7 things to buy the homeworker who has everything

08/02/2010 send to a friend
Valentine's Day is fast approaching. And if that means you're wondering what to get your homeworking loved one this year, wishing you'd never met in the first place, shame on you! But don't give cupid a kicking. Read our gift ideas for the homeworker who has everything.
1. Bubblehead webcam
For those times when you're not around, give your homeworking partner something to coo about with a Bubblehead webcam. As you can see, the thing is adorable! Not only that, but in its cute little head is a glass lens with a 1.3 megapixel resolution, as well as a microphone and still capture button. It has poseable limbs and gripping hands, which means it can cling to anything in your home office, which is more than you can do! So be careful you don't get replaced...
- Bubblehead web cam - Eric Zhang
2. Sharpener Desk Tidy
Also for the home office, a giant desk tidy. It won't sharpen your loved-one's pencil, but it's big enough to store desktop clutter without looking out of place on the desk.
- Sharpener desk tidy - Suck UK
3. Bookbook
If laptops are the new 'notebooks', then the Bookbook is a novel idea - a hardback leather case for a MacBook or MacBook Pro. The ultimate in geek-chic for your homeworking lover.
- Bookbook - Twelve South
4. Comfort Lapdesk
If the only other thing on your partner's lap is a computer, protect his or her nether-regions with Logitech's Comfort Lapdesk for Notebooks. Its heat-shielding design will keep them cool, however hot things get in the home office.
- Comfort Lapdesk for Notebooks - Logitech
5. CableDrop
If your work-from-home loved-one is constantly moving from the home office to the lounge to the kitchen table, they'd appreciate the CableDrop from Bluelounge. It comes in a pack of six, peels and sticks to surfaces to hold cables in place so they don't fall off the desk every time the laptop is moved.
- CableDrop - Bluelounge
6. Dyson Air Multiplier
Blow more than your homeworker's mind with the latest innovation from Dyson - its take on the desk fan, the Air Multiplier. A bit of a puzzler, since it doesn't have any blades, it has to be seen to be believed.
7. The Slanket
The Air Multiplier is cool, but the Slanket (pictured above) is cosy! And all the best people have worn one (Moses, Gandhi, Jesus, the Pope, the Dalai Lama...). Now you and your partner can share a Siamese Slanket this Valentine's - in the home office, on the couch, but - God forbid - not down the pub...
San Sharma
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Comments
Author: More 4 Mums
Date: 08/02/2010
Comment: Love the Bubblehead webcam will send a link to hubby as a hint. I don't think I am quite ready for the slanket yet!! Looks like it comes from one of these fab brochures you get with the sunday papers!
Website: http://www.more4mums.co.uk
Author: San Sharma
Date: 08/02/2010
Comment: I don't think the world's ready for the Slanket just yet. Thanks for the comment!
Website: http://www.sansharma.com/
Author: Ranbir Sahota
Date: 09/02/2010
Comment: As the proud owner of two slankets and a home business owner, I can confirm that they have no place in my home office.
However, to watch the TV and for a sick child who wants to keep warm and read, they are perfect.
However, I did find this nify keyboard brush last week for those keyboard crumbs and thought it looked neat:
http://www.presentandcorrect.com/item.php?item_id=513
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Author: austen
Date: 09/02/2010
Comment: I bought my wife a slanket - she likes it (almost as much as the cats do), but it gives off some mean static shocks! Lovely and warm, though.
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