Working with computers on a daily basis has usually made me cynical with regards to new technology. I don't get excited about the latest gizmo or gadget. I tend to try and make my existing older technology do what I want, rather than buy a new toy.
Couple this with my detestation of what Thorsten Veblen calls "conspicuous consumption", and you get a computer tech guy that never likes to buy/talk about/spend his time dreaming about new tech toys.
However, for every rule there is a counterexample.
I can't stop talking about my new purchase.
I just received my Neuros digital music player. And I am floored.
Not only does it pay ogg format (the open source, mp3-like format), work on Linux, and have a very friendly support staff (or so I've read, I haven't had to contact them yet), but it has a built-in microphone, transmitter to play to or record from the radio,and is modular in design so I can upgrade it in parts.
I call it my !Pod, as in "Not an iPod", but my friends have started referring to it as my iPod-thingy-that-isn't-an-iPod, dorkPod, or (my personal favorite) the [*postalveolar click*]Pod.
Posted by silsby at February 18, 2005 12:55 PM