The 2024 <cite>Shady Characters</cite> gift guide

It’s that time of the year again! You: a discerning reader of books about unconventional information technologies ( unusual marks of punctuation , say, or pocket calculators ). Your friends and family: the same, naturally. But what gifts to give them this holiday season? I am here to help. And because I am still very much on a calculator jag, we will be concentrating on some of the best pocket…