my dad gave me the exact digital camera i wanted. but the secret was i actually bought it because i found a nice price for it and gave it to him to give back. he made my promise not to open it:)
other than that i got..
- a couple of pairs of shorts and shirts
- bowling for columbine DVD (seen it before, but i might check out the bonus disc)
- a "rude bear" figurine of a teddy bear smoking a huge spliff (from my dad?!) - i'll post a photo of this later with my new digital camera:P
my little bro got a few PS2 games too, so i'm going to have to kick him off and get a few hours of True Crime: Streets of LA in on my few days off.
I had a laptop for the last half of uni. I never made use of it until I got a 2nd battery.
I couldn't be arsed to lug around the powerpack, but with a 2nd battery I got 7-9hrs of battery life out of it.
It was great, I picked up a cheap wireless card my friend found on eBay or somewhere similar and sat in the lecture halls on the net, and reading through the lecture notes for the current class that I was too lazy to prepare by printing them out before the class.
Overall, I doubt having a laptop helped my average grades, but it was a luxury well worth having.
Now, 6 months after graduating I can't live without a laptop. I like to leave my desktop at home and work pretty anonnymous - I don't bother installing many apps on them. I keep all my mail and stuff I always need on hand on my laptop.
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my dad gave me the exact digital camera i wanted. but the secret was i actually bought it because i found a nice price for it and gave it to him to give back. he made my promise not to open it :)
other than that i got..
- a couple of pairs of shorts and shirts
- bowling for columbine DVD (seen it before, but i might check out the bonus disc)
- a "rude bear" figurine of a teddy bear smoking a huge spliff (from my dad?!) - i'll post a photo of this later with my new digital camera :P
my little bro got a few PS2 games too, so i'm going to have to kick him off and get a few hours of True Crime: Streets of LA in on my few days off.
I had a laptop for the last half of uni. I never made use of it until I got a 2nd battery. I couldn't be arsed to lug around the powerpack, but with a 2nd battery I got 7-9hrs of battery life out of it. It was great, I picked up a cheap wireless card my friend found on eBay or somewhere similar and sat in the lecture halls on the net, and reading through the lecture notes for the current class that I was too lazy to prepare by printing them out before the class. Overall, I doubt having a laptop helped my average grades, but it was a luxury well worth having. Now, 6 months after graduating I can't live without a laptop. I like to leave my desktop at home and work pretty anonnymous - I don't bother installing many apps on them. I keep all my mail and stuff I always need on hand on my laptop.