Geek Bone

The Urban Dictionary defines "geek bone" as follows: "getting hot and bothered in a nerdy way over the latest technological marvel"

::Tangent:: I can't believe I started off this post with a dictionary reference - how high school graduation speech-esque

Anyway, I am absolutely jonesing for the Cannon SD30 camera. It's one of those tiny Elph series ones that comes in such fun colors as "Rockstar Red". I already have a perfectly good Cannon Powershot camera, but I tend to find that its a bit bulky for carrying around everywhere. I also have a camera in my phone to catch those "wish I had a camera - oh, I do" moments, but camera phones suck ass, to say the least.



::Tangent #2:: I have a Text America free account, and the rumor is its going bye, bye. So I finally checked out Flickr, and I can't believe how fucking great that is (I might actually buy the pro account because it's actually worth it). The fact that TA is pulling free accounts with little to no warning to its users is deplorable to say the least. Luckily I was tipped off by my brother and I took the initiative to use this nifty website to archive all of my old camera phone photos.

Here's where the problem always comes in. There really is no need to upgrade my camera (except for maybe the size issue), it takes great pictures. Check out this picture I took with it:



I mean, I really like my camera, but why do I feel these weird urges to get something I don't really need?

Since I've discovered Flickr, I have had some fun searching for product names on the site. I know there are people out there who are far worse than I. Just go there and search for the latest notebook computer, like the Macbook. There are a lot of pictures people take of their gadgets that are like techie porn. From the unpacking (undressing) process to posing it in strange scenarios, the scary nature of the gadget lust, and keeping up with the Jones's is quite the problem. Even the tech blogs like Engadget have been showing the infamous unpacking of the latest goodie any time something worthy is released.

What does it take to get over the urge to just click on the "submit order" button on Newegg?

For me its called a wife. She never lets me down (in a sense). When I am hovering the finger over the trackpad getting ready to click on that evil button, I'll tell her about it. Her response is very consistent: No.