Wishlist

“List of Things I Want To Get Or Do…”

This is mostly for my own benefit, so I can keep track of my wishlist items in a known place…but of course contributions gratefully accepted. :-) So – in no particular order:

  • HD PVR – (now) probably the Topfield TRF-2460 Masterpiece HD Plus
  • Upgraded home-theatre receiver: one of the higher-end Pioneer models – either the SCLX71 or the SCLX72 I’m thinking ATM…but the product line might change at any time.
  • Xbox 360 250GB Console with Kinect – although I’ll sort out the HD PVR and receiver first, and that may mean waiting for the next-gen Xbox (whenever that comes along…)
  • Requisite games to go with Xbox 360 – these are the only ones that readily spring to mind from Xbox nights ‘round at Adz’ & Nick’s place:
    • Halo 1, 2, 3
    • Saints Row, Saints Row 2
    • F.E.A.R. 2
    • Fallout 3
    • Something from the Resident Evil series
    • Mass Effect 1, 2
    • Definitely more items to be added here! See list of 360 games at Wikipedia
  • iPhone 3GS [32GB]
  • iPad:http://www.apple.com/au/ipad/ [WiFi only, 32GB]
  • iOS Developer Connection membership
  • Mac Developer Connection membership
  • Develop and release free app for aforementioned iPhone/iPad
  • Develop and release paid app for aforementioned iPhone/iPad
  • Make NAM a “more prominent” part of my overall wealth strategy
  • Get an Eagles membership that’s actually in my own name (not that I don’t appreciate having one!)
  • A new Dell U3011 30” display. Trust me, once you’ve had a 30” display, going back to anything smaller sucks a$$.
  • New 17" MacBook Pro – but only when it’s got a Core i7 CPU, so not until Q4 ’09 H1 ’10 [when Nehalem mobile CPUs are released]. Looks like the current 2.33 GHz beast will have to last 4 years after all. That’s OK – it’s been an absolutely wicked machine.
  • Been thinking about a desktop (Mac Pro) as well…but might wait to see how quickly code compiles on aforementioned i7 MBP. Nah.
  • Expand TV-DVD collection [brackets indicate required season(s)]:
    • Alias [5]
    • Battlestar Galactica: 4.0, 4.5, Razor, The Plan
    • Damages: 1, 2, 3*
    • Dollhouse: 1*, 2*
    • Lost: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    • Heroes: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    • Scrubs: 3, 4, 6, 7, 8
    • Smallville: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
    • Stargate: SG-1 [1-10; box set]
    • Stargate: Atlantis [1-5; box set]
    • Stargate: Universe [1-2; box set]
    • The Dead Zone: 4, 5, 6
    • The 4400: 3, 4
    • The Unit [1-4; box set]
    • 24: 6, 7, 8*
    • Veronica Mars [1-3; box set]
  • Expanded lens and photography gear collection – and better skills to go along with them
  • Document scanner – to digitise a huge chunk of potentially useful and marginally sentimental uni paperwork that’s taking up space at my parents’ place
  • Upgrade my car: would like to reduce my CO2 emissions, so a hybrid full-electric Tesla Model S is definitely on the cards there…but will have to wait for 2012 at this point.
  • Go see 4 games of footy in a weekend [pretty much requires a trip to Melbourne :)]- Done [R1, 2009]
  • See 5 games of footy in a weekend [again, requires trip to Melbourne while Eagles are playing there]
  • Contribute a code-level fix for a high-profile OSS project [pretty open wish, huh?]
  • Get to Level 2 Status on Project Euler
  • Pragmatic Programmer Wishlist Books – turns out this is an ongoinging wish…I buy an entire wishlist of eBooks, and then I find more books I want to read.
  • Books on System Administration and Programming at Amazon

This list subject to change without notice…

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