He has a MSc in Electrical Eng -- unimpressive, but a nerdy interest in all
such things. He modifies motherboards and pores over their design, would
this not be too basic?

Has someone mentioned this site yet ?

http://nomoresocks.newscientist.com/Home/Home.aspx

He might like the binary clock ;-)

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