Yeah, I know, I’ve only been posting about the Prius lately. I just can’t help it, it’s a major purchase, and it’s like a giant geeky gadget. What am I to do?
What I do need to do is get it registered this week. I think I’m going to go for vanity plates again, but KYZOKU really doesn’t feel like me anymore, so I’m going to get something different. My current thinking is to get 2BTHCKR, but I’m open to suggestions at this point. My coworkers came up with a bunch of ideas, of which LSFILNG was my favorite, though some variant of ONCALL would also be appropriate. I’d kindof like to avoid the xxMPG that you see on so many Priuses.
Snapped a couple shots of the Prius the other day and uploaded them into my gallery. I’ll have to get some of the interior and such this weekend.
Tuesday night I became the proud owner of a shiny new magnetic gray 2007 Toyota Prius! I’m loving it so far, it’s like the ultimate geek car what with the SKS, the ICE, the MFD and all the other great TLAs in the vehicle. I’m looking forward to apply a few hacks to it, including the EV mode button and figuring out how to feed video into the MFD and get the screen touch data off of the AVC-LAN.
I would have pictures of it, but my Nikon Coolpix 5700 has become non-functional. There seems to be an issue with the CCD or something connected to it, as the image contains basically random horizontal lines that jump around. Luckily, this appears to be a known defect, and Nikon offers a free repair for it. So I should have pictures of the Prius once I ship that off and get it back.
Update: I didn’t change anything, just left the camera in the car overnight, and this morning it’s working fine again. I think the camera must have absorbed some of the Prius’s newness and magically fixed itself. Or something.
So, another birthday come and gone. Nothing terribly eventful this year. Delia gave me a tool bag along with an RJ-45 crimper and a Cat5 stripper, so I can finally make my own cables without having to use tools at work. She also picked up a business card holder for my desk at work, and some additional coasters for the apartment.
I’ve also been on a bit of a spending spree lately, picking up some new shoes from Zappos (online shoe buying is so much easier than offline), a new mouse and laptop AC/DC adapter from Woot, and a new 2007 Toyota Prius which should arrive on Monday or Tuesday.
