So if you didn’t think I was a techophile you will after this post. I mentioned some time ago my wish to “cut the cords” so to speak when it comes to tech. I’m getting there. I needed a new printer and I wanted it to be wifi or bluetooth enabled. That way, I’m not stuck w/it cluttering up my desk and trying to hide a mess of wires. Mission accomplished. I went one step further though and bought a paper-to-pdf scanner.
This little baby scan feeds a page thru in about 10 seconds and instantly outputs the scan to a pdf file. No more saving receipts, warranties, etc in a giant paper pile. I detest holding onto all that crap and I am happy to shift it all digital. Naturally, I spent two solid hours last night scanning a whole mess of paperwork. The downer is I bought the wrong adapter for the pc to hookup the printer. I grabbed the wifi one instead of the bluetooth one…silly faggot. lol I’m off to Best Buy in a little bit to get the right one.
My master plan is to go one step further and do away w/my home pc all together. kristaki and I are going in together on a NAS (network attached storage) a little later this year. Basically, all of my data will reside on the NAS and I’ll have a docking station for the new laptop sitting on the desk. So I’ll be down to two cords instead of 12. I calculated it up and even if I transferred everything I own, I’d only fill up about 400gigs worth of data. Considering drives are already pushing beyond 500gigs I’d still have at least 100 more gigs left to play with. Pretty sweet huh? But it gets better. W/the NAS connected, I can access my data anywhere I can pick up an net connection. And with a terabyte of alloted transfer volume a month, now we’re talking! I only need invest in chip speed and design instead of worrying about storage.
Still think I’m not a geek?
Yep, you’re a geek. GEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!
Never thought you weren’t.
Oh, I never had any doubt that you were a “gay uber geek”. I just wish I was more of a “geek” than I already am. 🙂
So Moby…..
what would you thing of a card that in essense is a personal identifier. When plugged into any PC, any where, that has Internet hook-up, it connects to your own profile. Al the software is in essense through the storage source. You pay for services much like you do for cable. So you can customize your set up for what you will need and add what is needed down the line if you so choose. Thoughts???
I have no idea what the F*ck you’re talking about. Just take your shirt off while you’re doing it. 🙂
Ok well your geekness just made this geek wet!
I’ve been scanning my receipts for about a year now…it’s fabulous!
I forgot to mention I was looking at somethign similar but it has a document feeder so I can just pile up the papers and it does it all for me! (BOING!)
I hear you on the cord issue. I am going to have my house wired for Wi-FI and get all the necessary accessories after the holidays.