Continuing with our coolest gadgets gift guide here we have a load of gifts to buy for the golf enthusiast (mainly gadgety but some may even be useful).

Golf for Dummies

This is nice gift for the beginner or big headed accomplished golfer.

If you don’t know the difference between a lob wedge and a lemon wedge, check out Golf for Dummies, by CBS commentator Gary McCord, one of the game’s most colorful–and knowledgeable–characters. It’s a wonderful, often hilarious, never boring introduction to the game.

The book is available from Amazon for $7.99 at the time of writing.

Joke Golf Ball Set

One for the golfer with a sense of humor.

set of four Prank Golf Balls which include our Exploder - which disintegrates into a white cloud of smoke when hit, Jet-Streamer - When hit, The Jet Streamer ejects 15 feet of streaming red ribbon., The Phantom - it implodes in to a giant wall of water when hit., and finally the Unputtaball - This will wiggle, go everyway but straight when hit.

Cost: $12.89 at Amazon.

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Following on from yesterdays gift guide of robot toys, we now have a guide for the big kid who loves remote control toys, suitable for all ages (especially 36 year olds), if anybody is looking at buying me a Christmas present, I’d be very happy with anything from this list, especially those near the bottom *hint, hint*.

With a lot of the remote control toys this year there seems to be something of a combat theme, so they could make a decent joint present which means you get 2 gifts for the price of one.

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This is our first article in our Christmas 2007 Gift Guide, lets get that Christmas shopping done early.

The holidays normally mean lots of joy for kids (or disappointment if they received a paltry Rubik’s Cube instead of that shiny new Wii) and pain for parents, particularly their pockets as they attempt to alleviate their guilt of not spending enough time with the little ones through the year by picking up the latest and greatest toys. I suspect that robot toys this year will really take off, so be prepared to fill up that bank account of yours with a respectable amount of dough before you use your credit card and start shopping.
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Gift guides so far:

• Educational Toys
• Digital Picture Frames
• Robot Toys
• Remote Control Toys
• Golfer Gifts
• Handyman
• Office Worker
• Excerise Nut
• New Home Owner
• The Prankster
• The Gamer
• Stocking Fillers
• Great Outdoors
• Gift ideas for the drinker
• Retro Toys and Stuff
• Don’t forget the cat
• Drinking Gifts
• High Tech Kids

I’m trying to be a bit more organised with my Christmas shopping this year and have set myself two objectives:

• Do all shopping online
• Complete my shopping by the end of November and leave December free to party

Over the next month we will be publishing a new gift guide most weekdays, full of useful present ideas for your nearest and dearest, all gadget related of course. Ideas so far include:

• Gift ideas for the handy man
• What gadgets to buy the couch potato
• Presents for the next Cubicle
• The Adrenaline Junkie would love…

If you need a bit of inspiration with your Christmas shopping, leave a comment here describing who you are buying for and we’ll try to do a gift guide of ideas specially for you.

Get into the Christmas spirit with this USB Fibre Optic Christmas Tree. Best of all is, there aren’t pesky wires to wrestle with once the holiday season is over as you can simply unplug it and tuck it away in your desk drawer till Christmas rolls round once again.

Simply plug it into an available USB port on your computer or laptop and experience a warm glow as the tips of the branches glisten with a bright blue shimmer. The sparkling little lights have a soothing, almost hypnotic effect and will make anyone who passes by get into the festive spirit. If you argue with your colleagues about who gets to decorate the tree, then find less enthusiasm when the time comes to take it down in January, this little tree is the perfect compromise. Every desk can have their own USB Christmas Tree to complement the rest of the office decorations.

Perfect as an office gift to that hot secretary you’ve been eyeing all along. £9.95 from Gizoo.

iSkin has just rolled out a brand new iSkin for the recently released iPod touch. After all, doesn’t your latest gadget purchase deserve the best in protection? Known as the iSkin touch (what else?), this underlines iSkin’s effort and commitment to developing premium iPod accessories. The iSkin touch aims to capture the essence of the iPod touch, keeping it safely protected from external knocks and scratches in a simple yet sophisticated design. You won’t get any cheap plastics with this purchase, since the iSkin touch is constructed from premium high-grade silicone and boasts smooth lines, textured surfaces and two-tone color arrangements topped with well thought out features.

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PayPal has just run a Holiday Survey and found out some pretty interesting figures. Here they are for your perusal.

The survey found discrepancies between men and women when it came to who tops their shopping lists. While both men and women agree that their significant other is the most difficult person to shop for during the holiday season, 34 percent of males said they actually enjoyed shopping for their partner, compared to just 17 percent of women. However, females are 30 percent more likely than males to enjoy shopping for their kids.

The Nielsen survey also revealed that more shoppers are playing it safe this holiday season by buying gift cards, rather than purchasing tailored gifts for their loved ones. In fact, 64 percent of shoppers said they plan to give gift cards. But recipients don’t seem to mind. Fifty seven percent of respondents said they would actually prefer to receive money or a gift card in place of the traditional present.

Do you think the results of this survey are totally untrue, somewhat true, or hits home when you read it? Will it influence your purchasing decisions?

Looks like the Movin’ and Groovin’ Snakes have some company, and it comes in a less mobile form of flowers in a pot. Here’s the skinny on these Movin’ and Groovin’ Flowers.

No water is required for these groovy chaps, all you have to do is plug in the 3.5 mm jack connector to your multimedia device, crank up the volume and enjoy the show as they move and groove to the beat of your music. Movin’ and Groovin’ Flowers also boast pretty decent speakers too and they will pump out your favorite tunes with clear, rich sound and surprising muscle for their dainty guise. There is even a three-way switch which lets you select music and dance, or just music, depending on your mood.

Choose from Lilac (going fast!), Pink, and Yellow variations, and they retail for £14.95 each.