All of the Electronics

I find that I surround myself with electronics. I even found out that they are what I value the most. I was talking to one of my friends about what I would do with all my stuff if I were to get hit by a bus tomorrow (morbid, I know, but it was interesting) and I found out that I was pretty much only listing electronic devices. I don't think that I value much of anything that I own that doesn't have some kind of circuitry in in. I also found out that I value my PSP more than my laptop. However, I think that should just naturally follow when I have an amazing Desktop computer that my laptop can never trump, while the PSP games are exclusive to that system.

Enough with the PSP (which shall certainly be a later post). I also realized that I am pretty much never without my electronics. I usually have my laptop on me, when I'm not around my computer, and when I don't have either, I still have my phone. Plus, I have my Archos on me half the time as well. Then there's the PSP, which I play in bed and on buses. I also have a DS, but I just beat the last DS game on my shelf so it will be sitting there for a little while longer. Pokemon Black and White is coming out in the USA in about a week. That's when I'll take it off of the shelf.

Already having distracted myself from the topic twice, I have to make my major point before I go onto another tangent. Today's world is filled with circuitry. I feel that everyone should know something about technology. However, I'm glad that I'm an electrical engineer, because my life is filled with even more technology than most. I have tons of shiny toys, and new ones are coming out every day. The 3DS and NGP are both incredibly appealing. I don't think I'll get the 3DS early on, but the later models should be stronger and cheaper anyways if Nintendo will repeat the same handheld model that they have been using for several generations.

These machines are great tools. They help me with day to day life. They change the way that I look at the world. A trip out is now an episode of one of my favorite TV shows. A night in is 3 games of League of Legends. My time is planned around how much I can do on a given system. This means that batteries are charged nightly, so that the power supply isn't a limiting factor on how I can spend my time. I like the option to do anything I can with my electronics, even though I often just do the same thing over and over.

Anyways, I have no problem with my life being as electronically inclined as it is. I know that some people do, but it's not a bad thing to me. Maybe it should be, but I like having all these tools and toys around me. I feel like I will always have an electrically inclined life. I suppose that I will have a computer hooked up to my television, and perhaps one in the kitchen as well. This would mean that I can have my whole house under control from anywhere on the internet. Obviously, there will be encryption and passwords, and some systems will not be on the net, but the whole house should be controllable from just about anywhere in the house from a single source. I should be able to find a good bluetooth remote control and tell my TV to turn on or the kitchen stove to preheat from the couch. I should even be able to turn on any lighting that I want and have the dryer tell me when it's done drying clothes. It might even be able to tell me how much moisture is left in them and the time left on any cycles that aren't done. I would love setting up my house with central computer systems. about 1000 dollars should be able to cover all of the households electronic needs while not breaking the bank.

So as you can see, this is how I plan to live. I want my whole house to work in terms that I understand. They will all have the circuitry that I am studying right now. I will be able to set scheduling applications into my household. Instead of timing my life around electronics, I'll be able to time my electronics around my life. Electronics will probably always surround me, and hopefully I will always love them just as much as I do now.