Sony Ericsson K800i

Canon EOS 400D

Buy a Mac, Get an iPod Nano

Now in Germany too

Birthday Wishlist

Here are some things I would like. Don’t worry too much about this list … I make one every year

• Short or three quarter pants for biking (size L)
• Short pants for running (size L)
• Serving Platters
• Red-wine glasses (e.g. montana:homestyle:pure from real)
• Large frying pan
• Sandwich maker
• Suitcase with wheels (airport)
• Vacuum Cleaner
• Asics running shoes (size 43)
• AirPort Express or AirPort Extreme
• i’ll stop here, i’ll stop here

LaCie d2 Quadra Hard Drive

500GB and four ways to connect it (eSATA, FireWire 800, FireWire 400 & USB 2.0). The perfect companion to Leopard’s Time Machine.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Life’s tough … Get a helmet !!

Mt. Fuji SL

ASICS GEL-1120

After dealing with a running related injury, I bought some real running shoes:

iPod Sport Kit

TEAC AG-H300 Receiver

Wharfedale Diamond 8.1

Fast Runner, Slow Dancer

After more than one week of staying in home because of a prolonged flu, I finally went running again, and surprise: I beat my best running time by another whole minute, finally reaching 35 minutes. While physically I am surely not fitter than usual, this being the last chance to reach the milestone this year gave me plenty of motivation.

So what are my milestones for the next year’s running? 30 minutes for the same track (that’s aprox. 15% faster), and then gradually increasing distance. For this however I need to measure the distance I am running, that’s why I’m considering buying an iPod Sport Kit. So if Santa is still around, that would be the perfect Christmas present, even if it comes with a slight delay.

[Added 2007-02-17 - Progress]

[Added 2007-03-15 - Progress]

About the “slow dancer” part of the title there is not so much to say. Just some online test that might accidentally be right, but I wouldn’t bet my life on it, considering the poor overall quality of the test and the fact that I skipped many stupid questions. Anyway, here are my results:

Get Perpendicular

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 uses perpendicular recording and comes with capacities of up to 750GB and with a five years warranty. With the 320GB model selling for around 100 euros it sounds like a very good deal. What I still need to find is a 3,5” case, so that I can use it as an external hard drive. My MacBook has no Firewire 800, so it will be quite slow if I use it with USB2.0 (480Mb/s) or Firewire 400. This bottleneck would probably undo all the benefits of perpendicular recording.

The Updated MacBook Pro

Apple just released updated versions of the MacBook Pro, featuring the Merlom (Intel Core Duo 2) 64-bit processor, more RAM, larger hard drive and FireWire 800 on all models. All this for the same price as before. For the model I would like (the cheapest) the price is 1.793 euros with the educational discount (but without AppleCare).