The Cynic Says……

Yes, I’m really still alive… it’s just that I don’t have anything interesting to post lately. I got a Rio Nitrus 1.5GB mp3 player so I can listen to music on my way to and from work. As of right now, I really like it. I just wish it had more space! I have about 32-35GB of mp3’s and of course can’t fit them all in such a small space. Debating what to actually put ON the fucker is tough. I got it for $93 off ebay so I think I got a pretty good deal. The only thing that kills me is that now the new ipod minis are down to $199 for the 4GB and $249 for the 6GB. Both have improved battery life over the previous generation. Had I waited a little bit, I might have gotten one of them.

For my next toy I’m actually eyeballing a Dell Axim X50V handheld. It’s a Windows Mobile 2003-based handheld with a 624Mhz CPU and 64MB RAM (128MB ROM). It has a 640×480 screen and also has bluetooth and wifi. Talk about nice! HP makes an even nicer one but it costs a ton more and it’s not worth it to me. Anyway, I think it’d be nice to have since my best friend’s house has Wifi and so does my work. My house doesn’t have wifi but I might consider an access point if I get one. It’d be nice to get a Bluetooth GPS along with it… Hell, I’d never get lost then. Install some form of pocket mapping software and have maps and directions at my fingertips everywhere I go. Fun shit! God I’m such a geek. The only shitty thing is that I want to build a new road bike as well. If I get the Axim, the bike gets put on hold. If I build the bike, the Axim has to wait. Decisions, decisions. Thing is, I have one bike… I have zero handhelds. The bike will cost me $1500 to build at least. The Axim is under $500. We’ll see how things go.