Busy day + FS: Car CD player
Before I stick it on ebay: I have a Pioneer car CD player, circa 2002 going. Yell if you're interested.
General update for the day:
Overall I had a rather productive day, despite having a hangover-style headache all day. (I finished up at REA yesterday, and was happy that so many people came to see me off, both at lunch, elevenses, and at the pub!)
* I had a house inspection (take 2).
* I gathered up my big pile of complicated tax stuff, and spent an hour going over it with an accountant, who found all sorts of cool stuff I could do. My initial estimates were that I'd have to pay thousands of dollars of tax (due to all my contracting in 2007), but he managed to turn it around so I will be getting a chunk of money BACK from the tax office. Win! :D
* After that I picked up some new speakers for the car, and then bought a new car music player. Unlike my previous one, this one plays MP3s off CDRs or from USB memory keys, or lets you plug generic MP3 players. I installed it this afternoon, and am pretty happy with the results.
It's so much more civilised to take a tiny USB key down to the car, than cart around loads of audio CDs!
I picked the Pioneer model because it *seemed* to have a more well-thought-out UI for dealing with MP3 collections. Oddly, it comes with a remote control.. which I can't quite figure out what the point is.. I mean, I'm always going to be sitting next to it in the driver's seat, and my arms aren't *that* short!
I theorise that it is for people who leave their car playing music while they're having a picnic or something?
General update for the day:
Overall I had a rather productive day, despite having a hangover-style headache all day. (I finished up at REA yesterday, and was happy that so many people came to see me off, both at lunch, elevenses, and at the pub!)
* I had a house inspection (take 2).
* I gathered up my big pile of complicated tax stuff, and spent an hour going over it with an accountant, who found all sorts of cool stuff I could do. My initial estimates were that I'd have to pay thousands of dollars of tax (due to all my contracting in 2007), but he managed to turn it around so I will be getting a chunk of money BACK from the tax office. Win! :D
* After that I picked up some new speakers for the car, and then bought a new car music player. Unlike my previous one, this one plays MP3s off CDRs or from USB memory keys, or lets you plug generic MP3 players. I installed it this afternoon, and am pretty happy with the results.
It's so much more civilised to take a tiny USB key down to the car, than cart around loads of audio CDs!
I picked the Pioneer model because it *seemed* to have a more well-thought-out UI for dealing with MP3 collections. Oddly, it comes with a remote control.. which I can't quite figure out what the point is.. I mean, I'm always going to be sitting next to it in the driver's seat, and my arms aren't *that* short!
I theorise that it is for people who leave their car playing music while they're having a picnic or something?