[vcf-midatlantic] Semi-OT: what tech gifts did you get/give?

[Ethan]

> I gave my wife a hand-crank sewing machine from Germany, probably 
> manufactured after the turn of the 20th century. she made that identification 
> right after unwrapping it on late Christmas Eve.
> http://www.retrotechnology.com/herbs_stuff/german_sewing.jpg
> She's very knowledgeable about pre-1950's sewing machines; I also have a 
> clue. And I have no doubt these are "technology". They are mechanical devices 
> with precision parts which perform mechanical computations.
>

It might be possible to hook it to a computer and automate it!