Happy New Year

Well, 2005 is here. I am excited for this year. I think there are some really exciting things in the works that could make it a great year. It will be interesting to see how things work out. We have had a great Christmas. We have been at my wife's parent's house in Atlanta. It has been nice to have a break from work but I am also ready to get back to it on Monday.

Christmas is always a great time of year to both give and receive gadgets. I was lucky enough to do both this year. I gave my brother-in-law the Griffin iTrip for iPod. He got a 20 gig iPod from his mother-in-law and I know that the iTrip is the perfect accessory. I have on for my iPod mini and also have a Belkin transmitter for my Dell DJ. The iTrip works much better than the Belkin. I would prefer to have a tape adapter but my car stereo doesn't have a tape player.

I also received a couple of great new gadgets. The first gadget is a Plantronics M2500 Bluetooth Wireless Headset. My wife gave me this little beauty for Christmas. I have the T-Mobile Blackberry 7100t and have wanted a bluetooth headset ever since I bought it. It has worked perfectly. I pulled it out of the packaging, turned it on and my phone picked recognized it immediately. It has been very easy to use and I love the form factor. The sound quality is clear and the people on the other end of my call have told me they can't tell that I am using a handsfree. I have been very pleased with this gadget.

I was given some money for Christmas and was able to buy a gadget that I have had my eye on for a long time. I bought the Bose QuietComfort 2 Noise Cancelling Headphones. These things are expensive for a pair of headphones, but they are worth every penny! I had tried them in the Bose store a number of times and always thought they were pretty cool, but I hadn't really been in an environment to really test their noise cancelling ability. Then I got in the car. As my wife was driving home I put them on without even plugging them into my iPod. I turned on the headphones and was absolutely blown away. They reduced the car noise to nearly zero. If I hadn't known better I would have thought that my in-law's Honda had sudenly turned into a BMW. The difference was remarkable. I am flying home tomorrow and can't wait to try them out on the airplane. After my trip I will post an updated post with how they worked on the airplane.

I wish everyone a happy and safe New Year!