So Big Ears is gonna be about General again, which means I'm gonna talk about technology, cause I can.
Essentially all I want in life right now is to be an IT guy, or work in a computer shop. The reason for this is I really like tinkering, both with software and hardware, and I want a job in the computer/IT industry that's not too demanding so I can play with my phone/tablet, and keep up to date with the news in the tech world, be it Gaming, PC, Mac, Android (usually android) or iOS.
While I'm in Sharing is Caring mode, here are the devices currently spread around my house, in chronological order of purchase
iPod Touch 2G- My first "smart device" which I purchased in 2009 for my...whatever birthday was that year. This device currently runs whited00r 6
HTC Desire Z "Steven"- With my iPod I quickly fell into jail-breaking, and got into Cydia, modding, hacks and other fun things. This was when I discovered Android. However I really wanted a physical keyboard, and I'd fallen in love with the software on my dad's Desire HD, so the Z was the only thing I wanted. The only issues I've ever had with this bad boy (other than errors with ROMS I put on it) is battery life and a digitizer issue. Both have been resolved, (The whole touch screen needed to be replaced. If you would like to know how difficult that is, look it up. Most shops I went to said they wouldn't do it, or would charge me $100 bucks or more because it was such a difficult job. I bought a new one off ebay and did it myself, saved about 150 dollars.) He is called Steven because I am a very vocal driver, and one day I was using him as a GPS. I started yelling at him, yelled Steven at one point, and the name stuck.
17inch Macbook Pro, 2011 model- Yeah, yeah, "Apple is the enemy, why do you use their stuff!!" I got it as a freebie, and Apple makes good hardware. Take away the overpricing and its actually a pretty decent computer. Currently Tri-boots Mac, Ubuntu and Windows (occasionally). Mods: 8gb Ram, considering a new hard drive at some point when I have money.
Nexus 10, 16GB- Ever since my dad bought a Galaxy Tab I've wanted a tablet. When the Nexus 10 came out (exactly two weeks before my birthday) I went crazy, almost bought one then and there in my physics class. However sense prevailed, and I texted my mum to check. She said wait until tonight. Lesson learned: never ever call to confirm, always buy and beg for forgiveness later. It took 3 days before stock was back up again, and I had to downsize for the 16 gig model. I am never gonna forget that. Ever. The current ROM is Paranoid Android 3.56, and is probably the best thing I have ever bought.
Nexus 4 8gb- This is yet another story of crazy but noobish tech head winning at life. A fellow Android nut who purchased a Nexus 4 when it first came out, one of the first 1000 models made, had a red light of death issue, so he bought another one. I kept the first one, and had it working in a week, literally scoring a six months old, slightly used, but still excellent phone for $21 plus shipping! This also runs Paranoid Android 3.57
So that's it. Well not quite, in my family of four we have 3 tablets, 5 smartphones, two computers, 5 laptops, a wireless printer, 2 terrabytes of NAS (birthday present for me. That was the point my family realised I was a bit nerdy) and a HTPC. That looks over the top, but when you take into account that 2 of the 5 smartphones are 3 years old, 2 of the laptops don't work all that well, 1 computer is so old it barely runs Pac Man, and 2 of 3 tablets were very cheap (Nexus 10 and an Aldi tablet) you realise we are thrifty. Old tech gets re-purposed, new tech is bought top of the range and not replaced until it dies.
That is my tech life.
That is my tech life.
