Tech on the Cheap?
andyatkinson asks: "A technology enthusiast always has more products and services to buy than he or she can possibly afford. A variety of methods will help you save money: discount, deal, and coupon websites, price comparisons, eBay, and rebates. How do you save bucks on tech?"
That should cut your tech spending by better than 90%. Next, channel the time you would have spent doing price comparison sna reading enthusiast sites for product reviews into spidering through wikipedia and learning how the technology you crave actually works.