The 45 Gig Photo means I can take loads and loads of music with me in my day to day life without having to think what I'm going to listen to before I leave home. (My first MP3 player was 128 Mb and held two and a half albums worth of music. It was fantastic at the time, but without iTunes to fill it, it was laborious and I just got sick of hearing the same songs after a while).
I have a whole list of Podcasts that I regularly listen to, that are automatically transferred to my iPod whenever I plug it in to my computer, so that's cool.
I use my Shuffle when I'm going for a walk or I'm at work outside office hours and I need something to lighten my mood. It usually does the trick and it's so small and light it takes no effort to have it pinned on my clothing.
I have been very satisfied with them both, until two weeks ago, when the new Nanos were announced and my cousin went out and bought one and I'm jealous as hell! The form factor is very solid and I understand that the resolution of the screen is so good that even viewing video at that small size is not a problem. Now I could justify a purchase as my other iPods don't do video and I would use it just for that I think. But what's going to happen when the iPhone is introduced to the UK sometime in the next few weeks?
How will I go on to justify that purchase?
Those of you familiar with the instructions given by Mike Matas for his wonderful Life Poster idea back in early 2005 will be delighted that the steps that include iPhoto and Photoshop have now been shaved down to a single, inexpensive, beautifully coded and presented application which is Posterino.
However, Life Posters are just one of the many ways to display your images and Posterino lets you use standard templates or lets you create your own for a really individual style. Earlier this year Posterino made it possible to send actual postcards via the Swiss Postal Service for 2.99€. Imagine sending postcards home from a vacation with photos of you and your family on picture. I've used the service many times and the quality is amazing.
Over the last 12 months Christoph has done some wonderful things with this application and I think it deserves to have more attention. So pop over to Zykloid and be impressed!
Below is the first poster I made and then had printed by my usual photo print company. Posterino is fully customisable for background colour, frame size/colour, number of photos. You can include graphics and text anywhere on the background. It's brilliant. Try it!
Yes I know.
I thought this blog might be dead too, but I'm attempting to have another go before it completely disappears through lack of content.
My biggest obsession at the moment is quite a surprise. Not at all techy, although that may change.
We've decided to buy bikes. There are several reasons for this. I haven't ridden a bike for a fair few years, but as soon as I sat one one in the shop I realised it's something I've missed (geddit?)
Not happy with getting the first one I saw I found this and fell in love. It's taken quite a bit of research. But I want what I want.
This is what I want.
We've had nowhere to keep a bike (or two) so we've been clearing out and tidying space around the house and garden so that we can order them as soon as possible.
It doesn't help that there's a car in a state of disrepair in our garage that hasn't been touched for three years. If only I could persuade my man that his priorities have changed and he's never going to want to work on it ever again.
