On this episode of Spark: Aspirational technology, the future of search, and dinner with a stranger. To listen,  download this episode as an MP3 (runs 54:00):

• Nora reflects on aspirational technology purchases
• Ian Manheimer helps find the perfect gadget with Measy
• Clip from Christmas computer selects 'the perfect gift'
• Caterina Fake on Hunch and the future of search
• Franke James has Dinner with a Stranger named Mark Shouldice
• Nora mentions her upcoming interviews with Matthew Crawford and Seth Godin
• Dan Misener shows Nora the Spark Holiday Remote Access Toolkit
• Rex Sorgatz publishes the List of Lists
• Nora mentions CBCNews.ca's look at the past decade, 2010: Ten Years Into the Millennium, and Pete Nowak's interview with Vint Cerf
• James Gee explains what video games can teach us about the way we learn

This episode features Creative Commons music and sound effects:

• "Gruyere" by Podington Bear
• Countdown by Corsica_S
• "Rhapsody In Blue, Parts 1 & 2"  (1924) by Paul Whiteman
• "Black Eyed Susan" by Chad Crouch
• "Profondo Blu" by Fabrizio Paterlini
• "Hope For Rebirth" by Celestial Aeon Project
• "Chiron Beta Prime" by Jonathan Coulton
• "Your Mother's Son-in-law" (1933) by Benny Goodman
• "High Noon Dub" by Neurowaxx

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