of electronics

Today I bought my son his first camera. It's a Kodak!

Not a new one, mind you. A $40 used machine from the early days of digital photography. It takes SD cards and AAA batteries, both of which I can supply in abundance, and it's got a viewfinder. Having sense, my son likes a camera with a viewfinder of course—I hope he can adjust to this electronic one!

We're looking forward to his using the thing, because he can already take good photos. We're just not happy with him getting his indelicate little mitts on our cameras per se.

Also today, I got a new laptop to my aunt. My long-time friend Charlie gave me the thing when I told him I'd be rebuilding something for her, so all I had to do was find a new HDD and an external floppy drive. When we got to her place today I was amazed to see just how run down the old (1995!) model had gotten. Badly cracked and barely functioning.