It will be mine, oh yes...it will be mine

It's been a while since I last updated. Life has done it's usual impersonation of a cat with a piece of string tied to its tail - gone round and round in circles so fast that it leaves you unable to do anything except walk sideways like a crab. However some geeky nuggets worthy of mention have nudged their way through the congestion, and now I finally get the opportunity to have a quick rant about them.

The easiest way for me to organise this is to place each item in the order in which I desperately searched for money to buy them (failing on each count of course - so far anyway).

First is the Sony Vaio UX, behemothly known as the Sony Vaio VGNUX17GP...and rather more behemothly known as: "Hello, Flexirent? I was wondering if you guys would please give me three thousand dollars so I can act on an unjustifiable impulse and buy myself a new toy that I'll use for a week and the relegate to the toilet so I can use it to play Minesweeper while I'm on the loo?". Yeah, not the most practical of toys - and I've already got the PDA for loo based entertainment....Bejewelled should definitely come with a "Warning: Prolonged gameplay whilst sitting on the toilet can severely numb your legs, making standing a distinctly unenjoyable prospect".

I digress. The Sony Vaio UX is a fantastic machine. To fit all that gear inside a case the size of a video tape weighing only 517 grams is an incredible achievement. Sadly though it falls by the wayside for me, coming in at the distant rear of the queue behind such things as new furniture, new car, new......iMac!!!!!!

Thats right, the next "I must have it now" on my list is the new 24" iMac. 24 inches of Mac goodness in a designer case with what, in my opinon, is the best operating system known to man!! With the inclusion of Front Row and Apple Remote this is truly a great computer with many different applications. These range from powerhouse developer computer, to bedroom entertainment unit. I'll be sure to post photo's once it's all set up!

Hopefully the posts will be a bit more frequent from now on as things steady out at work and at home. I'm looking forward to getting back in touch with what's happening in the world of technology and spending a bit less time focussed on the world of work.