A couple of new purchases for the home. I bought a 46″ Sony Bravia LCD HDTV. It pulls that HD right out of the air and I love it. The next item is going to be a Blue-Ray player. The other photo is my chair and ottoman. I still have to purchase a couple of end tables. Those will come soon enough.
You’ve got to love the iPhone. I know there have been a ton of reviews for it already, but I have to put in my 2 cents worth. There is no comparison to any other phone that I’ve ever seen. I don’t even need to carry a laptop with me when I go out of town. It simply has everything. Apple thought of everything when they designed it. The touch interface is amazing. I had Nextel for all those years. Boy am I glad I made the switch.
Mom and Dad just broke down and finally bought a digital camera. Yea we’re a little behind the times but so what? We had some fun last week with it and I’ve posted the pictures. You can click here to see them or on the pictures over in the side bar menu. There will be more to follow after the vacation this week to California.
I got an iPod nano for Christmas last year. I don’t run or walk much so most of the time I listen to it on my way to and from work. About 5 or 6 months ago I stopped at Target and bought an FM transmitter so I could play it through my car stereo. I found out from the get go that this was going to suck. It had way too much static and a lot of the music and vocals was distorted.
Thanks to Max I visited www.crutchfield.com where I found my solution. It is the USA SPEC iPod Interface. It connects directly to my Ford factory radio. This device gives the best sound quality available while charging the iPod at the same time. It comes with a nice set of directions for installation and a mastersheet for your entire car in case you ever need to get to the front speakers or rear speakers. If you have the same problem as I did, don’t hesitate to make this purchase. There’s no other way to listen to digital music through your iPod.
Jayme has gotten me to learn some CSS and XHTML. His slicemydesign business is doing pretty good and he needed some help. It’s a pretty good opportunity to learn something new that could help me get a different job someday if that’s what I desire. The extra income is great. Although, the downside is I have to spend most of the night when I get home working on code. The extra money has helped me pay off some older debts. My Martin guitar is paid for and I’ll have my car paid off by the end of the year. That is something to be excited about.
