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March 26, 2006

Taylor T5, here I come!

So basically, more or less I reached my quota to get the guitar. God will make a way talaga, since all the rackets were practically within a month! My only issue now is that it’s too exact – meaning I have no funds for anything else while in the states (food, transpo, gimmicks).

I planned to get a Taylor T5 Thinline Custom with a Koa top. Because it sounded best out of the three soundboard choices. Plus it’s the only choice which will get the finish I want (Natural Edgeburst).

So of course, now that I have the money, it was time for me to get down and dirty and start doing what I do best: rationalizing every aspect of the situation. I was to reevaluate if the Koa was really needed, or if I could opt to get a [cheaper] Spruce or Maple top – which would allow me to have the needed extra funds to actually survive a month in the US.

January 23, 2006

iPod stuff

Here’s something everyone should know about in case it’s true.

New critical flaw in the 5G iPod — destroys earbuds!

When my right earbud started making an annoying crackling sound I thought it was just the earbuds fault. But recently on iLounge it appears that a bunch of other iPod users have also had the problem, and with third party headphones as well! So, if you’re using an expensive pair of earbuds with your 5G — watch out!

via digg

If you follow the forums, there’s a considerable amount of people with similar problems, but again, not all are experiencing this.

I’m glad that this was posted nonetheless, I wouldn’t want to wreck a 300 dollar pair of headphones because Apple made sloppy work of the terminals. I hope that it’s just in the iPod though (like the terminals themselves get damaged, and not the earphones connected to them). In any case, here’s a heads-up for anyone.

January 20, 2006

Nanonano

After a lot of struggling with my inner demons… I finally succumbed to getting an iPod Nano.

In fairness, I think it was a very reasonable acquisition – after all, I chose to get it over getting a iPod Video. Making [somewhat] reasonable decisions is very difficult when one has technolust.

January 16, 2006

Australia

Been a really long while since I’ve posted anything here. Might as well give you an update.

Just came back from Oz yesterday afternoon. It was a wonderful vacation, I’d tell you what we were up to, but the pictures probably would do it better.

Aside from the pics, the rest were days for shopping and video marathons. Can you believe we’re suddenly “up to date” with Smallville? Three seasons within a week and now we’re planning to get/borrow a dibidi of the 4th if possible. I have to say I really like Lex Luthor’s character. I really don’t mind being him (evil tendencies and all… well, probably not the schizo moments) He’s firm and confident in whatever he does – whether wrong or right. My kind of attitude.

November 28, 2005

Housecleaning

Today, I decided (read: forced) to do a general cleanup on my room. Technically the cleanup was only limited to my upper cabinets – where all my boxes are stashed. The boxes of the new computer stuff I got were lying around the sala as my cabinets have reached critical mass. Mom thought it would be good for me to re-organize and re-evaluate which stuff have to stay and go.

We also had some cabinets mounted on the maids’ quarters for extra storage space of some sort. I asked when we were going to do the same for my room so I can store those boxes I need access to, but don’t access often (e.g. computer products)

In any case, everything seems to be in order, I was able to get rid of a considerable amount of junk I’ve collected over the past few years – so at least now, I have space to work with.