My New Toys
Thanks to a glorious combination of double income, no rent, and of course the generosity of my mommy, I have now surrounded myself with an array of technical gadgetry heretofore only dreamed of by the common man. BEHOLD!
HDTV - The focal point. She makes it all possible. So good. I love her.
DirectTV - This is a pretty outstanding piece of technology with a terrible UI team. Dudes, just store the entire TV schedule for a given time slot in local memory, it's not like we're talking GBs or even MBs of data. If I'm on channel 305 it should not take 5 seconds to find out what is on channel 306. God help us all if I actually want to change to that channel. Remember in the 80s when you could flip channels instantly? What happened!?
PS3 - Call of Duty 4 is ridiculously outstanding, but mostly I use this as a blu-ray player. This has been good and bad, in that blue ray discs are so amazing that regular DVDs are now somewhat of a disappointment, and watching something in standard definition is about as pleasurable as a genital massage from a hungry raccoon.
Wii - MarioKart has given me endless enjoyment. Even if it wasn't an outstanding game, it would be totally worth it just for WaLuigi, a travesty of a character who is remeniscent of Dr. N. Gin from Crash Team Racing if you were to crank up the insanity by infinity. EEEEEAAAAAARRRAHHHH! WWWAAAAAAAHHHH!! MEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAA!!!
Surround - I love it. Lizett is at best tolerant. My sister, who goes to sleep roughly 30 minutes after her three year old daughter in a bed that shares a wall with my subwoofer, is not a huge fan.
MacBook - The fastest, most sophisticated and expertly engineered piece of equipment I've ever owned, which predictably I use primarily for fark.com. Thanks mom!
- Toshiba 42" 1080p Falt Panel LCD HDTV
- DirecTV HD DVR
- Playstation 3
- Wii
- Sony Bravia Wireless Surround System
- 15" 2.4GHz Core Duo 2 MacBook Pro
HDTV - The focal point. She makes it all possible. So good. I love her.
DirectTV - This is a pretty outstanding piece of technology with a terrible UI team. Dudes, just store the entire TV schedule for a given time slot in local memory, it's not like we're talking GBs or even MBs of data. If I'm on channel 305 it should not take 5 seconds to find out what is on channel 306. God help us all if I actually want to change to that channel. Remember in the 80s when you could flip channels instantly? What happened!?
PS3 - Call of Duty 4 is ridiculously outstanding, but mostly I use this as a blu-ray player. This has been good and bad, in that blue ray discs are so amazing that regular DVDs are now somewhat of a disappointment, and watching something in standard definition is about as pleasurable as a genital massage from a hungry raccoon.
Wii - MarioKart has given me endless enjoyment. Even if it wasn't an outstanding game, it would be totally worth it just for WaLuigi, a travesty of a character who is remeniscent of Dr. N. Gin from Crash Team Racing if you were to crank up the insanity by infinity. EEEEEAAAAAARRRAHHHH! WWWAAAAAAAHHHH!! MEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAA!!!
Surround - I love it. Lizett is at best tolerant. My sister, who goes to sleep roughly 30 minutes after her three year old daughter in a bed that shares a wall with my subwoofer, is not a huge fan.
MacBook - The fastest, most sophisticated and expertly engineered piece of equipment I've ever owned, which predictably I use primarily for fark.com. Thanks mom!
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