So as our company owners have now sold their shares to a PLC and disappeared in to the sunset with millions of quids, they have left us lowly employees with a nice little bonus. Both Jen and I get the bonus and she’s used some of hers to buy a Canon Ixus 60 and SELPHY 710 photo printer with which to document every moment of baby Ben’s life.
And yet I haven’t turned bonus in to gadget. Why?
Because I can’t for the life of me think of a gadget to get.
I KNOW!! Unbelievable.
There are a few gadgets that I’m interested in, such as the Sony Reader and \ or the Sony Ericsson 950i, but neither of them are available yet and this whole gadget desire needs relatively immediate satisfaction.
I could get myself an Xbox 360, but I’m not sure that I will get much of a chance to use it with a baby gadget like Ben.
So what else is there? A Sanyo Xacti C6 pocket video camera would be cool but as I am still getting around to editing the footage from our Egypt holiday 2 years ago I dont see the point in taking loads of footage of Ben, particularly as he doesn’t do much else beyond sleeping, soiling, feeding and farting.
Andy suggests a HD Plasma \ LCD TV, but as our 36″ Panny is only a couple of years old it would be a crime to replace it until we have had it long enough to cover the depreciation on a CRT TV, even if it is a thing of beauty and considerable weight (100kg).
What is more although my original iPod is now looking a bit worn and battered, I don’t need a new one because I rarely fill my Nano to brimming and the iPod video screen isn’t a patch on my PSP so no need. Apple haven’t brought out a new gadget for ages so no joy there.
I even contemplated a sky gnome but it just seems like a lot of money for very much and it is probably on 2.7ghz which would interfere with the wifi. What is a man to do?
So for once I sit here with money to burn and no gadget to burn it on. It’s horrible situation I must say. Usually I have too many gadget desires and not enough money to get them all…:(
