Still popular choices, these gifts are part of a broadening spectrum that includes both modern day-updates and some unconventional alternatives. Buy a pocket-sized electronic one instead.
Typewriters are a thing of the past, but a nifty laptop computer is bound to be well received.
Send your graduate off with a pre-paid phone card, beeper or cellular phone as a way to stay in touch. A virtual vacation is the next best thing. Before you buy that suit, think khakis and cords. More and more businesses are loosening their ties and dressing down several days a week. Boomboxes and CD's are the ticket, and while you're at it, throw in a VCR, color television and microwave, too.