Birthday gifts for a former phreaker

[Molotov_Cocktail]

I apologize in advance if this isn't the correct place for this but I wasn't quite sure where to ask.

My boyfriend was into phreaking years ago (1995 - 2002) and mentions it every now and then, I feel like it's something that was a huge hobby of his. His 30th birthday is coming up and I wanted to do something for him that was a little more memorable and special then the usual load of thinkgeek presents.

So I suppose I'm looking for suggestions or ideas for a phreaking related gift? I don't know enough about the equipment used to search myself and would appreciate any and all help.

[Mister Skin]

Good Afternoon,

I'd recommend picking up a lineman's handset somewhere. You can get them on eBay, some of which have the Buy-It-Now option. They can run anywhere from 10 to 250$ for a vintage rotary one to a new Harris Dracon TS-22.

Phone company hard hats. Phone company shirts.

Payphone parts, like a T payphone key or a payphone handset. With some electronic knowledge, you can wire it up to just about anything.

For 600$, you can get him an old phone booth.

An old payphone?

Or, you could buy a slimline phone at Goodwill, throw away the cradle, keep the handset, strip the plug off and attach alligator clips from RadioShack/Fry's onto the green and red wires, while cutting/tying the other wires off...

Or, buy him a PLA Shirt!

I hope these suggestions have helped. If my girlfriend were to get me any of these, I would be shocked at her total 31337-ness.

Good luck!

[MIB]

If he likes to read, PLA The Book is another gift idea.

MIB

[rbcp]

You could get him a Radio Shack tone dialer from eBay and a 6.5536 MHz crystal.  I have one last 6.5536 crystal here that I could donate.

[Mister Skin]

Providing he has a 43-147 tone dialer.

Red boxes are dead and gone. Buy something from Brad Carter and Associates, LLC

[SpaceBison]

http://www.phonelosers.org/book/ 

[ApprenticePhreak]

Providing he has a 43-147 tone dialer.

Red boxes are dead and gone. Buy something from Brad Carter and Associates, LLC

Not true. If you can find a local pay phone still some where in the shambles of shanty town, you can still red box local calls. In fact seeing as I haven't had money to turn my cellphone for well over six months now, I use the redbox application that trev made to make any local call while I'm out and about.

But you have to be ballsy and call and operator to connect you to said call. Just have to puff up your chest and ask "IS FIFTEEN DOLLARS IN QUARTERS ENOUGH?"