Yuletime Giftlist

[elfs]

So, here's what I'm interested in finding this Yuletime in no particular order:

• A reliable usenet server.
• A reliable web service that supports Python scripts.
• Half-Life 2, Special Edition (the one that has Half-Life 1 recompiled for the HL2 engine)
• A men's grooming kit, Zhir or similar brand.
• A good kitchen thermometer.
• An audio connector for my car, to replace the one that bastard stole.
• A membership at a health club
• A bigger laptop. 6GB drive and 128MB of RAM just don't cut it.
• Ghost in the Shell: Innocence on DVD.
• Pajamas.

I was thinking about other completely absurd things, like a midlife crisis, complete with motorcycle. Knowing me, though, it would have to be some terribly pratical motorbike, like a Vespa or that ugly Honda two-person city bike they put out a couple of years back.

Comments

Health Clubs, News Feeds

[happy-hacker.livejournal.com]

I have to recommend 24 Hour Fitness for a health club. They have the usual expensive-up-front fees, but once you get past your original comittment of a couple years, you get less than 100 bucks a year for life. They have plans good at any 24 Hour Fitness club anywhere, too.

As for usenet feeds, have you considered looking at the phone company? I use mine (qwest) and their newsfeed, at least, is solid and reasonably reliable. Of course they still haven't managed to get DSL into my neighborhood, but I'm assuming Pac Bell is a little more up with the times.

-HH