Snap Snap
Throw some D's on it
With the birth of Kiwi, it was time to get a little more serious, and so I replaced my Canon S5 with a Nikon D5000. Although I was always a Canon guy before, the camera is excellent.
Rice Rice Baby
Which button activates the laser beams?
Now that I eat a variety of odd whole grains just about every day, I've found that my Panasonic automatic rice cooker (5.5 cups and with the typical blase flower design) just wasn't getting the job done. Plus, despite what these ignorant rice n00bs say, cooking rice in a pot sucks. I picked up a Zojirushi Micom 3-Cup Rice Cooker and it has been awesome. It's handled a variety of rice types with ease, and I don't have to constantly watch the rice to ensure it isn't burnt or mushy. I know everyone always gets the 5.5 cup size, but we don't consume that much rice, and so I got the smaller size instead. It fits perfectly in our small kitchen. Also, it plays a few tunes.
Zune Battery Indicator
A question as old as time
I've been very happy my Zune, but one thing has been bothering me since my purchase. The battery indicator pretty much always showed that the battery was full, but after about a week (and sometimes less) I would try to turn on my Zune and it wouldn't turn on. I would get really pissed off whenever I tried to listen to some jamz while waiting for a bus, only to find that my "fully charged" Zune was already out of batteries. WTF?!
Time To Get A New Phone?
I guess I am eligible for the $100 discount for owning my RAZR for two years (although from my post it looks like I have not quite reached the mark). I had been looking at the various crappy phones that Verizon had to offer, but many of them were too clunky or felt kinda cheap. Moreover, none of them seemed to be much of an improvement over what I already had.
However, I heard that Verizon is introducing three new phones this summer. I will be checking out the Dare and the Chocolate 3. The Dare looks especially cool, but I heard that it is the same dimensions as the iPhone, which may be a bit bigger than what I am looking for (OTOH, the LG Prada that the Dare is based off of is slightly smaller than the RAZR). My RAZR is 2.1 x 3.9 x 0.54 inches, and I would like something smaller. Taller is ok, but narrower and slimmer would be nice. Additionally, I am not sure I need extra texting and data features yet, especially if they cost extra.
I'm willing to wait a little while, since my phone still works. Several of the shiny pieces and rubber things have fallen off, but it's still in pretty good shape.