Who doesn't love toys?!?!?! Since I fully believe in never growing up, I can't help but to love toys. Problem is my toys keep getting more and more expensive. However I still find simple things that bring amusement. Recently we decided to buy a Netflix subscription, yes this is a big step for us since we still have rabbit ears and not cable or dish. I can say it is well worth the 10.40 per month. When I do feel like watching TV or a Movie it what I want to watch and not channel surfing to find something on that will do. Netflix along with Hulu and some of the other streaming websites, who needs cable? I can project all of them up on the "Big Screen" or watch them in my office on the computer while I pay bills etc..... I must say this has been one of the more useful "toys" I have gotten in a while.
I have also been enjoying playing with the new Google Web browser Chrome. If you have not given Chrome a spin I suggest you do so. With the Google apps store and all the nifty little add-ons it is providing me with hours of entertainment. I really like the weatherbug app. It is a crisp and clean weather app. This morning out my weatherbug window I watched a couple deer out on Skyline Drive. Got to love it!
Finally one of the new things I have been playing with is Google voice and Google talk. Google voice and talk are simply amazing. You can have a phone number that can ring your cell phone, home phone and computer via Google talk. One number can reach you any where! Though I still like just using my cell number for the most part due to mobile to mobile calls are free etc. I have been really using the Google talk to make calls from my desk. All calls within the US are free! I thought it still might sound like I was on a bad speaker phone but with the logitec webcam/mic I have been told it sound crystal clear. Give it a try its free you got nothing to loose but time!
Those are a couple things that I have been playing with trying to get through the cold of winter! Soon it will be time to break out the fishing rods, hiking boots and camping gear but until then its netflix, free chrome apps and free phone calls for me!
