An LG 32" LCD television, with built-in HD tuner. Meow. Goes for about $2800.
It's not bad enough that Rob's moving out, and taking his (broken) 68cm CRT television, meaning I'm using my smaller (but clearer) 58cm unit... now the Xbox 360 has been released in the states. PLUS I'm now running Windows Media "Center" Edition, which would look ridiculously good on a HDTV, and I could just do away with a "desktop" PC altogether, and just do my surfing from the couch. *Sigh*.
Geek lust is a powerful force.
I'm sure HDTV prices will lower dramatically very soon. A little bit after Christmas, and then a lot come Easter (ain't it always the case!).
Oh, and soon in into the new year, I'll be up for a new phone. Weee! Not that I would need even half the features of a PDA... but a geek can dream!
I medically need one of these
Rob has left the building
Things are happening so fast around here, my head is spinning...
Rob's moving out before Xmas - and he will take with him almost every piece of furniture and all the whitegoods. Plus his now-broken 68cm TV, which I'm less worried about. Rob, Megan & I moved into this place about 4.5 years ago, so this will be the first major shake-up in the share-house-foundation (Sam Jones not withstanding!).
Lou was thinking about moving in, but she decided she couldn't afford it; since she won't be working as much next year. *Sigh*.
So, come Janurary '06, we'll be in the market for an easy-going, geek-tolerant flatmate. Oh, and up to around $3500 in homewares (by my initial calulations). Gah. While I'm spending, I hope to find a nice, cheap 32" LCD television... but then again I tend to dream a lot too... I do have grand plans for the revamping of the Lounge area though :)
I will probably take Rob's room, but I might have to pay more rent, since it'll be harder to fill my current room, which is more like an oversized cupboard
Oh, and I've pseudo-applied for another job. We'll so how that goes... but it would be great timing if I got it; Dealing with UQ Lecturers give me indigestion. I shouldn't talk about it too soon though, so I'll leave it at that.
Oh, and I've got about a third of a new Blog application written, so look out for a website redesign in the near future!
So - wow - it's awesome
Media Center 2005 rates, as I said in an email to my colleagues, "'Freaking-' rating on my 'awesome'-o-meter". It's not fully set up yet, but it's already knocked my socks off in an overstated-hyperbole kind-of way.
Here I am pausing live TV and chatting with my sister via MSN Messenger, all within the MCE environment!
Media Centric
I'm going over to the dark side just that little bit more. I've just bought Windows XP Media Center (sic) Edition 2005, a remote control, and a holy-huge hard drive. Let the geekery begin!
X-ray vision
This is my finger. Apparently it's been fractured all this time! Going in to see the doc (again) this afternoon. Lou has been scaring me with horror stories about growths and having to re-break it. Thanks, Lou!
