Gift for a college student?

[ffutures]

My nephew starts college in a week or so, and I'd like to give him a suitable gift, preferably something reasonably practical. He's got a bike, a laptop, etc., but there must be other things that would be handy, and preferably not hugely expensive. He's studying design and engineering, don't know if that suggests anything.

Any thoughts?

Comments

[robertprior.livejournal.com]

Backup drive for the laptop could be very handy. It sucks to lose all your term work when your hard drive pooches just before projects are due…

[robertprior.livejournal.com]

Another possibility is a headset for his laptop, so he can use VOIP to chat to friends rather than paying long distance. (Only useful if he has high-speed internet, of course.)

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

That's a possibility, though I've never encountered a college network that had the bandwidth.