It's Steve (now in blog form) » electronics http://itssteve.com Science shanigans, Internet tomfoolery, and general rigmarole Fri, 22 Apr 2011 18:27:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Sweet god in heaven, I’m getting even dorkier http://itssteve.com/2009/03/13/sweet-god-in-heaven-im-getting-even-dorkier/ http://itssteve.com/2009/03/13/sweet-god-in-heaven-im-getting-even-dorkier/#comments Sat, 14 Mar 2009 01:16:53 +0000 Steve http://itssteve.com/?p=296 A hoodie with a dozen hidden pockets specifically designed to hold electronics?!?!? Oh god, must have.

Ultimate Hoodie Microfleece

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  1. Casio Exilim 10MP Camera – I love my digital camera.  10 megapixels? Yup.  Small enough to stick in my pocket?  Yeah.  Special setting that waits until the subject smiles before going off? Bet your ass.  At less than $200 you just can’t beat this thing.
  2. Philips 50″ plasma HD TV – My giant TV is an endless source of pride/joy.  It also gives me a distinct technological advantage when I play online multiplayer Call of Duty.  An example:

    Kid to me: “Dude! How’d you shoot me from all the way over there. I couldn’t even see you!”
    Me to kid: “I have a giant hi-def plasma.”  
    Kid: “That sucks!”  
    Me: “Sucks to be you. I’m an adult and can buy stuff like this.” 

  3. 13″ MacBook – The MacBook is a great device.  You can immediately tell that the hardware and software were designed to work together from the get go.  Makes me super happy.
  4. Xbox 360 – After a hard day at work, nothing helps me relax like a cocktail and blowing up strangers on Xbox live.  The 360 is a well designed machine if you don’t mind massive heat generation, an incredibly noisy fan, and the occasional red ring of death.  Actually, it’s a terribly designed device.  It’s also really fun when it’s working properly.
  5. Blackberry Bold – A haiku:

    Oh, Blackberry Bold
        You give me joy and sore thumbs
    Red light blinking bright

  6. DVR – I have the generic DVR available through my cable provider.  It’s not a great example of the category, but DVR’s are freakin great.  I no longer watch any commercials, ever watch live TV, or associate shows to a particular network.  I’ve made the jump mentally to content existing as stand alone elements outside of any sort of continuous time stream.  It’s great if you’re not an advertiser or network.
  7. iPod Shuffle – If my Shuffle was any tinier I’d have to have smaller fingers.  Great piece of gear given how much I’ve been traveling over the last year.
  8. Network Attached Storage – I have a terabyte of storage on my home network.  I remember being about 12 and talking with my friends about how awesome it would be to have a whole terabyte to ourselves.  In retrospect, we were huge dorks.  
  9. HP Mini 1000 – I really like netbooks.  It’s the missing link between my Blackberry and MacBook.  Even cooler since I got it running Linux.
  10. Garmin Nuvi 350 GPS – I have no sense of time, social appropriateness, or direction.  GPS helps with the getting lost all the time at least.  When all else fails and I’m completely lost the “Home” button is a life saver.  Way better than calling the wife and asking her to get on mapquest.  ”I’m lost and don’t know where I am!!”
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