Gadgets You Love

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What gadgets, devices, things do you love that you own? I'm thinking usefulness, beauty, or sentimental attachment, and why? Here's my list:

Sony eReader PRS-505 - old and was gathering dust in a drawer until I ressurected recently. But I always liked the look and physical weight and feel of the thing, it's such a good design. The software is dated and slow, but the fact I can store bookcases full of books still blows my mind. Modern readers' design are not a patch on it.

Dell XPS15 laptop - seems corny because everyone has a laptop nowadays. Unfortunately the execution was dreadful, I've replaced its charging port, battery twice, and recently keyboard and the nice "soft touch" covering has disintegrated, and it's got Windows 10. And yet, despite all that it's so incredibly useful, carbon fibre, light, and got a powerful graphics card and processor. Everything is snappy and the aesthetic design is nice with it's aluminium casing. I love it and hate it.

Galaxy mobile phone - what can I say? Just for Google maps alone it's proved its worth, I will never be lost again. It is a double-edged sword, because I can be contacted at all times (I remember a time before mobile phones). But the idea that a futuristic looking slab of glass and plastic in my pocket can bring up anything I like, contact anyone I like and, take me wherever I like, will never get old.

Gold pocket watch - when I was a kid my dad had a simple pocket watch and I was always fascinated by it. I finally got my own one for my birthday from a now ex girlfriend a good 15 years ago or more. It's a thing of beauty with a gold cover with a small round window in it to see the time at a glance, and two clicks of the button first opens the front cover and then the back cover, like a butterfly, with the back side of the watch being completely see through, the cogs and wheels ticking and churning away. It's so incredibly anachronistic and I don't want to ever damage it, that I've had no excuse to ever wear it. If I ever do Victorian fancy dress, then I'll jump at the chance!

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My MacBook, through which I earn my income and live independently.

My Garmin Smartwatch that has been with me through all the hard runs that I've done over the years and hopefully will still be with me for some considerable future, but battery life doesn't seem to agree with that.

Jabra Elite 8 earbuds, also very comfortable during all the runs, nothing beats listening to some good audiobooks while exercising.

My Ninja Air Fryer, let's me prepare some basic food very easily without much hastle, that helps me keep up with my diet and weight loss goals.

Ninja Creami ice cream maker, for making some healthy ice-creams in the summer 

As for some sentimental value, I have some stuff from my dad who passed away a year ago, like a baseball ball from his earlier days when he was a captain of a national USSR baseball team from my country (yeah that was a thing).