tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2578721553146826227.post-49670216349262565672008-06-02T13:26:00.000-07:002008-06-02T14:06:24.647-07:00<span>I'm a big nerd, and I don't care. I love gadgets, and I love depending on them and exploiting every facet of technology for my benefit. If there's an electronic device or service that can make my life easier or better then it's probably owned by me, or something I will own soon. I literally get a hard on for technology.</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />1. My PDA/Phone/Smart Device</span><br />This is perhaps the greatest marriage of devices in tech history, besides of course for the mouse and keyboard. Just a few years ago people would carry multiple devices (I was one of them!) but the day these two gadgets decided to get it on will live on as the greatest step forward for mobile computing. Pockets around the world cheered in relief. I use a Moto Q and it is absolute bliss. My life is on my phone, and my life would be nothing without my smart device. I feel naked without it.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">2. My Car's GPS Unit</span><br />Whether you have a top-of-the-line device, or your phone is spitting out turn by turn directions, it is by far one of the coolest affordable tech gadgets you can get today. As a person who likes having information available to him instantly, and who always wants to know what's going on, how could I not have a GPS device? GPS is simply awesome, and when I drive a car without one (even if I know where I'm going) I feel lost. Having the ability to always click the "Take me home" button if I'm somewhere I don't know is a very reassuring and soothing feeling. All cars should come standard with this feature - no questions asked.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">3. DVR and/or TiVO</span><br />I've had my DVR for just one week and I'm already spoiled. How cool is it to pause live tv when you run into the kitchen for a snack? Or to record shows simultaneously while watching another channel? I've already set my DVR to record every single COPS episode in existence. The only thing I wish they'd add is the ability to skip commercials from recorded programs, or to include a "Jump ahead 30 seconds" button to quickly get to your program. Do you hear me Pioneer? Make this functionality and you will make even more money with your DVR devices. But even without this it is still just awesome.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">4. My Laptop</span><br />I have a TX series Vaio from Sony, which is one of their smallest series. When I need computing power that I can't get in my phone I pack up my Vaio and head out the door. It is my little baby, and does everything I need it to do when I'm not at my main computer at home. I've even downloaded a program called PDANet which allows me to get wireless internet through Sprint so I can browse websites whenever (and wherever) I want. My laptop is the perfect device to go to a meeting and take notes with, and to show presentations on. And when it's time to play I pop in a DVD and it's instantly a portable DVD player. Without a doubt it I'd be lost without it.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">5. 360 and Wii</span><br />God made videogames so we can blow up our friends virtually. There is nothing quite like getting a group of friends together, drinking, and shooting things. Videogame consoles provide a mechanism to relax and have some fun unlike anything else out there. I love my 360 (even though it's died once) and I find the Wii to be so incredibly unique that I play it almost as much as my 360. Take these two things away from me and I might blow up my friends for real, and who'd want that to happen?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2578721553146826227-4967021634926256567?l=www.geigel.com%2Fblog' alt='' /></div>omniasofthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16585188142283476562noreply@blogger.com0