General DAH on 21 Aug 2006 07:55 pm
new camera and stuff
I feel like I just a had a birthday or something. Last week it seemed like everyday i was waiting for something new to come (which made work quite distracting needless to say). First i got my new digital camera. Its a nikon coolpix p3, which has some coolness features, one of which is wifi connectivity (you can say goodbye to dragging the usb cable around with it!). I decided that going to egypt next week would be a good excuse for finally getting my technological act together and buy myself a digital camera. I have been toolin around with it a little bit so far, but you can hope to see some pictures from Egypt in 3 weeks or so (sooner if i find internet access while over there… not going to be a priority though) thanks to the new purchase.
The second thing is a new cell phone. my old one was starting to die in more ways than one (just an expression, no facts to back that up) and i was more than ready to get one with some more tech savy features (read bluetooth connectivity) and finally did, with the Sony Ericsson z525a. I have been very happy with it so far, feels good to use, bluetooth sync with my laptop’s contacts list and calendar is a synch. I still plan to get a headset for it, but that will require more thought. I feel like 98% of the bluetooth headsets on the market make you look like some borg knock-off, or at best some sort of uber-wanna-be geek. which i am not. i am a savy geek. I am sure everyone has seen them, those people walking around at airports or other public places, with a large insectoid looking device hanging out of their ear canal, with a bright blue strobe light effect going on the whole time.
Ok, one more tech related thing. My stupid new TV decided to go bonkers on me! it is a fairly new (4 months old) sony trinitron wega tv. i got it because i mistakenly had brand confidence in sony. well, if i every figure out this warranty crap (looks like the closest certified repair shop is in York, almost half an hour away) i might get it fixed. otherwise who knows. I was watching tv and playing xbox on it late last Friday, and then Saturday afternoon i turn it on, walk back in the room and the colors are all crazy. Something broke in the color-alignment filter/grid. I don’t know the technical aspects, but none of the colors line up on the screen anymore, making it look like there are three distinct images, each with a diff color tint. I feel like this is the last straw with me and sony. other than that i have a sony ericsson cell phone, every other brand of sony stuff i have used or had has been one major disappointment.
more later perhaps.
