Average Jane Receives A Present

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If there’s one thing I can say about my husband, it’s that he’s generous to a fault. He’s also incapable of waiting until the day of a special event to present a gift he’s purchased. Thus, I received my Valentine’s Day gift when I got home from work yesterday.

It was a good ‘un, though: an iPod Shuffle. He’d even charged it and loaded in several hours’ worth of songs. I love it!

First of all, it’s just as tiny as it looks in the photos – about the size of a pack of gum. There’s a cap at one end that covers the USB interface, and you can take it off to hook the device to a similar cap attached to a lanyard that you wear around your neck.

It comes with okay headphones, but I’ll probably mainly use my Shure earbuds that I bought to use as monitors for band practice. The only drawback of the Shures is that they block all outside sound, so I’ll have to keep an eye out for people standing in front of me and moving their lips while I’m rockin’ out.

The latest generation of cool, inexpensive Apple products is making me seriously consider going back to Mac for my home computing. Considering that I used to manage to do desktop publishing on my old Mac SE-30 with a 25MB hard drive, I think the new Mac Mini ought to be more than adequate for my mainly web-based work with the occasional QuarkXpress project on the side.

We’re already a combined PC-and-Mac household. I’m using an iBook with a wireless network connection in my living room right now. Maybe if I get a tax refund this year instead of owing money the way I ordinarily do, I can look into reMac-ing myself.

Here’s my more immediate dilemma: what should I get my husband for Valentine’s Day in response to his thoughtful and generous gift? I’ll take all the ideas I can get.

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7 responses to “Average Jane Receives A Present”

February 3, 2005

kevboy

Wow, Jane, you’re the best wife ever. I’d be met with an incredulous look if I presented my wife with a piece of technology for any gift-giving occasion (or at least if it was the major gift).
Your husband is into drums and technology, right? Check out FruityLoops. The name sounds odd, but it’s a LOT of fun!
http://www.e-officedirect.com/FLStudio/English/frames.html

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February 3, 2005

Cagey

Glad you like your Shuffle! It’s perfect for audio books, by the way….. I agree the headphones are over-rated, though.
What to get the Husband? Hmmm, he doesn’t need a watch, I am guessing.

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February 3, 2005

Pharmgirl

I’m sorry…what was the question? My eyes were glazing over from all the techno talk… :)-

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February 4, 2005

Stacie

Mine is really into Season DVDs from his favorite shows. The OC is a good one to have, I hear.
Stacie

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February 5, 2005

Jane

Thanks for the input!
kevboy – The hubby likes the FruityLoops idea so that may be the winner.
Stacie – I picked up the Wonderfalls series DVDs last night but I probably can’t pass them off as a gift. It’s too obvious that I wanted them for myself!

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February 6, 2005

madeline

careful if you move back to mac: you can’t do typer shark on a mac. i followed your link and was disappointed when i couldn’t share your enthusiasm for it (whatever it is) on my little iBook. 🙂

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February 7, 2005

Jane

madeline – I know! That’s one thing that would give me pause. I spend a lot of time on the iBook and I’m always frustrated by the number of Yahoo games I can’t play on the Mac. A few of them work even though they say they won’t, but most do not.

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