28.11.03
Friday Five: Been a couple of weeks, so I'll do it this week. Just for the hell of it.
- Do you like to shop? Why or why not?
- Depends on the item. I don't like to shop for the sake of shopping, but if I am interested in the items for which I'm shopping (say, electronics) then I normally enjoy my experience.
- What was the last thing you purchased?
- This. As an aside, it's an interesting read, with various conspiracy theories. And I may, at some point, try to determine with actual, you know, sources, whether they may be true.
- Do you prefer shopping online or at an actual store? Why?
- I normally prefer shopping online, but there are times when I just have this primal urge to see something demonstrated, or just feel like walking around the Best Buy or Circuit City, just to browse and figure out what I really want. I'm your stereotypical man, if you substitute "electronics store" for "hardware store"
- Did you get an allowance as a child? How much was it?
- Occasionally. And occasionally (but by no means every time I asked) I got some item that I wanted.
- What was the last thing you regret purchasing?
- Probably my DVD player. I bought this piece of crap about 15 or 16 months ago, and never really cared for it. Then, about 2 or 3 months after I bought my DVD player, my TV software and board (I run everything through my computer) decided that it didn't like the idea of sound coming from any signal coming from the tuner, so I have had to use the video and audio jacks for everything. And that meant either (a) piggybacking DVD and Playstation onto (monaudio) VCR onto TV board - meaning that I couldn't get stereo sound, regardless of what I did - or (b) buying a new (stereo) VCR through which I could run everything. I saw this DVD/VCR combo thing, and decided that I wanted it, and it had stereo inputs and outputs. The only problem is that the s-video jack only works as an output for the DVD side. I understand that it's a digital signal, but, for god's sake: how hard can it be to convert analog video to digital? So I had to run your regular analog video cable (along with my analog audio cables) from the DVD/VCR to my computer. And my DVD (and mono VCR) have done nothing since except eat space in a closet.
Off...more later - R.
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