doodledee

I finally got a new camera bag. I waited for a sale and it ended up being about $30 shipped. It took me over 2 months to pick-out and buy. Yeah, that's right: 2 months of careful deliberation before making a $30 purchase that is fully returnable in the event that I'm not completely satisfied. Why such a long process for a stupid camera bag? I have no idea, I guess that's just how I am. Stupes.

The same cycle is happening with my computer at home. I'd guess it was around last Thanksgiving that I finally gave in and started scratching my upgrade itch. I've now spent upwards of 3 months watching ads, reading websites, planning, replanning, and basically doing nothing. I've gone through the entire cost/effort analysis around building my own super tiny, super quiet, home theater PC to serve music/photos/videos and act as a fake tivo. (Conclusion: It'd be fun, but I'm too cheap.) Then I decided I'd just pick up some bottom of the curve Sempron and a bunch of RAM and just call it a day. But who can justify dropping a couple of hundred bucks for a machine that's an incremental upgrade at best? Not me. Especially when those mini macs look so damn cool and are only $500. Ha. Only.