Ooma makes all your phone calls within the US free forever. All you have to do is buy it once.
Want to know the future? Read The Singularity is Near by Ray Kurzweil.
Every IT guy eventually wants to drown out the distractions - like the sound of the company help line ringing incessantly. He needs noise-cancelling headphones from Audio-Technica. They're just as good as Bose, by way cheaper.
Who needs power strips? Now we have the Power Squid.