“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 membershipMac 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 untilQ4 ’09H1 ’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
hybridfull-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…