Digital Camera

People recently have been making fun (mocking to be exact) of my digital camera, and i can understand that. I mean take a look at that behemoth below, I might as well lug one of those ye old cameras that came on tri-pods and have to hide behind that black hood each time I’d have to take a pic.

With today's advances in digital photography, I shouldn't be shlepping anything bigger than my palm and you know exactly what I mean. ;-)

Ultra Compact Cameras!

This here is what I’m talking about. Sexy, functional and compact! This is definitely what I need to replace my current hulk of machinery with. I definitely likes!

Arm and leg pads

After my last bike crash (and i'd like to keep it like that) i managed to pick up some scars which i'd like to avoid the next time (which i hope won't happen in the near future) i find myself grating the desert gravel.

Hopefully these guys will prevent me from scarring in the near future.

Elbow-Arm Guards

Knee-Shin Guards

Me Needs!

Sony Ericsson M600i

I've been looking for the perfect cell phone/PDA for some time now. A smart phone actually. Something that would fit in my jean pocket and not look to bulky, something slim yet has all the bells and whistles that i want in a smartphone.
It should have a big LCD screen and a QWERTY touchpad so that i'll have the ability to check and reply to my e-mails quickly without having to press the number "6" three times so i can get the letter "O". Something that i can sync with my Outlook and be able to take it with me anywhere and not feel its heavy presence or its awkward shape in my pocket. A business phone that functions like a PDA but looks like a cell phone.


After looking far and wide, I present you the Sony Ericsson M600i

Quite possibly the ideal size for a business phone, the Sony Ericsson M600i is but a hair's width from scoring full marks in the messaging, productivity and browsing departments, hampered only by the smaller-than-the-competition sizes of
its otherwise excellent touch screen and thumbboard. It also delivers a solid impression in every other department, with the near-sole disappointment being its lack of a bundled USB cable and USB charging support. Add good battery life and nice touches such as a scroll wheel, stereo Bluetooth audio and a clever, agenda-style standby screen, and what emerges is a winning recipe.

-InfoSyncWorld

Me Likes!

Mountain biking shoes

During my last bike trip around Jerusalem, i found myself huffing and puffing during the first uphill while my friend Miriam just cruised through the climb. Maybe it's "partially" because of me not being fit, blah-blah-blah and all that. But the fact is, all things equal Miriam kicked my ass on uphills.

Now that last sentence was rather interesting because on hind-sight, not all things were really equal. Miriam actually wore mountain biking shoes that clips on the pedals which allows you to use the power of your legs when pulling up. This is opposed to plain sneakers that only relies on the push down power during pedaling. Had i had a pair of mountain biking shoes as well, then with all things equal now, I would have been at the top of the climb with turkish coffee wating for her by the time she arrived.

Excuses aside now, i have finally found the reason why i want to score me a pair of Adidas MTB's for my next biking trip. So i dropped by the newly opened Adidas store at the Tel-Aviv pier and began my research on the different types of shoes available.

After a brief comparisson of the different models I've managed to narrow my choice to two models that I believe will suit my biking discipline: the Marathon or the Durango. I guess from here it all comes down to the price comparisson of both models but i must say... Me likes them both!

Wet Suits

I finally decided to get back to my long lost passion for scuba diving which has taken a long pause of..... 5 yrs!

What actually re-ignited my long lost passion for diving was when my lovely girl friend decided to surprise me by taking me to go diving with dolphins in Eilat.

Once I got home I quickly unearthed my dive equipment to check that it's still in good working condition and made an inventory to see if i have all the stuff needed for diving. I soon discovered that i have a wet suit missing and my dive computer is dead. Since I use the computer as my depth guage as well, I had to get it sorted out immediately since I can always rent wet suits.

When I got to the dive shop to drop off the computer for fixing, I soon found myself in front of a collection of wet suits neatly hanging in front of me, begging me to go through them.

After getting the low down from the shopkeep regarding the different type of suits available, I came to the conclusion that the 2.5mm shorty is best suited for red/mediterenean sea diving for me during summer. Come winter time, i'll just add put on a long john underneath plus hood and i'm all sorted out. This is definitely something that Me Likes!

External HD - 160GB

Recently i found myself needing to back-up my hard drive as it's already reaching its limit of 80GB mainly because of my digital pics. Burning DVD's is such a hassle and with web2.0, it makes things accesible from anywhere. However I found myself ending up in a dilema on whether i should open a Pro account in one of these online storage sites (ie: flickr, photobucket, box.net, etc.) and when i do open one, whether it should be for pic files only or other file types as well.

After weighing the pros and cons of these sites, i came to the conclusion that i don't need either as i'll become dependent on the site and if one day i decide that i don't want their service anymore, i'll lose all my files. So what i do need is another HD that i can just carry around.


After confering with IT, what i needed to buy was an external HD IDE case with USB2.0 support (Firewire optional) and power supply then buy a 160GB HD preferably Western Digital separately. It comes out cheaper by doing it this way plus you learn how to assemble your own HD which will come in handy one day. I just need to make sure that i assemble the parts properly less i want this piece of machinery to go up in flames.

I must say that this is something that definitely Me Likes and would definitely like to get one. Feel free to order one and send it my way.