Category Archives: computers

all-in-one pc!

20 Saturday Sep 2008

Posted by in computers, gadgets, geekiness

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The HP TouchSmart 2 All-in-One multimedia PC is powered by an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, and comes with a 22-inch LCD display, integrated DVD burner, WiFi connectivity, 4GB of RAM and integrated WLAN, along with wireless optical mouse and low-profile wireless keyboard with numeric keypad, and built-in TV-tuner.

I was out this morning with Judy, who needed to buy some printer ink, and we ended up in the computer section of El Corte Inglés.  I took the opportunity to visit, fondle and otherwise drool over, the gorgeous lightweight Toshiba that I’ve been coveting since last January. And then I saw this beautiful beast. I could hardly believe it … an all-in-one PC with no tower.

And so forget the iPhone. I decided I need more motivation than the purchase of an iPhone next year to overcome this cancer thing. 😉 Instead I’m planning to get one of these 22″ screen babies for my ‘office’ at home and the lightweight Toshiba for when I’m out and about (and I’ll still have Sexy Beast for when I want computer access in other parts of the house). Of course this will be after I work out that great new biz idea that’s going to make me rich and require that I have all this stuff. . .

What the heck – if I’m gonna dream might as well dream big.

yay!

18 Thursday Sep 2008

Posted by in blogging, cancer, computers, gadgets, hospitals

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Thanks to this little gadget (and the lovely & amazingly wonderful Pipocas) my looming hospital experience is now looking to be much less tedious than the last one. I was planning on taking Nog’s laptop with me to watch DVDs anyhow (his is smaller and more portable than mine) but now I’ll also be able to go online! Isn’t that fabulous? So I’ll be able to blog and chat and play scrabble whilst trying to ignore my roommate’s blaring television programmes. Of course this will only happen once I am able to sit up and move around … I’m hoping by day 3 after the op.

Muchísimas gracias, Pipocas!
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where do you blog?

28 Thursday Aug 2008

Posted by in blogging, computers, home, me-me's

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I got this idea from Silverstar, who has a very cosy looking blogging space. This is where I sit to blog  and otherwise obsess spend time on the internet (when I’m not curled up with the laptop in bed ). It’s pretty minimalist, but all of casa az tends to be fairly uncluttered. What it normally isn’t is this tidy – Nog has recently dusted and reorganised the bookshelves (an annual event here). As you can see,  there are more books than last year and my IKEA wheelie chair is now falling to bits, but I actually kind of prefer it without the back piece.

I like blogging in here because it’s a big bright room and yet still feels cosy somehow, here in my little corner. Note large cat in corner of photo stealing smaller cat’s food …

Where do you blog from?

memory stick

27 Tuesday May 2008

Posted by in computers, gadgets, geekiness, music

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Cute, huh?

I bought this last year to transfer files from the old desktop to the laptop – decided to spend a bit more on the charity Oxfam one (also cos I liked the colour). Since then it’s become very useful for collecting music from friends for my iPod.

Today I remembered that one of my students still had my memory stick from a few weeks ago (I’d left it there to get filled up just before I got sick) and so Nog stopped by on his way home from class to pick it up. And … wow! This guy is a musician and has a couple of shops here (percussion instruments and guitars) and he also has the most amazing CD and MP3 collection I’ve ever seen. And so the very eclectic 2 GB music mix I got today is just the tip of the iceberg.

It also gave me a little project to do this morning (synchronizing my iPod). I mean, there’s only so much reading and DVD watching a girl can do . . .