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

  • Bell Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant – Android Phone currently running 2.2. Love this device.
  • Apple MacBook Air 11.6″ – Mid 2011 – Pretty much the perfect little computer for portability and power. Replaced a 13″ MacBook Pro.
  • Microsoft Bluetooth Notebook 5000 Mouse – no dongle!
  • iPod Classic 6th Generation, 80GB – spends most of it’s time in my car as the music source for my stereo.
  • Bose on ear headphones – expensive, but the quality is second to none, and not as big as full professional cans
  • Bose earbuds – I got these for a really good deal, otherwise would have stuck with cheaper ‘buds. They do sound amazing however.
  • Nintendo 3DS – This little guy hasn’t hit his stride just yet, but It is still a solid gaming device. NEEDS MORE GAMES.
  • 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 3 – There are just too many good games on this platform to ignore, and it’s still among the best Blu-ray players on the market.
  • Sony Playstation Portable – I have the first revision of the PSP. my DS sees more use, but the PSP is a good device
  • Sony Cybershot camera – replaces canon camera and Mino HD, as it does a bette job than both. Features 10x zoom and 720p video recording.
  • Sandick Cruzer 32GB flash drive – for file portability
  • Western Digital 1TB 2.5″ External hard drive. It’s 1TB in a package the size of a deck of cards. Need I say more?

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
  • Dell Ultrasharp U2410 – 24″ 1920×1200 monitor

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, even if it’s a bit bloated
  • 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
  • Tweetdeck – Used for Twitter and Facebook viewing. I used to use Seesmic, but haven’t liked the recent updates.
  • Microsoft Office 2010 – Dont’ need it very often, but for when I do, Office really is the best productivity suite made right now.
  • Paint .NET – for photo editing.  Good free option.
  • Steam – For all my gaming needs

Sofware – OS X

  • Google Chrome
  • iTunes – by default
  • Adium – Best IM client for the Mac, with multi-protocol support
  • Twittereffic – for Twitter.
  • 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
  • Empire Avenue – a virtual “people stock” stock market. Quite a bit of fun. My ticker is “wunbr”