rob was here.

well.. i've been doing some serious thinking about buying some geekish products lately. I realize that this is not a great idea, as I am unemployed and my resources (money) are finite. However, I also am known to have a quite limited quantity of will power, and these products are tempting me to breach that limit.

The first of these things I want is related to my iPod. My iPod, as most of my classmates will know, replaced my old 128Meg mp3 player (Dr. Mobile) last fall. Both of these music playing devices were elemental in my education, as i often used them while studying in the computer lab or in the homeroom, and accompanied me during my walks to campus each day. This said, I owe them a lot. Now, during the frantic few weeks before my final exams this spring, I became more and more reckless with my iPod. I dropped it severly once, and knocked it around quite a bit. The worst noticable damage came from having some change in my pocket with it one day. There is quite a bit of scratching on the bottom of the LCD screen, which bothers me quite a bit when you are looking directly at the screen. To fix this, i have found a product created directly to remove scratches from iPods, iBooks, and the like. It's called iCleaner. It appears to work wonders from feedback i've read on forums. Its pretty expensive though, and can run up to $20-30 for the whole kit, but i can probably get it a bit cheaper on ebay.

The second geekish want of mine is a qoob modchip for my gamecube. This would let me burn software onto mini dvd-r's, and play them on my cube. I can buy mini dvd-r's for around $1-2 a disk, which isn't bad. This chip is pretty expensive as well, and would probably sink me $70-90 when taxes and shipping come in to play.

For now, i think i'll use what will power I have left to keep these wants on the backburner until I can deal with my needs first. (i.e. employment, automobile)..