'Twas the night before the night before Christmas and all through the mist, procrastinators were scurrying for last-minute gifts. I've identified a half dozen gadgets to consider – even though you'll have only a picture of the gadget and a "Coming Soon" note to wrap. It IS December 23d, after all!
Speaking of sedentary loved ones, the beer-swilling, football-watching sofa spud on your list will love this dual purpose bottle open/universal remote control ($25). Clicker not only is handy for accessing bottled-up suds, but can be programmed to control up to eight home AV devices; it's preprogramed with the command codes for up to 800 components such as HDTVs, Blu-ray and DVD players, cable and satellite boxes, DVRs, and AV receivers. All he needs is a refrigerator-equipped La-Z-Boy and he'll may never get up.