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A Confession
10.05.05 | Permalink | Comment?

I’m a gadget whore. All my friends know this…they roll their eyes when I tell them I’m eyeballing some new toy that lights up with cool buttons and slick LCD screens. I guess it’s a good thing I work in the business I’m in, as it can almost justify my need to acquire these toys. Anyway, for my birthday, i got myself a couple presents.

First up, my new ipod Nano. This thing is fuckin cool. I bought it as a motivator to get my ass back in the gym, and it seems to be working. Regardless of the fact that I ALREADY OWN an ipod, I wanted something smaller and more compact for working out. The problem with the 3rd gen 30gb ipod I already own is that the damn thing is so big, I can fit a TON of music in there and I spend a ridiculous amount of time scrolling through it to find JUST THE RIGHT tune. With the Nano, I’m limited to just 4gb, which requires me to edit the music I listen to at the gym. It also requires me to update it to the latest music, something I didn’t do with the original Ipod. With my “gym tunes” playlist (which comes in at around 2gb) and a couple other albums (some mashup stuff, some dance stuff, a couple hard rock albums), I’m ready to roll.

Incidentally, I got the black one with the 4gb hard drive. Love. It.

My next birthday purchase was a universal remote that would work on all my home theater equipment. Enter the Logitech Harmony 880 remote control. I was getting really tired of hunting around for a different remote every time I wanted to, you know, turn on the TV. This new toy was a little pricey, but omfg, does it work. It connects to Logitech’s website to download the latest ID info for each component and I can customize just about everything on the screen. I now have a remote that I can press ONE BUTTON and it will automatically set everything up (tv, receiver, inputs, etc…) to play a game or watch a dvd. I find this thing WELL worth the bling.