Holiday gift roundup

Yep, time for the lame blog post about what I received for my birthday and Christmas. "Lame" because it’s kind of a blogging cliché, and mostly it feels like bragging. But something is better than nothing—especially around this blog lately.

Let’s see…

  • Birthday and Christmas money and a gift certificate
  • Christmas ornaments
  • Anathem by Neal Stephenson
  • Just After Sunset by Stephen King
  • A couple of PS2 games
  • A growler of Rogue Dead Guy Ale
  • A beer of the month club subscription (3 months worth)
  • A nifty sampler-sized English-style pint glass
  • A custom-embroidered handkerchief
  • An Acer Aspire One netbook computer
  • The Dark Knight on Blu-Ray
  • Handmade gifts from the kids
  • A Food Saver vacuum sealer (more of a household gift)

I think that about covers it.

Comments

4 responses to “Holiday gift roundup”

  1. Your wife Avatar
    Your wife

    Don’t forget the flowers I tried to send that the flower shop totally screwed up and sent you Christmas style flowers instead of Birthday.

    You should describe those ornaments instead of just saying "ornaments"

  2. Dave Goodman Avatar

    I got an Aspire One netbook as well, and I love it. I can’t believe it does everything my laptop does except play CD/DVDs, and I can get around that by putting disk images on it and simulating the disk with Daemon Tools. I can even play videos fullscreen. And the screen is so bright and sharp!

    I put a Bluetooth dongle on it and that worked too.

    Do you have AA1FanControl on yours?

    Other utilities I find really handy are UltraVNC so I can control it from my laptop, and Synergy so I can control it with the mouse and keyboard of my laptop.

  3. Jon Avatar

    The Acer is pretty sweet, so far… I’m also amazed at the full-functionality of it. I don’t know about AA1FanControl, so I’ll tentatively say "no". 🙂

  4. Your wife Avatar
    Your wife

    I love it too! I think I’m using it more than him, but then again, he’s playing his games on the other puter