Oh holiday shopping showcases, will you ever produce a collection of giftables we actually want to buy? You will? And it’s in our city? And it’s by our best friend Gizmodo?

Brian Lam and his traveling circus of RC toys and prosumer gunmetal AV components entitled the Gizmodo Gallery is hitting the Reed Annex today at 12 p.m. (that’s — 10 minutes ago) and will run through Sunday. We suggest you take a loooong lunch and get down their immediately for three reasons: 1) The economy needs you. What better way to be a patriot than to convince yourself the time for a new Plasma TV is now? 2) Like we said, it’s a limited time only. 3) Playing with stuff beats working.

Can’t volunteer for hours a week? Don’t have a big chunk of change to give away to worthy causes? These limitations may have kept you from making the world a better place 10 years ago, but Care2 founder Randy Paynter and team are looking to limit barriers to involvement through their community’s upcoming cause-related campaigns.

Come mid-December the site will offer community news, group discussions, online petitions, and–not to fear–volunteer opportunities around women’s rights, animal welfare, the environment, and other topics that are front-of-mind. It’s all part of Paynter’s goal to empower everyday folks to get involved in progressive and consciousness-raising causes that are good on both the “me” and “we” front. The site, which has never advertised but has grown to nine million members through word of mouth among people interested in human rights and social welfare, will later be inviting individuals to create their own cause pages around personal passion points.

Everyday objects should be as clever as possible. For example, why use an ordinary comb when you could use a musical comb? British design collective Out of Office (OOF) has given us plenty of examples of how to liven up your home in slight but meaningful ways. Focus now on the Cloud Sponge, a dark gray raincloud that ‘rains’ on you in the shower, subtly simulating the experience of playing in a storm. It’s cool what a little imagination can bring you.

Evan Roth created the typography driven video for the new Jay-Z track, produced by Kanye “Brooklyn (We Go Hard).” The song is set to be a piece of the Notorious soundtrack due out later, but it;s being released now to be a part of the RED & Global funds to fight AIDS in Africa campaign. The track is amazing, but the video — killer. I’m going out on a limb here, but I think Evan may have out done the Hova himself. To make things even more interesting, you can grab the FLA code here and remix the video up yourself. Genius work for a good cause.

What’s UR Bag: Read JS Review | Buy It ($15)
City-wide plastic bag bans are a perfect excuse to spend a small amount on nylon/lycra blend totes that give back.

Eco Emporia: Read JS Review | Buy It
We have Eco Emporia's products — made from discarded items including fire hose belts and rescued paper notebooks — to thank for introducing a reusable holiday tradition that extends beyond second-hand gift bags.

Blightster: Read JS Review | Buy It
Chilean artist Rodrigo Alonso has created a gift that keeps on giving with lamps made from reusable containers.

Tappening Bags: Read JS Review | Buy It ($50)
There's no reason that plastic water bottles and yogurt containers should live in landfills when they can have a second life as bags imploring your gift recipient to “Think Global, Drink Local.”

Herb-n Art Toys: Read JS Review | Buy It ($9 – $60)
We know it’s fun to run out to the drugstore and get a friend a Chia-Pet as an “ironic” gift. Well, irony is dead. Get them an artistic alternative that can also grown microgreens out of its head.

The Gift: A very sexy wallet, bag, and money clip from Setgo, NYC-based purveyors of fine black leather (and nylon and brushed steel) accessories.

The Rules: In the COMMENTS section, give us you most awkward “lost wallet” moment. Maybe you were on a date with a supermodel and left your coin purse at mother’s. Maybe you left your hiking bag on a high-speed train to Brussels that contained your phone, passport, and collection of Amsterdam porn. Whatever it is, let us know. Only one entry per reader. Duplicate entries will be discarded.

The Deadline: Submissions are open now through midnight on 12/6.