SoC #32
December 22nd, 2009
- Its seems such a long time since I’ve aimed my camera
- besides the occasional social snap of a birthday or an out of towner visiting
- I mean the more artistic, and less practical usage of the time freezing megabit logger
- that is, my trusty Lumix
- hoping its like the proverbial bike, rusty but not forgotten
- upgraded my google storage space
- mostly to get the free Eye-fi card
- but what to do with that 200 gigabytes of space now?
- after the left brain logical thoughts of archiving, and facilitating wealth accumulation
- I spent a few minutes exploring Picasa
- and I’m back at the first thought, I really need to play with that camera more
- bought some new gadgets, a HDTV for my mom and sis
- (yeah they got it already and I don’t wrap presents or feel compelled to give them on the day)
- another larger monitor for my charts and the sporadic movie
- and the thing that I’ve been waiting the most for…
- a ebook reader
- decided on the Sony Touch, it has expandable memory via cards, a touchscreen, renders many formats including PDFs, CHMs, and will be able to download free content off NYPL
- so no excuses for many more pleasurable reading hours in 2010
- and importantly I can reuse a lot of shelf space at home, as I gradually manipulate paper books to digital formats
- it will either be time consuming or costly
- not much that I have thought of in terms of getting around that…
- Oh good, Picasa allows different levels of content sharing
- finished a hutch or shelf for my desk, so got another 42 inches of monitor and computer gadgets space
- I actually timed that one well
- the window seat /work bench/ spare bed project got fouled up
- as I need more lumber, and the mattress arrived already
- but its hard to get those 2×4s home in a snow storm
- the 24 inch monitor should arrive in the next 48 hrs and I got the spot ready for it
- got a good DK photography book out of the library but we’ll see if it lives up to its name
- “absolutely everything” is pretty bold
- and is an example of types of books that wouldn’t be as suitable for an eReader
- since its grey scale and not color and a small screen
- but very portable and battery lasts for 2 weeks at a time
- next to search through the freely available content out there
- and start making a list
- as well as a virtual book budget as I have put off buying books for quite some time now
- I’m starting to like the dark stain on the bench 2 projects ago
- and yes I should note somewhere to not saturate the wood with the stain
- like I did basically while in a rush to get it done
- still wondering what to do with Wave, Voice is kinda cool but not utilizing it well yet
- and I’m itching to get my hands on that Sony reader, and hoping it ships before the long weekend
- so much to do, so little energy and free time and that shy sun isn’t helping my mood
- but I’m feeling like we turn a corner here soon, and is it coincidence that the winter solstice is upon us
- its late and I’m hungry and imagining smells of food
- but breakfast is a few hours away.
