I got the wife one of those Cisco Flip cameras. They're pretty slick and films in HD. Easy to use and manage videos.
Then I got the family a telescope. Living in the foothills gives me a great view of the night sky with little light pollution.
My work gave me a Droid phone, and it's quite a change from my old Blackberry. At first I wasn't sold on these smart phones, but damn it's pretty cool.