PS3
I'm quite proud of myself, I got a good deal. KMart had a coupon for 20% off any one item. They also had a deal where you can buy a $50 gift card and get a $10 gift card free. So I bought 7 gift cards, got a free $70, combined it with a coupon, and got a $500 PS3 for
iPhone
I went out on a limb today, threw caution to the wind, ignored my dislike of Apple, and bought an iPhone. So far I've been very disappointed. First it wouldn't work on my main computer because it only works on 32 bit OSs. So I had to connect it to my old computer to activate it. Now iTunes, which I've never used before, will not sync my music to it. I'm sure I'll get that fixed eventually, but I hope this is the last of the problems I have with this thing after I spent over $400 on it.Edit: The sync thing was my own fault, I didn't see ...
Digital Rebel
A few days ago I picked up a Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT. See here. It's been a while since I used an SLR, but it feels good to get back into it. I've already been able to use it for a work project. I'll have to really go through the manual though , it has a lot of features and I've barely scratched the surface of what it can do. I went out and took a few test shots. This is my first time using RAW images, so I'm still learning that as
CG Tees
For a while I've been looking at the T-Shirts on yournexttee.com and today finally picked a couple to order. I noticed they have a promotion going on: Any shipping weight $5.00 via FedEx ground. Great, so I went on with my order but my shipping said $8.00 for FedEx Ground. I gave them a call and had to wait a minute or so but they were very polite and actually fixed the website while I was on the phone. So to any readers I recommend Your Next
FiOS
I just had Verizon FIOS installed for TV and internet, replacing Comcast. For the internet I got 15Mbps down, 2Mbps up. So far my experiments with large files were on and off. Installation took about 9 hours and they aren't finished yet, they still have to come back tomorrow and attach a cable. They had to temporarily hook me into my neighbor's box.Downloading a 1080p movie trailer from Quicktime.com was very fast. Downloading an episode of The Totoally Rad Show via Juice was very slow, about 400KBps. It could be that I need to forward ...
My first PC build
Things have been going well with High 5, but my old PC just wasn't cutting it any more, so I took some of the money I earned and built my first homebrew PC. I went with a Core 2 Quad 2.4GHz CPU, nVidia GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB, 2GB RAM, 400GB harddrive and Vista Ultimate x64. The case I got is cool to look at and also keeps the internals very cool and ventilated. I've been using it for a week now and have had no real problems aside from some of my older programs not working right in Vista, which is understandable. There's plenty of room for ...
