So did anyone get any cool tech gifts this year?
Wednesday, December 26, 2007 by Stupendous Man | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Standard fair (fare?) at our house this year. My son wanted a Wii, but I [i][b]refused[\b][\i] to pay more than retail for the thing, even though I want it just as much as he does. $600 or more for one?!? Come on!!! 
I'll just wait for my tax refund and get it for him in February or March. So anyway, what about you? Did you get that cool tech item that you wanted? Just wondering. Have a good one!
I'll just wait for my tax refund and get it for him in February or March. So anyway, what about you? Did you get that cool tech item that you wanted? Just wondering. Have a good one!
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jamespaulp
Reply #22 Wednesday, December 26, 2007 9:11 PM
Reply #22 Wednesday, December 26, 2007 9:11 PM
Thanks Philly. I really would like to see WB and Dreams in action on that TV. Haven't tried connecting the PC to it yet. I am waiting for the entertainment center to be setup this weekend so that I can bring the PC and may be servers to the living room. I also need to install Vista Ultimate to get the Dreams going. That may take more time. Have an old laptop with a max resolution of 1280x1024 in that cabinet but hasn't not switched on in a long time.
mike b1954
Reply #23 Wednesday, December 26, 2007 10:26 PM
Reply #23 Wednesday, December 26, 2007 10:26 PM
The missus got me a NOKIA N95 8GB ... best mobile I ever had , I listen to a lot of classical music and , until now , I couldn't even listen to a complete symphony ..with this I can , and it also has a fantastic pc interface too ~ along with a Jawbone Headset for it ... superb ... Both are absolutely superb .. MEEZA VERY HAPPY !!!
If you ain't seen em yet ,heres a coupla links for you !
NOKIA N95 8gb ~ WWW Link
Jawbone ~ WWW Link
If you ain't seen em yet ,heres a coupla links for you !
NOKIA N95 8gb ~ WWW Link
Jawbone ~ WWW Link
jamespaulp
Reply #24 Wednesday, December 26, 2007 10:32 PM
Reply #24 Wednesday, December 26, 2007 10:32 PM
A friend of mine bought an N95 from Amazon a while ago. He wasn't happy. He let me use it for week. I liked the 5MP camera and the music player but the rest of the stuff including wireless networking and browsing had serious issues. He returned it and settled for iPhone.
I.R. Brainiac
Reply #25 Wednesday, December 26, 2007 11:28 PM
Reply #25 Wednesday, December 26, 2007 11:28 PM
I got a used 300GB Maxtor external HD.Which stopped being recognized by XP as soon as I had transferred my entire music collection to it. 
After doing some googling,turns out I'm just one of thousands with the exact same problem.Damn you Maxtor!
Adventurous pc repairman that I am,I tore it apart and removed the drive from it housing.Split the connector so I could hook half to the MB and the other too the power supply of its original case...hang the whole thing sloppily out the side and voila!...there were my songs!Plus its a serial ata.Now there are 4 HD's in my cheesy Emachines PC(well,mostly in
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After doing some googling,turns out I'm just one of thousands with the exact same problem.Damn you Maxtor!
Adventurous pc repairman that I am,I tore it apart and removed the drive from it housing.Split the connector so I could hook half to the MB and the other too the power supply of its original case...hang the whole thing sloppily out the side and voila!...there were my songs!Plus its a serial ata.Now there are 4 HD's in my cheesy Emachines PC(well,mostly in
)
mike b1954
Reply #26 Wednesday, December 26, 2007 11:30 PM
Reply #26 Wednesday, December 26, 2007 11:30 PM
@ jamespaulp :
Hmmmm.... well touch wood , I haven't had any probs with it .... I'm on VoDaphone , and the browser is superb...maybe he hadn't set it up right ...
Hmmmm.... well touch wood , I haven't had any probs with it .... I'm on VoDaphone , and the browser is superb...maybe he hadn't set it up right ...
jamespaulp
Reply #27 Wednesday, December 26, 2007 11:36 PM
Reply #27 Wednesday, December 26, 2007 11:36 PM
Or may the version sold on the stateside has limitations as usual. It wasn't the carrier because we were trying to connect to Wifi at home and then at work. It got confused. Have you tried deleting an existing WiFi setup?
It was in May. I had very high hopes for this phone. I blogged about my experience, but did not write down everything. My bad. WWW Link
It was in May. I had very high hopes for this phone. I blogged about my experience, but did not write down everything. My bad. WWW Link
vStyler
Reply #28 Thursday, December 27, 2007 5:58 PM
Madman
Reply #28 Thursday, December 27, 2007 5:58 PM
Now there are 4 HD's in my cheesy Emachines PC
Madman
Jafo
Reply #29 Thursday, December 27, 2007 6:15 PM
Reply #29 Thursday, December 27, 2007 6:15 PM
I got a 1/43rd scale Triumph Spitfire Mk111 which is kinda sad, cos I just gave away [to a mate] my old Triumph Spitfire Mk11 with the Mk111 engine ....[a full size one] ....last registered in 1982. [looks like I hadn't been using it all that frequently]...
Ranger375
Reply #30 Thursday, December 27, 2007 6:43 PM
Got a bottle of Elijah Craig Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey and I bought myself the Sirus skin. HO HO HO!
Being in Kentucky and knowing what that is...time to party with you!!!
As for me - nothing techie but I got the coolest star generator that projects on the ceiling - not the cheap one either - and it is complete with shooting stars! Very cool!
I knew I married this woman for a reason...goes well with my fascination of space.
Reply #30 Thursday, December 27, 2007 6:43 PM
Got a bottle of Elijah Craig Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey and I bought myself the Sirus skin. HO HO HO!
Being in Kentucky and knowing what that is...time to party with you!!!
As for me - nothing techie but I got the coolest star generator that projects on the ceiling - not the cheap one either - and it is complete with shooting stars! Very cool!
I knew I married this woman for a reason...goes well with my fascination of space.
J. Aroche
Reply #33 Thursday, December 27, 2007 9:58 PM
Reply #33 Thursday, December 27, 2007 9:58 PM
I just got an ipod and an external hard drive! 
Zoomba
Reply #34 Thursday, December 27, 2007 10:29 PM
Reply #34 Thursday, December 27, 2007 10:29 PM
I got my hands on a nice iPod Touch. Amazing little gadget, I'm already absolutely hooked on it. Great for watching videos and surfing the web.
cplair
Reply #35 Thursday, December 27, 2007 11:59 PM 
Well, I didn't get all the really neat high-tech goodies that you guys got, but Santa did manage to drop me off a new speaker system for my home recording studio.
The man kept grumbling about he's @#*$ tired, these are too @#%!* heavy to shove down a chimney and that his @$#%&* reindeers were thirsty!
Is Santa allowed to use that kind of language?
Reply #35 Thursday, December 27, 2007 11:59 PM
Well, I didn't get all the really neat high-tech goodies that you guys got, but Santa did manage to drop me off a new speaker system for my home recording studio. 
The man kept grumbling about he's @#*$ tired, these are too @#%!* heavy to shove down a chimney and that his @$#%&* reindeers were thirsty!
Is Santa allowed to use that kind of language?
starkers
Reply #36 Friday, December 28, 2007 9:55 AM
Well if he's been getting away with "ho, ho, ho" for years, I can't see why not.
Reply #36 Friday, December 28, 2007 9:55 AM
Is Santa allowed to use that kind of language?
Well if he's been getting away with "ho, ho, ho" for years, I can't see why not.
Fuzzy Logic
Reply #37 Friday, December 28, 2007 10:22 AM
Reply #37 Friday, December 28, 2007 10:22 AM
I wouldn't trust Santa. Anyone who says "Ho ho ho little boys, have I got a suprise for you" is a bit dubious.
Anyway, Santa is just a fat bastard in a red suit... Its doubtful he could get down any chimney... 
BoXXi
Reply #38 Friday, December 28, 2007 11:21 AM
Reply #38 Friday, December 28, 2007 11:21 AM
Yay!! My new monitor finally arrived, 20" HP Widescreen in glossy piano black running at 1680x1050..... mmmmmmmm sweet. This is the first post using it.
Everything looks really different from the fuzzy old CRT monitor, so crisp and sharp.
I'd be really happy if my tooth (or, hole where it used to be) didn't hurt so much. Apparently it's still infected and I have to go back tonight to get it sorted out...... Oh Joy!!
Everything looks really different from the fuzzy old CRT monitor, so crisp and sharp.
I'd be really happy if my tooth (or, hole where it used to be) didn't hurt so much. Apparently it's still infected and I have to go back tonight to get it sorted out...... Oh Joy!!
RomanDA
Reply #39 Sunday, December 30, 2007 3:53 PM
o' holy mouth.. sounds like a song... Hang in there bud!
Reply #39 Sunday, December 30, 2007 3:53 PM
I'd be really happy if my tooth (or, hole where it used to be) didn't hurt so much. Apparently it's still infected and I have to go back tonight to get it sorted out...... Oh Joy!
o' holy mouth.. sounds like a song... Hang in there bud!
Island Dog
Reply #40 Sunday, December 30, 2007 4:21 PM
Reply #40 Sunday, December 30, 2007 4:21 PM
The wife and I bought a 42" Plasma for ourselves. Other than that, the rest of Christmas was devoted to the kids and family.
I did get some giftcards though, might buy some software I have been looking at.
I did get some giftcards though, might buy some software I have been looking at.
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Reply #21 Wednesday, December 26, 2007 8:50 PM