canada Trail. With the name "EWT". Because it would be neat, and because I think the trail is such a great idea.
A dawn simulation alarm clock, to see if it helps me get up in the morning (particularly in winter when I really struggle to get out of bed). If you're ambitious, you could build me some sort of replica of this one, only made in such a way that it won't be too directional to be useful.
A Stoneheng replica pocket watch. I'm not sure if htis is a hippie toy or a geek toy but I do like it.
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead - watched part of this in an English class a very long time ago and have always wanted to see the rest. I believe my computer will play DVDs, too.
A Kelly Kettle (aka volcano kettle) for heating water quickly with not much fuel. In fact, I think I wouldn't mind having both sizes of this. The accessory pack for cooking looks pretty neat too although the kettle is of course more efficient. Still, it should be possible to, say, heat water using the kettle, then switch for the pan and cook your pasta in it with the already-boiling water.
A Lendrum Double Treadle Spinning Wheel. The UK supplier is P & M Woolcraft in Milton Keynes, and it's item PM1036 in their catalogue. The Lendrum wheel is on the third page of spinning wheels, unless they've changed their site. This is a really gorgeously beautiful wheel.
A 12V car or motorcycle battery that I can use with my solar panel so I can run more than my phone charger. Or even charge my phone at night.
A good basic toolset that won't fall apart
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Someday, when-I-grow-up stuff - wot it says.
A light pipe or sun pipe or whatever they are called. www.sun-2-u.com has them, they aren't even all that expensive for what you get... anyway, when I grow up and have a house that I can do stuff to, I want these!
Solar hot water heating system; solar electric system for house.