Monday, December 29, 2008

Post-Christmas shopping

I'm tired of shopping now.  I hope Karyn is too.

Today, in search of further sales, we went to the local Factory Outlet centre (Direct Factory Outlet in Fyshwick).  Fortunately DFO now has a few electronic stores that I can spend my time in instead of clothing and footware stores.  Hey, I only need 3 pairs of shoes in total, so the need for new shoes only occurs once a year or so.

So far, at the sales I've picked up a neat LCD desk light and some iPod speakers (below) that were a present from Matt.  I wanted some speakers so that I could listen to podcasts while I exercise on my treadmill.  I've been using earbuds for a while now, but I keep catching the earbud cord and pulling the iPod off the shelf next to me.

It was a bit bizzare evaluating the various speakers.  I took my iPod shopping with me so I could check out the various products by listening to how they play what I listen to, so while other people are blasting out their music, I was blasting out Buzz Out Loud and the ABC Science podcast.  I had to test them out relatively loud because I want to listen to podcasts while using the treadmill, and I needed to make sure that I could hear it over the sound of the treadmill motor.

I selected the Logitech Pure-Fi Anywhere 2 because it seemed to have the best quality sound at high volume.  Its remote control of the iPod works a treat as well.

I'll be giving it a for-real workout tomorrow morning while Karyn and her mother go shopping again (without me !!).






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