Whatever your dad actually does for a living, it’s a pretty safe bet he also considers himself some kind of astronomer — so this star-viewing device might just be a home run. It uses GPS to locate and identify objects in space, theoretically making star gazing very very easy.
It’s won a bunch of awards, including: “Best of Innovations, Personal Electronics” at CES, PC magazine’s “2006 Last Gadget Standing,” and a 2006 “Popular Mechanics Editor’s Choice Award.” At $400, it’s a pretty expensive gift, but if you’re like me, you’ve missed his last 64 father’s days, so hey, that’s only like $6.50 a pop - not bad!
- Randy
May 23rd, 2006
Interested in improving your technique? Your mechanics? Then choose the David Leadbetter Golf Academy. In researching this “Father Day’s present” I selected Leadbetter as my pick because he has the reputation as being the best instructor-school for us “hackers”. In addition, class sizes are limited to usually four golfers so you essentially get “one on one” attention that you want and need to improve your game.
I have had friends who attended Leadbetter and other schools and those who went to Leadbetter have always come away with an improved game and satisfying experience. The school has multiple program options to satisfy your instructional needs and wallet (eg 3 day retreats from $2400 to 1 day retreat $325), plus 5 US locations including 3 in Florida (which if you are in the east makes for convenient traveling).
-Gordon
May 23rd, 2006
