The CHEKMINUS Team is proud to bring you our first ever holiday shopping suggestions for those of you that have a penchant for drawing smiles across your loved ones faces (and also for the self-interested.) Here is a short list of the products that have caught our attention as well as hours upon hours of our time; time spent in pining. Or perhaps these items merely intrigued us. Either way, we think they are dope and worth your time, so chek them out!

“Ties2Pillows.com offer page after page of new and vintage ties for your purchasing pleasure. Whether you are an avid collector of vintage neckwear from the 30’s and 40’s, skinny ties from the 50’s and 60’s and their retro comeback from the 80’s, wide ties, big and tall ties, today’s designer ties and novelty ties, or flat bottom ties, they have a nice assortment for you to choose from. If you’ve stumbled onto their website with no particular tie in mind, why not start with all the weird and wacky choices they’ve found in their travels. By all means kick back and enjoy the extensive collection of men’s neckties they’ve made available for you.” TIES2PILLOWS.COM GREAT PRICES!

Although none of us actually own this, we hear pretty great things about the Intuos4 tablet. Intuos4 tablet is the most popular and versatile choice among creative professionals. If your planning to step up your computer design game up then you know what to get, professional photographers, designers and artists agree: Intuos4 pen tablets speed production time for photo editing, design and art creation. When working with digital assets, there isn’t a more natural tool than a pen for increased comfort and control. Available in different sizes, chek it out at intuos4.com

We can’t promise you’ll look as smooth as Ashton Kutcher as you attempt to seamlessly glide from room to room snapping photos with this beauty, but who cares? You will have the unprecedented power to capture incredibly clear and crisp images at startling distances! Rejoice, you can continue to ostentatiously love yourself…

It’s no secret that the CHEKMINUS TEAM has backed APPLE for years. So it may be somewhat of a surprise that we aren’t your traditional tree hugging, decrepit converse rocking, green day is still cool, iphone-toting hipsters. Fear not, while we do have love for Steve Jobs’ immaculate device (mostly for the apps) CHEKMINUS can also wholeheartedly appreciate the functionality and practicality of the blackberry platform. With that said, these last two iterations have more than impressed us both in our personal and professional pursuits. We wouldn’t usually encourage conformity, but RIM has pretty much the most solid platform around.

Apple keeps getting better. We will pretty much back them until the end of time. Yes your average machine will cost you twice as much, but Apple secretes quality everywhere from their customer service to their relentless installments of innovated endeavors.

SPACE JAM! HELL YEA! One of the most loved Jordans out there. Retro MJ 11’s due to come out December 23rd (yea a Wednesday?) this year… what better present to get a sneaker-head this Christmas. We expect very large lines for the 11’s, especially since its 2 days before Christmas DAY! So good luck my friends!

UP! By tying thousands of balloon to his home, 78-year-old Carl Fredricksen sets out to fulfill his lifelong dream to see the wilds of South America. Right after lifting off, however, he learns he isn’t alone on his journey, since Russell, a wilderness explorer 70 years his junior, has inadvertently become a stowaway on the trip. Great to watch with or without a kid in the room.

These gentlemen scream precision with every strand of fabric that goes in and out of Wildboy! Headquarters. Crawling out of the same cultural crib as the CHEKMINUS TEAM, these fellas are aiming to change the landscape of both fashion and earth. If you haven’t already, take a quick trip over to their website where you can read about their mission and don’t forget to CHEK the dope tees.

More than simply another sequel or add-on to the popular Guitar Hero franchise, DJ Hero, as the name would suggest, provides the gamer with a brand new intuitive piece of hardware designed to replicate the authenticity of the DJ experience. This game shines the most in its amazing library of tracks, featuring a plethora of old school hip hop tracks that any 80’s baby is bound to recognize as well as new mixes like the jayz/eminem joint you’ve probably already heard on advertisements. Master the scope of the genre alone or battle a friend (even a stranger); this experience is guaranteed to carry you through the winter.

Inspire others to read! Force them to spend money at a bookstore. Better still, include a small inspirational card including your favorite reads or suggest a few that they may like! They could even go out and purchase that $50+ prep book they have been putting off for months. In any event, you can’t go wrong with some books.



CHEKMINUS…..enough said.

Didn’t like our suggestions? What would you put on your list?