“What are some gadgets you can not live without? Why? List no more than 5!”

Gadgets, gadgets, gadgets… I don’t own an iPhone or anything like that. So, let’s see:

• My HP Pavilion dv6-3006tx – it’s not the fanciest thing ever, but it more than does the job. I spend more hours on it a day than I care to admit. When I first got a laptop, I thought it could never replace a desktop completely. How wrong I was! I do everything on it, including design projects.
• My Nokia E63 – Actually, I hate it. It’s constantly screwing up with ‘insert sim card’ errors. I’m not sure if it’s the phone or the sim card. I’ve had it like a year now. The first time I spoke to 3 about it, they told me to just take out the battery and put it back in again when I get an error. This works, but I end up doing it more than once a day. And if it happens when I’m asleep, it means my alarm won’t go off. I need to get down to 3 again, but the stores are always so busy. Also, most phone companies don’t care much about prepaid customers. Other than this major flaw, the phone is pretty decent. Cute flash-light feature, 2 mp camera with flash, Facebook, etc. As for why I can’t live without it, I get very nervous if I’m out and about without a phone.
• My iPod Touch – It’s one of the older eight gig ones. I got it after finding that my one gb nano just wasn’t cutting it. I only really use it when I’m trapped in the car with Mum and Vic (her partner), because they play such terrible music. xD But without it, I’d be driven mad.

I’m probably forgetting something, but I think that’s enough for now. I’m not gadget crazy. What’s one gadget you can’t live without?



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“What was your first ever website called? What was it about? How long did you have it?”

That’s… a really good question. One I actually don’t know the answer to. When I was around fourteen, I had a lot of unsuccessful, unfinished graphic websites. Honestly, I’ve never been very talented at making pre-made layouts and the like, but sites like the deceased Anime-Requiem.com inspired me. One of my graphics sites, I remember, was called Cinna-mon.tk. Or something like that. The layout was horrible. It was all in teal and the giant top banner was made completely from premade brushes. I think the font might have been Cheri at one point, too. xD

After my failed forray into graphic design, I moved onto forums. I started with Bloodlust, a roleplaying site with a vampiric focus. At this time, I thought ‘definitely’ was spelt ‘defanately’ or something equally embarrassing. All I know is that it was so wrong that spell-check mistook it for ‘defiantly’. It was all very embarrassing.

My second forum was also Invisionfree based. Apparently my ability to select names hadn’t improved any, as it was named ‘Slashy Camp’. It was based around the premise of an all boys summer camp. The entire site was devoted to badly worded trysts and teenage angst. 

My third forum was called Delirium. I can’t even remember if that was Invisionfree or not. However, it was decidedly less embarrassing than it’s predecessors. It was a general purpose roleplaying site. My then girlfriend took the name ‘delirium’, added ‘endless’ to it and bought the domain ‘Endless-Delirium.com‘ for us as a surprise.  It was my first real domain. It actually became quite a successful roleplaying forum using XMB software. However, it got DDoS’d after almost three great years. -.- The host was completely unreasonable and wouldn’t allow us access to the database without a $170 upgrade, though they knew it was a one off and not real traffic.

After that, Cam and I broke up. I bought the name Lemon-Drops.co.uk and tried to pick up the pieces of Endless-Delirium. L-D is still running now, though I’m thinking of shifting it from XMB to PHPBB, as the support for the software is starting to waver.

One day, maybe I’ll pick up a domain for this site. People keep telling me how obscenely long it is as a subdomain.

I apologise for how boring this post must be to everyone but me. xD

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“What are some things you do when you procrastinate?”

 
I’m always procrastinating. Hell, I’m procrastinating right now. The idea of catching up with the blogathon seemed like much more fun than doing my English Pedagogy homework. Here are my top procrastination tools:

• Facebook
  Like most everyone else, I’m constantly logged onto Facebook, whether I’m at home or at uni. Half the time, I’m just staring vacantly at the news feed. If I’m really bored, I’ll resort to the games. In the past, Restaurant City, Baking Life and My Tribe have all helped me whittle hours that could have been spent doing something (anything) more constructive.

• Lamebook.com and Failbook
  When I’m not on Facebook embarrassing myself, I like to look at other people doing the same. From awkward relationship moments to frapping, both these sites have catelogued some of the most amusing Facebook fails around. Schadenfreude, my friends.

• Lemon-Drops.co.uk
  My roleplaying site. Again, there’s not much to see here. I just compulsively refresh the ‘activity page’ hoping that something interested has happened. xD

• The Daily Mail
  No, I’m not British. I have no idea why I’m more interested in British and world news than Australian. That said, if I’m looking for a legitimate news source, this certainly wouldn’t be my first port of call. I read The Daily Mail in lieu of trashy gossip magazines. I don’t particularly care how metrosexual Liz Hurley’s made Shane Warne. It’s just a way of resting my brain.

• Trashy Reality Tv
  From Wife-Swap to Ainori, I love it all and I’m not (okay, maybe a little) ashamed to admit it.

• Eating
  I know this is terrible, but when I’m putting something off, eating always seems like a great idea. Given how often I’m procrastinating, it’s not surprising that I’m overweight. Haha.

• eBay
  Window shopping. I spend a lot of time drooling over make-up and corsets.

These are the things that keep me from achieving anything, ever. xD What do you do when you’re procrastinating?

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