Category Archives: gadgets

armadideon time

24 Tuesday Feb 2009

Posted by in gadgets, me-me's, music

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phonofone

I was tagged with this musical “me-me” the other day by my friend Blues Shark … on Facebook! Now, as everyone should know by now, I HATE Facebook and only stay there because of a few friends who only do social networking stuff there.  And so I’ve decided to do this here instead. The rules are as follows:

  • Put your iTunes, Windows Media Player, etc. on shuffle.
  • For each question, press the ‘next’ button to get your answer.
  • YOU MUST WRITE DOWN THAT SONG NAME, NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS.
  • Tag…. your turn!

I used my iPod. Some of my “answers” were totally nonsensical, but others were kinda funny. You can see them below …

Image: Phonofone II by Tristan Zimmerman
(they’re iPod speakers!)

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kindle 2

13 Friday Feb 2009

Posted by in books & writing, gadgets

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kindle-2

Remember the Kindle?

I saw on Twitter the other day that Pauline had ordered a couple of these new Kindle 2 models and, shallow gadget-crazy being that I am, was immediately entranced by the new sleek design. Rather “Apple-ish”, don’t you think?  Lucky for me the Kindle is still only available in the US though, as Pauline points out, it is very good for travelling if you “stock up” on books before you go. You can read her blog post for more Kindle information. I’ll just look at the pictures.  🙂

kindle-2-with-book

situation normal…

06 Friday Feb 2009

Posted by in cancer, computers, friends, gadgets, health & happiness, hope, hospitals, work

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scream-thumbs-up-lg

Yay! My CT scan and blood test results came back normal!
So that means a happy thumbs-up “all clear” until next time (in 3 months).

It was such a relief when Ricardo called me late yesterday afternoon with the good news.  And today he is going to set up an appointment with his oncologist friend Ana so that I don’t have to go back to those other oncs I’ve been seeing. I was a bit confused because I thought each oncology group was for a specific type of cancer, and I’ve seen all three oncs in my group. Well, it turns out that Ana is not only a specialist in breast and colon cancer, but she’s also the second in command of the whole department.  And I’ve been told she’s a very no-nonsense kind of person, so I hope I feel more comfortable with her.

So … should I go get that mini ‘puter now?

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pipe dream?

31 Saturday Jan 2009

Posted by in blogging, computers, gadgets, work

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hp-mini

So okay, just work with me on this one …

Today I was at the Corte Inglés supermarket with Nog, getting a few things for tomorrow’s “baby step brainstorming” lunch with Pip. Being a Saturday morning the queues were just awful, so I asked Nog if he’d mind waiting in line while I nipped upstairs to have a look at the computers.  And ten minutes later I was in love!

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