



With the holiday season soon approaching, we address the most important requirements list of all … our wish lists as Joe has to disclose a cheese powder incident, Michael hopes his Bitcoin gains some value, and Allen researches his purchases to the extreme.

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Lists Worth Checking Twice …

Joe’s Blinged-Out Wish List

Price Description $99.99 Corsair RMX Series RM860x 850W ATX12V (Amazon) $139.99 Corsair Hydro Series H115i PRO RGB Water Cooler (Amazon) $197.99 Samsung 970 Pro M.2 2280 512GB (Amazon) $319.74 Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32GB (3000) (Amazon) $399.99 ASUS Prime X299-Deluxe LGA 2066 (X299 6Gb/s) (Amazon) $699.99 ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Amazon) $1,129.99 Intel Core i9-7949X Skylake X 14-Core 3.1 GHz (Amazon)

Michael’s Automated Wish List

Description Price Sonos One (Amazon) $199.00 Tile Mate with Replaceable Battery (4 pack) (Amazon) $59.99 TP-Link Kasa Smart Wi-Fi Plug Mini (Amazon) $44.99 Alternate: Amazon Smart Plug (Amazon) $24.99 Google Home Mini (Google) $49.00 Philips Hue White and Color Ambiance Smart Light Bulb Starter Kit (Amazon) $99.99 Alternate: TP-Link Kasa Smart Wi-Fi LED Light Bulb (Amazon) $39.99 Google WiFi system, 3 Pack (Amazon) $255.95 AMORTEK Outlet Wall Mount Holder for Google Home Mini (Amazon) $8.99 AMORTEK Google Wifi Wall Mount 3 Pack (Amazon) $17.99 LG 34UC80-B 34-inch 21:9 Curved UltraWide QHD IPS Monitor (Amazon) $549.99 CORSAIR CRYSTAL 570X RGB Mid-Tower Case (Amazon) $179.99 Samsung 970 Pro 512GB (Amazon) $197.99 Samsung 860 Evo 1TB (Amazon) $166.99 Razer DeathAdder Chroma (Amazon) $54.49 Transcend 64GB Flash Drive (Amazon) $23.99 ELLESYE Qi Certified Wireless Charging Stand (Amazon) $25.99 BRAINWAVZ Truss – The All Metal Under Desk Dual Headphone Hanger Stand Mount (Amazon) $14.99 Coffee Gator Stainless Steel Container (Amazon) $28.97 Apple Watch Series 4, 44mm GPS+Cellular (Amazon) $529.00

Allen’s Wish List

Price Description $657 LG 43 UHD with USB C – 8ms (Amazon) $697 Or an alternative, LG 55″ UHD TV! (Amazon) $99 Not Flat Anti-Fatigue Mat (Amazon) $699 Rebel Treadmill 1000 Under Desk Treadmill (Amazon) $40 14 Pc Anti-Snap Exercise Bands (Amazon) $67 Logitech c930e WebCam (Amazon) $319 Kinesis Advantage 2 USB Win / Mac (Amazon) $149 SteelSeries Arctis 7 Gaming / Conferencing Headphones (Amazon) $34 Monoprice 8323 Hifi DJ Bluetooth Headphones (Amazon) $27 Comfortable Earpads – Velour, Faux Leather, Memory Foam (Amazon) $12 Headphone holder (don’t get this one – it bends) (Amazon) $32 Charging station for 6 devices / Watch holder (Amazon) $293 Netgear Orbi RBK50 3000 2 Pack 5k sqft (Amazon) $340 Amplifi HD Alternative to the Orbi – 10k sqft (Amazon) $245 Document Scanner (Amazon) $3 Algorithms App (Android) (Google Play) $328 Autonomous Ergo Chair 2 (Autonomous) $99 Circle with Disney (Built into Orbi above) (Amazon)

Resources We Like

Stack Overflow Developer Desktop Build – 2017 (nickcraver.com)

Coke Commercial – It’s Delux, son! (YouTube)

Tip of the Week

FLIR C2 Compact Thermal Imaging System (Amazon) Alternative: FLIR ONE Thermal Imaging Camera for iOS (Gen 3) (Amazon)

Bring the cloud to the edge with Azure IoT Edge (azure.microsoft.com)

Freeze your CSS State by using F8 (Stack Overflow)

Automate your life with IF This Then That (IFTTT)