Aggie Shoots. Aggie Scraps.

Our desktop computer has been busted since December last year. It was the same time my laptop was out of commission. Suffice to say, it was a real nightmare for me since I work online and need the computer to be able to work. Repairing the laptop was the cheaper option that time (we didn’t have any budget for surprise repairs like these) so we went to restore my Dell Inspiron 1525.

Four months later, we still have not been able to repair our desktop computer. Its motherboard needs replacing and while we are at it, the husband suggested we upgrade everything as well, since we are only replacing parts of the CPU. I am contemplating whether to give him the go signal to apply for one of the payday loans given out at his workplace so we can just have it done with. My laptop is turned on almost 20 hours a day and I am afraid it might die again – I cannot afford to replace a laptop this year.

• Here are the upgrades we will be having:
• Have the motherboard upgraded to Quad Core
• Have RAM upgraded to 3-4GB
• Have videocard upgraded as well

I would want a bigger monitor too – for scrapping purposes but I am sure I cannot justify buying one when my monitor is still in excellent condition.

I just saw the HP TouchSmart PC though and I am interested how it will play up with reviews and feedback once it is out in the market.

Here are just some of its features:

• a 23" hi-definition screen that you can pinch, rotate, drag, and more
• built-in TouchSmart apps for music, video, photos, social networking, and gaming
• editing features for photos and videos
• wireless capabilities, including wireless keyboard and mouse
• let’s not forget five USB ports
• the ability to watch, rewind, pause and record live TV
• a clutter-free slim design using no cables except for one single power cord.

If you would ask me seven years ago if I was going to be such a technology gadget freak, I would have laughed at you. Seven years ago, I just started to become acquainted with the internet and opened up a Yahoo e-mail address for myself. I was content receiving a ton of forwarded messages and forwarding them in return. Three months later, I got bored answering tags and memes and spamming (forwarding) it to my friends and discovered that I can have a diary/journal of sorts online. Since I was a bit wary of people snooping around (back then I already knew that the web is a place where everyone can find you), an online journal community was my choice to starting a blog. I had my posts set to be viewed by friends only.

That was when I wished for my own computer (I was not even wishing for a laptop then) and a digital camera (a cute one I didn’t know about pixel size then) to support my blogging. Two years down the road, I have around 12 blogs, earning online and own a laptop (a pink Dell Inspiron 1525), a dSLR camera (Canon xTi), a printer, a Wacom tablet, an iPod Nano and an iPhone.

And the gadget “hunger” doesn’t stop there, unfortunately. The famous Pringles advertisement is true – “Once you pop, you can’t stop.” It is like how men would prefer to take levitra. I just prefer to always have the upgraded versions of gadgets.

I honestly cannot think of anything else I might really need aside from a desktop computer (my CPU got busted so we need to replace some of its parts) but I have been dreaming of getting a compact digital camera that can rival dSLRs. So far, the Panasonic Lumix LX3 and Canon SD90 are neck in neck in my want list. Now that I have the iPhone, I also want a mophie battery juice pack and an iPod dock!

See? It never truly ends.

Once you pop, you can’t stop!    

Well, technically, since I have had them for quite sometime but only got to play with them now. It is my Wacom Tablet – the one I won from the Penscrappers a while back – and an HP Deskjet All in One printer (HP f4280). So far, the printer is good and it scans quickly. Let’s hope it doesn’t get broken right away (I’ve heard HP printers are like that) – I got it for free when I extended my internet subscription for another two years. It’s not like I have any choice since they are the only internet provider I can have in our area

I am excited to print out my Excel files. Oh my, I think I will be printing out everything from now on.

My goal for next month is to be able to use my tablet effectively. Doodling here I come!

This is what schools and offices prepare students and employees these days – disaster preparedness. Whereas before people from all walks of life are taught what to do in emergency situations, they are now taught how to deal and be prepared for disaster. The past years have gifted man with disasters in epic proportions – earthquakes, storms and city flooding reaching two stories high and tsunamis. These types of occurrence is something we can never really prevent, but as the title says, we can always prepare for.

For one thing, the government has advised all homes to prepare a disaster kit for each member of the family, a waterproof bag or plastic that has the following: a bottle of water, flashlights, extra batteries, a set of clothes, crackers, medicines, and your essential documents. Pelican Cases molded plastic containers that seal with an airtight and watertight gasket.

There are now even micro cases that can hold and protect your cell phone, photographic camera, Personal Digital Assistants (PDA), electronic games, pager, radio, and other valuable small items – we are all in the electronic age and most of these are now counted as valuables. I would invest in one for the family just in case.

If you have been following my blog for quite some time, you would remember how time and time again I would complain and whine about my need of a printer. I am a scrapbooker – I need one! Everything in my wish list has been crossed out one by one (it took a long while, but at least it happened!) – a laptop, an external hard drive, a Wacom pen tablet – except for the printer.

I am thinking I can get one next month, mainly because I have loyalty reward points I can cash in from my internet provider and one their items is a printer. Technically, I can just buy one, printers have become considerably cheap and so does their ink cartridges. HP Ink Cartridges are the best cartridges (so are HP printers) based from feedbacks I heard from fellow scrapbookers – fast drying, less bleeding, lasts a long time.

It is not only me who would need a printer, my two kids will be in school in June so it will be easier for them to print things off the internet when doing homework. My son goes to my Mom’s (whose house is a few blocks away) to print projects!

I have been surviving using my laptop for two months now ever since the motherboard of our computer gave up on us. While I am ok using G (my lappytop) for work, it is sometimes a pain when I scrap. I have been used to scrapping using a big screen and sometimes when I load Photoshop it takes forever to load. I am not keen on upgrading my laptop or getting a new one because with a 2GB RAM this is already fine (I just have too many applications open at once). We are saving for a new desktop though, and the husband has been convincing me to just apply for payday loans online so we can have a working computer already. I am still thinking about it as we are still paying off something from our credit card. I do not want to pay too much on loans every month. I just finished paying off a three-year loan and I won’t be doing it again.

Technically, a point-and-shoot camera lust. Ever since becoming involved with Project365 I want to make sure I have a camera everywhere, so I lug my SLR along. There are times that it wouldn’t be safe if I bring it along (when I commute) so I essentially miss some pictures I would have wanted to take, like for example, withdrawing money from the ATM or my son having a hair cut at the barber’s. Unimportant things that capture our life at its finest – does that make sense? Hopefully I would be able to get one after we enroll the kids for next school year and we buy big goal #1 in our list this year. This makes me all the more determined to save. Since I do not work in an office setting, I no longer qualify for a payday loan .

I am choosing between the Canon Powershot SD990is and the Panasonic Lumix LX3. The Lumix has better reviews but I cannot afford a $400 point and shoot camera – my husband thinks it’s impractical.

A few months before the year ends I realized that save for a printer and a new point and shoot camera, I have everything I need to scrap all the time. I might need new external hard drives but that would not be a priority anymore. I might be able to get a new printer if I sell some of my make-up stuff (too much stuff!), there are some really cheap ones I can get for $50. It will be great for school stuff and printing coloring pages for the princess.

While for the point and shoot camera, I am still torn. My mind tells me to not spend on a camera that is over $300 but my heart tells me that if I invest on something really good, I won’t need to get new lens for my dSLR. I want the Canon Powershot SD990 (within budget!) but the Panasonic Lumix LX3 is calling my name! It really is something you can take with you like an SLR without its bulkiness. In times like these, I really wish Santa was real!

I just have to share this piece of information I have gathered from a lawyer friend who I had lunch with just today. We met up in one of our favorite restaurants which had free wi-fi internet connection as our meeting involved her getting some information from me as witness to one of our friend’s annulment cases. I was actually surprised she would want wi-fi connection as she can just record our meeting using paper and pen. But she was using a new application developed by LOGICBit Science and Technology Corp. called Houdini ESQ.

It is an application that can work on any OS in any computer in any browser that allows a lawyer to access ALL central information with just one tiny click of a mouse – anywhere, anytime. It will surely be a huge help in data gathering in trial cases. It saves time, money and effort. All information about the trial – judge, counsel, witnesses – are saved and each of the legal team can see it once it is updated. It really changes the legal profession, as you can see. It can cut down paperwork and updating research work in half.

Houdini ESQ is a web based enterprise case management application. You can control what you can share on this application. It clearly is very powerful:.

We sold our Kodak digital camera last week. It was really bittersweet letting it go but we decide to just let it go for now – we will have plenty of more time to buy better things. Because of it, I already listed the things I want to have, even if it is not Christmas yet!Take note these are unreasonable things I want and am not getting them ALL just wanted to share them with you I want a netbook like the one Sony Vaio put out (or the HP mini Vivienne Tam!) but I do not even go out a lot to justify getting one. I still have my trusty Dell Inspiron 1525 thank you very much

The Ixus 980IS

Ipod Video Classic 120gb Latest New Generation

And finally, a NEW phone! HAHAHAH!