May 2007 Archives

Start of at the Tivoli, pack the chairs so close together that you border on a firehazard. Next make sure you get all the crowd liquored up because you didn’t cover your costs from the ticket price.

Sprinkle the audience with friends of the performers so they can whisper all the punch lines before the performers get a chance. Get them to video the whole thing on their mobiles so as to increase the distraction to other audience members.

After having one or two performers then decide you all need another 30 minute intermission so the crowd can get liquored up some more, and you can afford the flights back to Melbourne.

To complete the annoyance, sit in front of a bunch of thick neck yobo, rum and beer swilling bogans that decide the best way to make room for empties is to kick them all under the seat of the person in front of you.

Then get the comics to repeatedly make scatological references, and when that fails grab a some poxy props from off stage. Hoo-freaking-rah. Worst night ever.

Recently I purchase the SanDisk e250 2Gb MP3 player. I’ve enjoyed being able to install Rockbox on it and create my own themes. Overall its a good player that I initially waited about 6 months to get, as I think it’s set of features make it stand out over the rest.

Namely the Micro SD slot to let you expand the memory, and the built in FM radio for when you run out of songs. It makes it the ultimate travel accessory. In hindsight I should have gone for a bigger memory.

Unfortunately I can’t find anyone with more stock of the e200 range of the SanDisk so when my Mum wanted a similar player I purchased the iRiver X20 4Gb.

Now that I’ve had a good play with it, I reckon I would have been better off with the X20. It’s got all the nice features I enjoyed with the SanDisk and a little more polish again.

For example the little rubber grommit over the microSD card slot, the mini USB connection port instead of a proprietary plug, the landscape orientation of the player rather than portrait, the bigger screen, user replacable battery, built in speakers and the lighter weight.

After that I had to put it back in its box so Mum will have a chance to actually receive it. I’m jealous and I want one.

Oh and my boys are rocking out to the Sansa c250 MP3 Player 2GB.