Abs, Clusty and SPV

Firstly, *greets* and *hugs* to Abi who will probably not read this blog any time soon anyway. Whilst i fixed her up with a new PC last night she showed me one of her favorites.. Clusty. Its (another) search engine but groups the results down the left hand side of the page. Worth a look! Alas i have decided that my dream of getting an iPod is dead. a) i cannot afford it and b) i would'nt really use it anyway i think. The times when i was commuting by train to Birmingham each day are long gone and that would have been the perfect time to use it. These days the longest trip i make is to Birmingham by car - but then i would have to invest in an iPod holder and mechanism to get the sound out of my car stereo - also not ideal. And those who has seen my "Green Machine" will know what i mean! So, i have decided to resurrect my SPV! For those not in the know, an SPV is a phone running a Microsoft operating system which is capable of playing MP3s, playing videos and acting as a calendar and general organisational device. When i used to get the train, my SPV was used every day. I listened to the whole Harry Potter series on AudioBook format, listened to oodles of Oasis and watched several episodes of the Simpsons whilst not trying to laugh out loud and look like a weirdo! At the moment i have not got an SD memory card for the SPV (i used to have a 256mb card back then) - but they are pretty cheap these days - and if i can also get a USB2 card reader too... i will be laughing! It will be a good test for me to see if i will actually use an MP3 player - and therefore be a good test to see if an iPod will be a worthwhile puchase.