Random thoughts of a Disturbed Mind: New toys...

Monday, February 20, 2006

[New toys...]

I bought a new MP3-player today. This makes it the 4th MP3-player I've bought. My first 3 MP3-players were all MP3-CD players, and all of them were from Panasonic. The first one I bought was a pretty basic player. I realised after a while that I needed a wired remote...Cause it's really hard to skip to the next track when you're walking around on the street and the discman was in your backpack.

I sold my first player to my section-mate when I was in the Army (actually I bought all my earlier 3 players when I was in the Army). I went to buy a similar model from Panasonic, this one with a wired remote. After a while, I got sick of listening to my MP3s and wanted to listen to FM radio. So I passed my second player to my sister while I bought yet another Panasonic MP3 discman. This one was perfect (or so I thought). Played MP3, had a wired remote, and provided FM reception.

As it turns out, there's a very big problem with Panasonic's random/shuffle play algorithm. Folks with programming background would know about Math.random (or it's variant in whatever language you're familiar with). Panasonic's Math.random could only generate a few numbers. I've got over 100 tracks on my CD, but the discman could only play a selected few. The final straw came when I realised that out of the 124 tracks on my CD, tracks above 70 were never ever played.

I've been scouting around for a flash-memory MP3-player for a while, but decided to buy the Creative Zen Nano Plus yesterday. That's the green one on the left, with my Panasonic (3rd player) on the right. I wanted a flash-memory MP3-player because I'm not comfortable with taking a hard-disk based player around. Say what you want, but the hard disk will stop spinning one day. There are no moving parts in a flash-memory player, so the chances of failure are lower.

Reasons why I bought a Creative Zen instead of an iPod:

The Zen uses a regular AAA battery. The iPod uses a non-user serviceable battery.
The iPod doesn't have FM reception.
The iPod's freaking expensive!
The iPod scratches easily.
The boss of Creative is from Singapore, and he attended the same polytechnic as me.

On a different note, I turned 24 today. Was extremely surprised to receive a birthday greeting on my cellphone from Captain Eric, my platoon commander when I was in the Army and my course commander when I went to School of Armour. He's probably a Major by now. My ex-girlfriend also remembered, which was nice.

Besides my new MP3-player, I almost had a new pair of contact lens as well. I went to pick them up, and when I put them on I couldn't see clearly. The optician did an eye test and it seems that they've undercorrected my lens. They're going to send for another pair. In the 15 minutes I wore them, I already felt that they're much more comfortable than my old pair. Hopefully, the new lens would be comfortable, and not make my eyes tired and bloodshot like before.

^^^ by Locksley @ 11:24 PM. 5 comments.
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Hey man.. jus missed the deadline.. but happy birthday man.. haha
old liao leh.. :P

^^^ posted by Anonymous @ Tue Feb 21, 12:35:00 AM.

Happy Bday! damn busy today.....oh, its yesterday...lol

^^^ posted by Estan @ Tue Feb 21, 02:15:00 AM.

Happy Birthday to you! I do remember the date cos its so near to mine. Too busy yesterday :P

^^^ posted by Anonymous @ Tue Feb 21, 08:17:00 AM.

Wah, I was going to say "happy birthday oldman" but realised how it won't sound right but i still said it anyhow,

^^^ posted by Anonymous @ Thu Feb 23, 02:33:00 AM.

erm. Happy birthday Boss

^^^ posted by Anonymous @ Thu Feb 23, 09:48:00 PM.

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