Ians 2005 wishlist

Computer hardware

• A new mouse ($99) (info)
• XpertVision GeForce 6200 graphics card (~$90).
• 512MB-1G more ram
• iAudio 5, 256MB audio player (~$180) (info)
• Koss KSC55 headphones ($52.55) (info)
• Corsair flash voyager 512MB (~$60) or 1GB (~$96)

Photography

• An M42 to Pentax K lens mount adaptor ring. (usually around $20 on eBay)
• A Pentax-K body cap and rear lens cap.
• Zenitar-K fisheye lens (approx $AUS213 incl. shipping) - Also available on eBay (not much cheaper if new)
• Some film:
  • Forget about slide film for now if it's going to cost $30 to send it off to Sydney to get processed and mounted in cardboard slide carriers.
  • Fuji Superia 100, 200, or 400 (consumer print film)
  • Fuji Reala or Press (esp. Press 1600)
  • Ilford B&W film
  • Efke 25, 50, or 100 (B&W).
  • Search eBay for 35mm film, Efke, Reala, Neopan (B&W), Ilford. + eBay users ahflip, fukoko, and gerizim8 seem to supply a fair bit of film.
• A film scanner! Must be supported under Linux.
• Scanner calibration targets.
• Silica gel reusable dehumidifier ($6.83)

T-shirts

• “NPC” ($29.95)
• “Touched By His Noodly Appendage” (See Flying Spaghetti Monsterism on Wikipedia)
• Triple J Breakfast show - Battalion 666

CD's

Once again checked against RIAAradar.

• Hilltop hoods: Calling
• Frenzal rhomb: For the term of their unnatural lives
• Frenzal rhomb: Man's not a camel
• Tripod: About an hour of song in an hour
• Tripod: About an hour of song in an hour again!
• Triple J: Like a version
• riple J: Home and Hosed Ripe ‘n’ Ready
• Butterfly effect: Begins here
• Muph and Plutonic: Hunger pains

DVD's

• DVD: Revolution OS ($50.95)
• MythBusters DVD's ($24.95 each, three available now) (stupid Dymocks web site doesn't want to accept non-POST variables on the search page, so just enter “mythbusters” in the search box).

Misc

• Put some money in my AllOfMP3 account ($USD1.50-2.00 per album)
• Components to make a Dew heater for my camera ($9.75, not including the batteries) (To stop the lens from fogging up during long night-time exposures)
• compact fluoro black light (UV) ($32.95)

Long shots

• A Mac mini (not the new Intel-based ones)
• An AMD Athlon 64 CPU and motherboard
• Zalman reserator (just look at it!)
• A laptop
• Universal software radio
• Horizon 202 panoramic camera
• iAudio M3 audio player (info)
• N1 Rocket, Vostok-Europe watch
• Spherocam HDR