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:: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 ::

Oye.

I spent a lot of money today. That's what comes of being unsupervised in the electronics superstore. Actually, the things I got were things I'd already been mulling over for weeks-- no, months! So I guess I wasn't running rampant in the Cirque du City impulsively purchasing major toys. Or was I?

Okay, the first thing I did was online-- ordered a buttload (yeah, they have those quantities at this website) of mini DV tapes and a large rack to hold my growing collection of documentary footage.

Next, I visited aforementioned Cirque and scored a 250GB external hard drive (pictured) to back up my giant RAID drive in the studio. Would be a shame to lose all of that diligent video editing work. And the original music recordings too, I guess.

While I was there, I scored a 5-DVD carousel changer for the living room stereo system. Not only can I now play DVD audio discs, but I can load up 5 DVD's (not CD's, mind you), each with over 4GB (that's GIGAbytes, not megabytes) of mp3's. Do you know how many days' worth of constant music that is without having to touch the controls? Well, if you know that a 700MB CD holds about 8-10 albums in mp3 format, and you figure each album averages an hour, then put 700MB into 4.7 GB (1GB = 1000MB), which gives you over 6-1/2-- multiply that by 9hrs... is about 50 hours of mp3's per DVD. Now the thing holds 5 DVD's, so that's over 250 hours of continuous music. That's a 10-day straight music fest-- yeeeeeee HAW!

Actually, the DVD changer also has another intended use. For me, having people over for movies is a cramped occasion. My loft will fit 3 comfortably, 4 if we're close friends, and 5 if there's indiscriminate touching. Still, is it worth the trouble for a crowd, even for some serious 36" widescreen HDTV? Better to wheel out the ol' 20-inch, port it into the living room stereo system, and viola! A smaller screen, yes-- but still with the awesome sound system, and now many more can comfortably hang out. I'm not into having television be the main attraction, which is why I don't have the high-def set up there in the first place. I like the idea of bringing in a smaller one when needed, and whisking it back to a peripheral existence once it's done.

Wow, guess I needed a few paragraphs to justify my extravagences this evening. Hmm.... I'm exhausted.

:: Anne 10:43 PM [smartass remarks] ::
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