Individual Eleven - The World's Cyberbrain » Cowon http://www.individualeleven.net Tech and gadgetry for free thinking individuals. Wed, 04 Jan 2012 11:00:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 The Windy City http://www.individualeleven.net/2009/06/the-windy-city/ http://www.individualeleven.net/2009/06/the-windy-city/#comments Sat, 06 Jun 2009 11:59:19 +0000 Moto http://www.individualeleven.net/?p=781 In case you have not been following my Twitter feed, I have been frantically putting my life in order before I left for my holiday to Chicago. Apart from the rapid drop from 34000 to something-quite-low feet within a matter of seconds during descent, I landed safely yesterday afternoon. I am looking forward to the epic exploration into the unknown, in this wonderful city.

I had not slept since Thursday; I had too many butterflies in my stomach to get much sleep on Friday. I did just get some prime snooze time after a very long day, but still I will need to acclimatise myself to the current time zone of minus 6 hours GMT.

Being a heavy technology user, I have brought along some of my trusty gadgets that has served me well on past trips. So what exactly do I pack in my suitcase?


Sony DSC-R1 - Fantastic CCD with 120mm lens, used in extreme weather before and still works a charm

Sony DSC-R1 - Fantastic CCD with 120mm lens, used in extreme weather before and still works a charm


Sony Vaio SX5XN - Had this for 4 years now, compact, plenty of power to do most tasks even games. Love the simple design, smaller HDD than I would like though

Sony Vaio SX5XN - Had this for 4 years now, compact, plenty of power to do most tasks even games. Love the simple design, smaller HDD than I would like though




Sony DCR PC55E - Ultra compact Mini DV camcorder and pocketable. Video quality not out of this world, but perfect for posting on the web. Amazing microphone for distant sounds

Sony DCR PC55E - Ultra compact Mini DV camcorder and pocketable. Video quality not out of this world, but perfect for posting on the web. Amazing microphone for distant sounds




HTC Touch HD - What can I say, I still love this phone. Quad band covers almost everywhere you want to go in the world

HTC Touch HD - What can I say, I still love this phone. Quad band covers almost everywhere you want to go in the world



Nintendo DS Lite - I have this exact colour version, Ice Blue from the Nintendo Store in NYC

Nintendo DS Lite - I have this exact colour version, Ice Blue from the Nintendo Store in NYC




Western Digital My Passport 320GB - Actually this is 300GB after formatting, yes manufacturers STILL use 1,000 bytes to a kilobyte mathematics. Bargain at £60

Western Digital My Passport 320GB - Actually this is 300GB after formatting, yes manufacturers STILL use 1,000 bytes to a kilobyte mathematics. Bargain at £60




Cowon D2 - Things that this beats competitors hands down (including the iPod): 1. Sound quality is phenomenal 2. Battery life, it just keeps on going at 32 hours. Plus support for multiple file formats including my beloved FLAC

Cowon D2 - Things that this beats competitors hands down (including the iPod): 1. Sound quality is phenomenal 2. Battery life, it just keeps on going at 32 hours. Plus support for multiple file formats including my beloved FLAC




Footnote: You may notice a lot of Sony products, no I am not a Sony fangirl they just happen to produce products I wanted at the time.

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