stupid technology i want for no reason other than because it's fun
I have a love for old technology, much of it I want for no other reason than for building a personal museum and playing with these little time capsules. I pretty much would only ever acquire old tech if I have the means to restore them/use them. I don't care about resale value, I care about preservation. With that being said, here's some stupid devices that I want in my collection for no other reason besides that I too am stupid.
Halo 3 edition Zune: Do I really have to explain myself here? I didn't get math and science autism, I got fuckin bungie-era Halo autism. I love MP3 players and I remember my parents having Zunes rather than iPods. I remember the Zune sucking kinda, but I kinda just want the Halo 3 version because well... it's the Halo 3 version. Why would I not want an official Halo 3 MP3 player? That shit's got my name all over it.
CD Walkman: I use CDs quite often. Sometimes I like to borrow audiobooks from my library which more often than not come on CD. I have a cassette walkman that I love for its uniqueness, but a CD one would be useful too.
Various green iPods: there's several green-colored iPods. Most of them are in the Nano line. Green being my favorite color and all, it makes sense that I'd choose the green version. I know these ones are kinda a bitch to repair, but I'd do it for the preservation of these devices. I like having multiple iPods for whatever mood I'm in. An iPod for game soundtracks, classical/relaxing music, favorites only, vinyl record recordings, etc.
iPod Touch (7th Gen): This was the last iPod before Apple decided to put iPod down like Old Yeller.
iMac G3 and G4: The G3 and G4 are peak designs for me. The G3 is an iconic CRT all-in-one, the clamshell macbook G3 being cool as hell. The G4 is the most unique design-wise with it's Pixar Lamp-like design. The OS's are also practically locked to these devices. I just wanna play Marathon on a G3. They're just so unique.
Top of the Line Windows 95/XP/7 machine: Why the hell would I want a top of the line, period-accurate 95/XP/7 machine? One reason, compatibility. Some games just work best on these machines. Emulators and Virtual Machines just don't cut it for this sort of thing unfortunately. I mostly want a dedicated Windows 7 machine for offline productivity because it has the UI that I think is the best we've gotten (that is a hill I will kill on). Playing games off of CDs is also really cool, it's basically true ownership of your games.
Halo Reach XBOX 360: Do I really need to explain this one? It's a Halo Reach edition Xbox 360, it's the only Halo console I don't own (well besides the Halo 4 one, but I don't care about that one for what should be obvious reasons).
Clicks Communicator (if it's good): As of writing this, the Clicks Communicator hasn't been released yet, but it looks really cool. I hope that it does what I think it will based off the markups because I could see it replacing my current dumbphone.
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as of writing this...
A chill Sunday with my family. We went out to breakfast together and then just kinda hung out, watching Bear in the Big Blue House. I'm making tacos for dinner and they turned out delicious!