If you know me, you know I love gadgets.  I have the gadget gene inherited from my Mom.  Apparently this genetic feature has been passed down through the ages.  My great-great-great-great-great-grandfather was one of the first owners of a fork.  His great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather was one of the first to jump on the whole wheel concept.

This weekend I was supposed to go out the Colorado River out by Yuma to meet up with Paco for Dalin’s bachelor party.  The plan was for me to take the motorcycle but my lack of desire for riding in 100+ degree heat, thunderstorms, and the fact that I couldn’t even get clear directions to find them deterred me.  So, on a whim I headed down to Fashion Valley to see how big the iPhone line was.  When I arrived, it was about 30 people.  I figured I’d go get a bagel and come right back.  The line tripled!  Ah well, I had my book and a chair with me so I figured I’d chill and see if I could get a phone.  The line was fun and only about an hour and a half.  Now I have a new shiny 16gb black iPhone. Nifty!

Additionally, this last week I bought an Asus EEE microlaptop dealy thing.  I’m taking a trip on the motorcycle for a week and want to be able to get a little bit of work done along the way and this little laptop is perfect.  Its no powerhouse but its small, and has a solid state drive (SSD).  Why is the SSD important?  Because motorcycles vibrate ALOT.  Over time even with self parking hard drives its going to fail.  I’ve got to tweak it a little bit as it seems to be glitchy running XP.  Hopefully I’ll get that done before I leave Thursday.  (That is a quarter sitting on the palm rest, just for size perspective)

I’ll have to make an illustration of how my motorcycle is setup.  Then you all will be like “Gah, what a geek!”