I'm going through a weird phase. For years, I've been scrimping and saving for a rainy day. While I haven't been a complete miser--I eat out a fair bit, and I've bought my fair share of records and books as well as the occasional video game or console--it's not as if I've slunk into debt while constantly buying new clothes and updating my gadgets ( Read more... )

I don't like to be one of those old people who starts sentences with "In my day, we didn't have (blank)" if only because I know all too well that if (blank) had existed, we most certainly would have wanted it. Like cell phones. Actually, in my day they did exist--but few teenagers outside of Bayside High or 90210 had them. Now, every teenager has ( Read more... )

About ten minutes after my Nano went to electronic heaven, I was already on the Apple Store website, picking out a new model. I had a hundred dollars in birthday money and a little room in my fun budget, so I was pretty limited as far as price was concerned. In other words, I wouldn't be getting a brand new iPod Classic. Hell, I wouldn't even be ( Read more... )

It is with heavy heart and empty ears that I must announce the passing of my beloved first gen iPod Nano, Vader*. He mercifully passed away this morning after a short battle with complications of the battery brought on after an accidental partial washing two days ago. He is survived by the earphones that were plugged into him as well as three ( Read more... )

My cell phone had seen better days. Come to think of it, there wasn't much it hadn't seen. It had been dropped on the floor and the sidewalk so many times that dings and scrapes and worn paint decorated its exterior like war medals. It had been a toddler's plaything. It had been my plaything. It took a lot of pictures--some preserved, and some long ( Read more... )

For the past year or so, I'd been debating whether or not to buy a new computer monitor. I'd thumb through the Best Die and Futile Shop fliers looking for something with a bigger screen, smaller desk space requirement, black casing to match my new tower, and reasonable cost. But one thing prevented me from acting on any consumer impulses I might ( Read more... )

Last night, after a few days of alternating between shutting itself down and not being able to shut off, my computer fell into a coma. It would power up, but nothing would actually load. Since I had no idea what to do, I took my computer to someone who would: the fine people at Intertech. Not only did they build my baby, they're also the closest ( Read more... )

When it comes to my cell phone, I'm one of those annoying people. No, not with the ringtones and the leaving it on in the movie theatre and the talking really loud then getting pissed off when someone overhears my conversation. I'm talking about being one of those annoying people who likes to keep a low bill, doesn't spring for extras, and rarely ( Read more... )

Every so often, I get the urge to splurge. And when I say splurge, I mean it, for there's this thing that's caught my eye and ear and imagination and it just won't let go. It's not a specific thing, either--it's just an MP3 Player with anywhere from 5-20 MBs of storage space. I've thumbed through flyers and imagined what the present future would be ( Read more... )