Attention, all consumers: there are now just twelve shopping days left until Christmas, and it you're anything like us, you still have, oh, everyone left to shop for. It's not so much the money thing, or the getting up off the couch and doing it thing, but rather the "what the heck am I going to get everyone?" thing. Oh, sure, you may have plenty of ideas for your Mac-using friends and family members-- everybody needs a Kensington FlyLight, trust us-- but what about the Wintel users on your list? C'mon, statistically speaking you're going to need to get a present for at least one of those guys, and while it's a driverless USB device and therefore platform-independent, we're guessing that the elegance and inherent coolth of the FlyLight would be utterly lost on them.

Well, fear not, friends, because faithful viewer The Professor has tipped us off to a practical and affordable gift that's no doubt aesthetically aligned with the keen fashion sense of the average voluntary Wintel user. Take a gander at this thing, otherwise known as the Tiggon ScreenArena. Yes, folks, according to the company's press release, for a mere $19.99 you can turn your buddy's drab and boring Wintel into "a funky place to spend time." ScreenArena is a "colorful, stylish monitor attachment" that adds "iMac shaped good looks to the PC." Hmmm... we're looking at the pictures, we're looking at the QuickTime VR, and we're not following. What does ScreenArena do, exactly? "ScreenArena makes the computer look good," says Tiggon president Mal Bisker. Well, he can't be talking about that ugly thing stuck in front of the monitor-- unless perhaps it replaces the Windows interface with a nice black screen.

Scary looks aside, there's definitely one good thing about ScreenArena, which is that it comes with "a colorful storage tray for holding cellular phones, keys and other pocket items." So basically Tiggon has also made the PC useful-- albeit only as a place to keep your remote and your copy of TV Guide, but still, that is a useful function, and in that sense, Tiggon has managed to accomplish something that Microsoft has been attempting unsuccessfully for years.

Meanwhile, the press release also exclaims that "kids and teens are crazy about it!" However, what the press release doesn't state is what percentage of those kids and teens are either legally blind or high on crack. Jonathan Ive is spinning in his grave, and considering that the guy is still alive and healthy, that should really give you a sense of just how upset this has made him. Still, it's a perfect gift for the Wintel users in your life; they and the ScreenArena deserve each other. Why, we can just see their faces lighting up already!