Well, it’s about time I admitted to it. I am addicted … to gadgets. It’s entirely out of control, here are some of my purchases over the past year or so:
- HP Pavilion dv1000 Laptop
- WiFi Sniffer: Not just a simple key fob one, this one has a display that tells me if the network is open, etc
- Maxtor 250GB External USB Hard Drive
- Motorola RAZR Cell Phone
- Bluetooth Headset
- TomTom Vehicle GPS/Navigation System
- XM Radio
- PlayStation 2
- the list continues although it is smaller purchases from this point on…
Don’t get me wrong, for the most part I really like most of the purchases I’ve made (only real exception I see in the list is the PS2). The RAZR is great, and it’s kind of cool because like I can hook it into my laptop for instance and use it to connect to the internet if I can’t find a WiFi spot, or my TomTom system can grab control of it and get Weather & Traffic information. So for the most part I don’t regret the purchases, but … wow. It’s not like my life couldn’t go on without any of the above. I think what really bugs me about it is that in general it’s expensive stuff, heh.
It just doesn’t seem to have an end. I’m now having to hold myself back from getting a blackberry. Do I really need one? Not especially, I mean, I’d replace my RAZR with it if I were to buy one. It would be nice to use it for email, txt’ing etc (due to the thumb keyboard) while I’m out and about. But honestly, what I probably really need in my life right now is to become more disconnected rather then connected to the internet.
… must … stop … purchasing … gadgets … *sigh*
UPDATE:
Oh, I forgot these on the list above:
- Nikon D100
- Professional Flash
- 50mm, 18-70mm, 100-200mm lenses
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