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Its been a pretty regular occurrence for me to be scouring through my wardrobe and spare room searching for toys and gadgets to sell in order to pay for new gadgets and toys. When I decide I need to have something its like a crack habbit, scavenging for things to sell in order to soften the impact from the cost of the new toy.
So, I want to hear your top 5 toys / gadgets / devices that you own. post pictures too
Mine, in no particular order are:
Apple iPad
I originally shot these down when they came out , I didnt see the point and couldnt see it replacing a laptop. I was half right, in the sense that its definitely not a laptop replacement but it creates a whole other genre of need in your life.
I used to buy lots of books, computer books, programming books etc. Id take them with me each day to work and read them on the train (and hour each way) , this is where I got most of my reading time done, as theres no time at work and I cant be assed at home.
Problem is, these books are very heavy , and expensive .. I was claiming over $1300 a year on books alone..
Eventually I see a friend with an iPad (another computer geek) and he has an entire library of books on it , he skims through them as reference etc ...
I venture out and buy what essentially I think is going to be an $800 PDF reader , half expecting for it to become a paper weight and that ill sell in in a month or so, although I end up using the iPad for a lot more than I thought .. it comes with me on trips, planes, hotels etc .. All the places I cant be bothered to take a laptop .. its always on , and battery lasts for days.
Iv even got a leather case for it and I use it at work for notes and designs ..
Its safely earned a spot in my top 5
Apple iPhone 4
No surprises here really. My iPhone 3G was pretty beat up, the button was playing up and its was SOO SLOW. I was just about done with it, I was looking around at HTC devices, and after going to Microsoft TechEd 2010 I was even considering a Windows mobile.
In comes the iPhone 4 and pretty much eliminates everything I didnt like about my previous iphone. Amazing screen, super fast, slick .. very happy with it. Can even edit my own videos on it now .. This is one of the only devices I have that, if I lost it somewhere , I would instantly buy another one with hesitating...
Canon EOS 5D Mark II
So this one was a tax present to my self this year .. I upgraded my EOS 40D to the 5D Mark II.
Magnificent camera, amazing ISO performance. I love this camera, although it has the effect of making me feel like im not worthy of using it.
It only comes out every fortnight or so, and I dont often sell any images, they're just my own artistic expressions. It does encourage me to get out shooting more though.
Loving full frame shots too
Macbook Pro 15"
This one isnt a new addition, iv had this one for about 3 years now. It was my first Mac, I just wanted to see what the hype was about. I use it every day, and love the simplicity of OSX after spending my days grinding away on Windows servers and writing C#, its nice to just not have to think about things sometimes.
Access Virus TI
Had this one a while now aswell. I hardly find the time to write music anymore which gets me down, although when I do, my Virus always tends to ignite that fire again for me.
Its so very easy to make big nasty sounds, its actually a little too powerful. I often set out to write a more chilled funky track, and turn to the virus for a bassline... Within 10 minutes, the track seems to sound big and filthy, and i cant help but think "dammit .. iv done it again".. Its not always a bad thing, its often a great thing, but either way its always fun.
As complicated as it looks, its really not that difficult to use, the menu system and Virus control plugin gives you excellent visibility of whats going on with the sound.
Its also just nice to have some knobs to twiddle , I was previously a soft synth user, although its not quite the same ... yes, you can assign controllers, but they're not often all mapped , and the layout wont be built for a particular synth ...
Despite the fact I rarely use the virus, its never on the hit list for when Im searching to things to pawn in order to pay for the next toy
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I bought it because we purchased a big red wool rug for the lounge room... and combined with our large yellow coloured malting dog, it was vacuum every second day to keep it neat or buy Roomby. We give the house one good vacuum a week now and Roomby keeps it tidy so it's really quick to give it the 'deep clean'.
