Gadget lust
Jim
Preferably (but not exclusively) Mac related.
What would you get? Must be a real gadget, readily available.
I'll start you off with: a cable. I just bought a DVI<->HDMI cable so I
can connect my Powerbook up to my 32" telly. £23.
Jim
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zoara
> Ok, here's the deal: you've got £100 to spend on a Shiny New Toy.
> Preferably (but not exclusively) Mac related.
>
> What would you get? Must be a real gadget, readily available.
A remote for my MacBook Pro that fits in the card slot. I use the remote
quite a bit more than I expected (for watching DVDs) but I just *know*
that I'm going to lose it at some point. And if we go away and take the
MacBook Pro with us, then the remote will be rattling around in my bag
or will get forgotten.
I want one that sits in the card slot until I need it, preferably
topping up its own charge. Ideally Bluetooth, but I've been surprised
how good the Apple IR unit is at (apparently) going around walls.
There's one that's readily available in the US, but postage to the UK is
more than the unit itself, IIRC. I think it came to around forty quid
with delivery when I looked. I'd spend the remaining sixty quid on, er,
a lifetime supply of vegetarian bacon or something.
-z-
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Jon B
> Ok, here's the deal: you've got £100 to spend on a Shiny New Toy.
> Preferably (but not exclusively) Mac related.
>
> What would you get? Must be a real gadget, readily available.
>
> I'll start you off with: a cable. I just bought a DVI<->HDMI cable so I
> can connect my Powerbook up to my 32" telly. £23.
>
iPod interface for the car so I didn't have to put up with the radio
anymore, so thats £40 (and slightly mac related). That or as the prices
drop a 17" DVI TFT monitor for the MDD.
I've just bought another Canon SLR for £10, and a trip computer for the
bike £10, which tells me how fast, how far, and how few calories I've
burnt :( which so far has struggled to come close to the contents of the
water bottle never mind the choc stash :/
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Sara Kirk
Jim <j...@magrathea.plus.com> wrote:
> Ok, here's the deal: you've got £100 to spend on a Shiny New Toy.
> Preferably (but not exclusively) Mac related.
>
> What would you get? Must be a real gadget, readily available.
>
> I'll start you off with: a cable. I just bought a DVI<->HDMI cable so I
> can connect my Powerbook up to my 32" telly. £23.
>
> Jim
Don't 'spose I can get away with 'iPhone' here can I?
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Jim
> In article <slrnf4oj9...@odin.magrathea.local>,
> Jim <j...@magrathea.plus.com> wrote:
>
>> Ok, here's the deal: you've got £100 to spend on a Shiny New Toy.
>> Preferably (but not exclusively) Mac related.
>>
>> What would you get? Must be a real gadget, readily available.
>>
>> I'll start you off with: a cable. I just bought a DVI<->HDMI cable so I
>> can connect my Powerbook up to my 32" telly. £23.
>>
>> Jim
>
> Don't 'spose I can get away with 'iPhone' here can I?
>
No. Not unless you can get one now, legally, for no more than £100.
Nice try.
Jaimie Vandenbergh
>Jim <j...@magrathea.plus.com> wrote:
>
>> Ok, here's the deal: you've got £100 to spend on a Shiny New Toy.
>> Preferably (but not exclusively) Mac related.
>>
>> What would you get? Must be a real gadget, readily available.
>
>A remote for my MacBook Pro that fits in the card slot. [snip]
>There's one that's readily available in the US,
Ooh, is there? Linky?
I actually spent my £100 a couple of months back - got an Elgato
Diversity.
Admittedly I had to spend another £400 to get a Mini that would take
best advantage of it for watching stuff on the TV, but never mind.
Cheers - J
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zoara
> On Thu, 17 May 2007 14:21:09 +0100, me...@privacy.net (zoara) wrote:
>
> >Jim <j...@magrathea.plus.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Ok, here's the deal: you've got £100 to spend on a Shiny New Toy.
> >> Preferably (but not exclusively) Mac related.
> >>
> >> What would you get? Must be a real gadget, readily available.
> >
> >A remote for my MacBook Pro that fits in the card slot. [snip]
> >There's one that's readily available in the US,
>
> Ooh, is there? Linky?
Fugly, but useful.
DBSnappa
> Ok, here's the deal: you've got £100 to spend on a Shiny New Toy.
> Preferably (but not exclusively) Mac related.
>
> What would you get? Must be a real gadget, readily available.
>
> I'll start you off with: a cable. I just bought a DVI<->HDMI cable so I
> can connect my Powerbook up to my 32" telly. £23.
>
about £8.
But I should get one of those as well.
Ian Robinson
(in article <slrnf4oj9...@odin.magrathea.local>):
> What would you get? Must be a real gadget, readily available.
Does Software qualify?
Ian
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Jim
> > I'll start you off with: a cable. I just bought a DVI<->HDMI cable so I
> > can connect my Powerbook up to my 32" telly. £23.
> >
> Blimey, they saw you coming! You can get decent ones off of eBay for
> about £8.
Yeah I know, but it satisfied the "want it NOW!" aspect.
> But I should get one of those as well.
They _are_ rather shiny.
Jim
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Jim
> > What would you get? Must be a real gadget, readily available.
>
> Does Software qualify?
Not for this excercise, no. Must be a gadget or gadget-enhancer.
Jim
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Gary
(in article <slrnf4oj9...@odin.magrathea.local>):
> Ok, here's the deal: you've got £100 to spend on a Shiny New Toy.
> Preferably (but not exclusively) Mac related.
>
> What would you get? Must be a real gadget, readily available.
>
> I'll start you off with: a cable. I just bought a DVI<->HDMI cable so I
> can connect my Powerbook up to my 32" telly. £23.
>
> Jim
>
It won't be £100, more like £600, but an Optimus Maximus would fit the bill,
I think. Oh, and it's still only /Coming Soon/ .
So, it doesn't fit your criteria very well at all then. I still want one
though.
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Phillip Walters
> Ok, here's the deal: you've got £100 to spend on a Shiny New Toy.
> Preferably (but not exclusively) Mac related.
>
> What would you get? Must be a real gadget, readily available.
>
> I'll start you off with: a cable. I just bought a DVI<->HDMI cable so I
> can connect my Powerbook up to my 32" telly. £23.
>
> Jim
Just unpacked a LaCie d2 Extreme, triple interface HDD, very impressed
with the construction.
Phil
Jim
> > I'll start you off with: a cable. I just bought a DVI<->HDMI cable so I
> > can connect my Powerbook up to my 32" telly. £23.
> >
> > Jim
>
> Just unpacked a LaCie d2 Extreme, triple interface HDD, very impressed
> with the construction.
No more than £100 I hope?
Jim
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SteveH
> Ok, here's the deal: you've got £100 to spend on a Shiny New Toy.
> Preferably (but not exclusively) Mac related.
>
> What would you get? Must be a real gadget, readily available.
>
> I'll start you off with: a cable. I just bought a DVI<->HDMI cable so I
> can connect my Powerbook up to my 32" telly. £23.
Half decent quality 'helmetcam' - one of the Oregon Scientific jobs
would appear to be what I want.
Although I haven't fully tested my kid's toy 'Tony Hawk' cam. yet. It'll
get a good run-out on Monday when I take the shite old car to a track
day.
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Bella Jones
> Ok, here's the deal: you've got £100 to spend on a Shiny New Toy.
> Preferably (but not exclusively) Mac related.
>
> What would you get? Must be a real gadget, readily available.
>
> I'll start you off with: a cable. I just bought a DVI<->HDMI cable so I
> can connect my Powerbook up to my 32" telly. £23.
Am I allowed one and a half Le Creuset saucepans?
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Peter Lee
> Jaimie Vandenbergh <jai...@sometimes.sessile.org> wrote:
> >
> > Ooh, is there? Linky?
>
> http://www.sik.com/rex
>
> Fugly, but useful.
>
> -z-
Or even
<http://www.sik.com/rex.php>
I'll be in NYC in Late June/Early July [1] - let me know if you'd like
me to pick one up for you....
Peter
[1] - Just in time to see an iPhone 'in the flesh'...
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T i m
wrote:
>Ok, here's the deal: you've got £100 to spend on a Shiny New Toy.
>Preferably (but not exclusively) Mac related.
>
>What would you get? Must be a real gadget, readily available.
A QPAC unit to go with the Garmin Quest (1) GPS a good mate has just
given me.
http://www.gpsw.co.uk/details/prod2734.html
It will allow me to power the GPS when using the RAM mount on the
motorbikes and provide an audio output to feed into the Autocom Pro
2000 intercom and thence my lugholes.
Then I might spend another 50 quid buying the latest version of the
mapping software to bring the unit right_up_to_date. ;-)
A RAM cycle mount for the Quest should *just* get me some change from
my £100 (as I'm not sure Special Brew is permitted) ;-(
All the best ..
T i m
Bob Tightrope
Jim <j...@magrathea.plus.com> wrote:
>
> In article <sarakirk-5C449B...@news.individual.net>, Sara Kirk wrote:
> > In article <slrnf4oj9...@odin.magrathea.local>,
> > Jim <j...@magrathea.plus.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Ok, here's the deal: you've got £100 to spend on a Shiny New Toy.
> >> Preferably (but not exclusively) Mac related.
> >>
> >> What would you get? Must be a real gadget, readily available.
> >>
> >> I'll start you off with: a cable. I just bought a DVI<->HDMI cable so I
> >> can connect my Powerbook up to my 32" telly. £23.
> >>
> >> Jim
> >
> > Don't 'spose I can get away with 'iPhone' here can I?
> >
>
> No. Not unless you can get one now, legally, for no more than £100.
>
> Nice try.
>
The iDildo. Perfect for a loney guy like you who likes to visit his parents.
Bob T.
Jim
Not exactly 'gadgets' though, are they?
Jim
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Bella Jones
> Bella Jones <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
>
> > Jim <j...@magrathea.plus.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Ok, here's the deal: you've got £100 to spend on a Shiny New Toy.
> > > Preferably (but not exclusively) Mac related.
> > >
> > > What would you get? Must be a real gadget, readily available.
> > >
> > > I'll start you off with: a cable. I just bought a DVI<->HDMI cable so I
> > > can connect my Powerbook up to my 32" telly. £23.
> >
> > Am I allowed one and a half Le Creuset saucepans?
>
> Not exactly 'gadgets' though, are they?
Heh.
Woody
> Bella Jones <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
>
> > Jim <j...@magrathea.plus.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Ok, here's the deal: you've got £100 to spend on a Shiny New Toy.
> > > Preferably (but not exclusively) Mac related.
> > >
> > > What would you get? Must be a real gadget, readily available.
> > >
> > > I'll start you off with: a cable. I just bought a DVI<->HDMI cable so I
> > > can connect my Powerbook up to my 32" telly. £23.
> >
> > Am I allowed one and a half Le Creuset saucepans?
>
> Not exactly 'gadgets' though, are they?
I don't know. We recently got a titanium sausepan that was over £40, and
it is lovely. It definately had that gadget buying feel!
I bought a Zoom G2 guitar effects doodah. it was £50 for the unit, or
£39 for the unit, a power supply and a display stand (which was for
shops to put it in the window). Technically if I could find out which
pins are the USB, I could put a usb socket on it and it would work as a
96khz/24 bit processor, and be a mac gadget.
I also bought a boss micro-br, and that has got mac software, so it
could be a mac gadget, although it was over £100.
--
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zoara
> zoara <me...@privacy.net> wrote:
>
> > Jaimie Vandenbergh <jai...@sometimes.sessile.org> wrote:
>
> > >
> > > Ooh, is there? Linky?
> >
> > http://www.sik.com/rex
> >
> > Fugly, but useful.
> >
> > -z-
> Or even
> <http://www.sik.com/rex.php>
That's what comes from looking up the URL on your local computer and
manually typing it into the machine you're VNCed into...
> I'll be in NYC in Late June/Early July [1] - let me know if you'd like
> me to pick one up for you....
Oooh, ooh, yes please. That would be... well, I'd really appreciate that
(but please don't go to lots of trouble!).
> [1] - Just in time to see an iPhone 'in the flesh'...
Swine.
-zoara-
Peter Ceresole
> > > Am I allowed one and a half Le Creuset saucepans?
> >
> > Not exactly 'gadgets' though, are they?
>
> I don't know. We recently got a titanium sausepan that was over £40, and
> it is lovely. It definately had that gadget buying feel!
Maybe, but the Le Creuset ones are not made of titanium but of neutron
star material, and keep on trying to break free and plunge into the
centre of the Earth.
Not very gadget like.
--
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Chris Ridd
> Woody <use...@alienrat.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>>> Am I allowed one and a half Le Creuset saucepans?
>>>
>>> Not exactly 'gadgets' though, are they?
>>
>> I don't know. We recently got a titanium sausepan that was over Ł40, and
>> it is lovely. It definately had that gadget buying feel!
>
> Maybe, but the Le Creuset ones are not made of titanium but of neutron
> star material, and keep on trying to break free and plunge into the
> centre of the Earth.
Tossing pancakes in a LC frying pan is a great way to strengthen your wrists.
> Not very gadget like.
No, I think they have to be excluded from Jim's gadget lust list.
Cheers,
Chris
Sara Kirk
Chris Ridd <chri...@mac.com> wrote:
> Tossing ... is a great way to strengthen your wrists.
Chris!
Phillip Walters
> Phillip Walters <pjwa...@nospamdsl.pipex.com> wrote:
>
> > > I'll start you off with: a cable. I just bought a DVI<->HDMI cable so I
> > > can connect my Powerbook up to my 32" telly. £23.
> > >
> > > Jim
> >
> > Just unpacked a LaCie d2 Extreme, triple interface HDD, very impressed
> > with the construction.
>
> No more than £100 I hope?
>
> Jim
£98.70 including VAT, just scraped in !
Phil
Tim Streater
Sara Kirk <sara...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <5b643qF...@mid.individual.net>,
> Chris Ridd <chri...@mac.com> wrote:
>
> > Tossing ... is a great way to strengthen your wrists.
>
> Chris!
Oh, naughty!
Chris Ridd
> In article <5b643qF...@mid.individual.net>,
> Chris Ridd <chri...@mac.com> wrote:
>
>> Tossing ... is a great way to strengthen your wrists.
>
> Chris!
Mousies Sara, mousies.
Cheers,
Chris
Jaimie Vandenbergh
And they break when you do it, too. Nasty things.
Cheers - Jaimie
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Sara Kirk
<6lqr43tpodslih8ca...@newsposting.sessile.org>,
Jaimie Vandenbergh <jai...@sometimes.sessile.org> wrote:
> On Fri, 18 May 2007 17:31:43 +0100, pe...@cara.demon.co.uk (Peter
> Ceresole) wrote:
>
> >Woody <use...@alienrat.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> >> > > Am I allowed one and a half Le Creuset saucepans?
> >> >
> >> > Not exactly 'gadgets' though, are they?
> >>
> >> I don't know. We recently got a titanium sausepan that was over Ł40, and
> >> it is lovely. It definately had that gadget buying feel!
> >
> >Maybe, but the Le Creuset ones are not made of titanium but of neutron
> >star material, and keep on trying to break free and plunge into the
> >centre of the Earth.
>
> And they break when you do it, too. Nasty things.
>
What??? They're *wonderful* to cook in. I was very unconvinced about
them until I got one[1]. I cook everything I can in it now.
1. Not a real one, it's a Le Crueset alike.
Jaimie Vandenbergh
<sara...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>In article
><6lqr43tpodslih8ca...@newsposting.sessile.org>,
> Jaimie Vandenbergh <jai...@sometimes.sessile.org> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 18 May 2007 17:31:43 +0100, pe...@cara.demon.co.uk (Peter
>> Ceresole) wrote:
>>
>> >Maybe, but the Le Creuset ones are not made of titanium but of neutron
>> >star material, and keep on trying to break free and plunge into the
>> >centre of the Earth.
>>
>> And they break when you do it, too. Nasty things.
>>
>What??? They're *wonderful* to cook in. I was very unconvinced about
>them until I got one[1]. I cook everything I can in it now.
They're fine to cook in, but any heavy-bottomed saucepan will be much
the same and (most importantly) not shatter into six pieces when it
slips out of your hands while doing the washing up. And be cheaper,
too.
I still own a couple of Le Creuset bits, but don't bother using them
much. They're not as special as their price.
Cheers - Jaimie
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Woody
> On Fri, 18 May 2007 19:11:44 +0100, Sara Kirk
> <sara...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> >In article
> ><6lqr43tpodslih8ca...@newsposting.sessile.org>,
> > Jaimie Vandenbergh <jai...@sometimes.sessile.org> wrote:
> >
> >> On Fri, 18 May 2007 17:31:43 +0100, pe...@cara.demon.co.uk (Peter
> >> Ceresole) wrote:
> >>
> >> >Maybe, but the Le Creuset ones are not made of titanium but of neutron
> >> >star material, and keep on trying to break free and plunge into the
> >> >centre of the Earth.
> >>
> >> And they break when you do it, too. Nasty things.
> >>
> >What??? They're *wonderful* to cook in. I was very unconvinced about
> >them until I got one[1]. I cook everything I can in it now.
>
> They're fine to cook in, but any heavy-bottomed saucepan will be much
> the same and (most importantly) not shatter into six pieces when it
> slips out of your hands while doing the washing up. And be cheaper,
> too.
>
> I still own a couple of Le Creuset bits, but don't bother using them
> much. They're not as special as their price.
I must admit that our titanium sauspans are in preference to the Le
Creuset stuff, which is available in the same shop and at pretty well
the same price.
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Sara Kirk
use...@alienrat.co.uk (Woody) wrote:
Pah! Peasants!
Ian Robinson
(in article <1hy9tdm.1gaq2h58r24owN%j...@magrathea.plus.com>):
> Not for this excercise, no. Must be a gadget or gadget-enhancer.
Well the only thing I want at present is a new watch. Looking for one
with a simple face with real numbers. Uncluttered, but also geeky and
gadgety. This Casio that receives time updates overnight seems to fit
the bill:
<http://www.casio.co.uk/Products/Watches/Wave%20Ceptor/WVA-430U-1AVER/>
Not really mac related but...
Ian
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Ian McCall
> Ok, here's the deal: you've got £100 to spend on a Shiny New Toy.
> Preferably (but not exclusively) Mac related.
>
> What would you get? Must be a real gadget, readily available.
Behringer BFC200, which depending on the exchange rate is pretty much dead on.
http://www.instrumentpro.com/P-BEHBCF2000.html
cheers,
Ian
Ingvar Nedrebo
Robinson <ju...@canicula.invalid> wrote:
> On Thu, 17 May 2007 18:46:22 +0100, Jim wrote
> (in article <1hy9tdm.1gaq2h58r24owN%j...@magrathea.plus.com>):
>
> > Not for this excercise, no. Must be a gadget or gadget-enhancer.
>
> Well the only thing I want at present is a new watch. Looking for one
> with a simple face with real numbers. Uncluttered, but also geeky and
> gadgety. This Casio that receives time updates overnight seems to fit
> the bill:
>
> <http://www.casio.co.uk/Products/Watches/Wave%20Ceptor/WVA-430U-1AVER/>
> Not really mac related but...
>
I just bought this one:
<http://www.casio.co.uk/Products/Watches/Wave%20Ceptor/WVA-210DU-1AVER/>
It's actually more understated in real life than it looks in the
picture.
i.
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Ian Robinson
(in article <190520071425279333%i...@iriz1.net2>):
> I just bought this one:
>
> <http://www.casio.co.uk/Products/Watches/Wave%20Ceptor/WVA-210DU-1AVER/>
>
> It's actually more understated in real life than it looks in the
> picture.
Me to. Well, a Wave Ceptor. See:
<http://www.canicula.com/wp/?p=264>
Definitely nice watches at a nice price.