My Stuff

I’ve decided for part of this site that I will keep updated on the things I use every day.  I won’t be posting every single peice of hardware and software I touch, or use once, but I figure if I keep a list here, people dont’ necessarily have to ask. I will try to add and delete things from this list as necessary.

Hardware

  • Apple MacBook Pro 13.3″, June 2009 revision – To replace my netbook.  Beautiful machine, very powerful. Sees constant use along with my desktop
  • Logitech VX Nano – best small profile mouse I’ve ever had my hands on.
  • iPod Touch 1st Generation, 32GB – all the iPhone goodness, without the monthly fee.
  • iPod Classic 6th Generation, 80GB – spends most of it’s time in my car as the music source for my stereo.
  • Zune 4, 4GB – good for around the house, and a backup music player
  • JVC in ear headphones – paid $35 for them, not the best, but get the job done
  • LG Rumour – Basic phone with qwerty keyboard for SMS. Waiting on a nicer phone for LTE to hit.
  • Nintendo DS Lite – Fantastic gaming platform. Libraray that rivals the Super nintendo.
  • Xbox 360 – Microsoft built a really good gaming console
  • Nintendo Wii – What can I say, the Wii offers everything the Xbox doesn’t.
  • Sony Playstation Portable – I have the first revision of the PSP. my DS sees more use, but the PSP is a good device
  • Canon Powershot SD 870 IS – My camera.  8 Megapixel, good features, easy to use.
  • Flip Mino HD – Very easy to use Point and shoot video camera with good video

Hardware – PC(for the geeks)

  • Intel Core i7 920 Processor – Best bang for buck Core i7 processor
  • EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard – X58 is a high end chipset, has all the bells and whistles
  • Diamond ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB – When I bought it the 4870 was the best price/performance video card on the market
  • 6GB Kingston DDR3 RAM running Triple Channel – 6GB is the defacto configuration for a Core i7 machine
  • OCZ 650W Power Supply – good quality Power supply, runs everything without issue
  • Antec P182 case – I love this case.  Easy to work in, good cable management
  • Microsoft Sidewinder X8 Wireless Gaming mouse – Fantastic gaming mouse, 2 weeks of battery life, easy to use.
  • Apple Keyboard with Numberpad – I love the style of the Macbook keyboards, so I bought this to type on.
  • Logitech Z3 speakers – 2.1 set, good quality
  • Acer Monitor – 22″, 1680×1050 resolution

Software – PC

  • Google Chrome – It’s like what firefox used to be, really fast, minimal. I don’t use extensions.
  • iTunes – I actually dont’ mind it as an audio player
  • Zune – Another good audio player, and used to sync Zune
  • Windows Live Messenger – I like the features in the official client
  • Windows Live Photo Gallery – I much prefer this over Picasa as a photo organizer
  • Windows Live Writer – for writing posts on this here blog.
  • Seesmic Desktop – Used for Twitter and Facebook viewing. I prefer it to Tweetdeck
  • Microsoft Office 2007 – Dont’ need it very often, but for when I do, Office really is the best productivity suite made right now.
  • Microsoft OneNote 2007 – Fantastic note-taking app, has replaced Evernote for me, as it has many more features. I sync the save files using Live Mesh so I’m working with the same notes on every PC.
  • Paint .NET – for photo editing.  Good free option.
  • Handbrake – for ripping DVD’s to pretty much anything.  Use in conjunction with DVD Decrypter

Sofware – OS X

  • Safari 4 – Better than Firefox on OS X, in my opinion
  • iTunes – by default
  • Adium – Best IM client for the Mac, with multi-protocol support
  • Tweetie – for Twitter
  • ecto – very good blogging software.
  • VMWare fusion – for Windows virtualization
  • Handbrake – for ripping DVD’s and video file conversion
  • iLife suite – I use iPhoto mostly right now, to grab photos from my camera

Web – I wasnt’ sure if I wanted to make a “web app” category, but I think for some things I should

  • gmail – email.
  • Google Reader – RSS aggregator.  Transformed my ability to read the news
  • google calendar – activesync to iPod touch make this a killer app
  • Google Maps – otherwise I’d be lost
  • google docs – for the limited actual document creation I do
  • Photosho Express – light photo editing on the go from any browser
  • Meebo.com – web based IM
  • The Backloggery – for tracking my game library