Looks like I have 1 taker, so far--which brings the per-unit shipping cost down below $20. If anyone else is swayed be cheap(er) shipping, let me know before the weekend--which is when I'll be placing the order :)
(Oh, and FYI: I'm local to Nashua, so convenient meetups for delivery range from ~Manchester down to ~Bedford, MA). Joshua Judson Rosen <roz...@geekspace.com> writes: > > Someone asked me this off-list, but I'm going to reply on-list, > for now, since someone else might be interested in the response...: > > > what do you do w/ [your NanoNote] / use it for? > > > > Does it have wifi? > > There's a µSD WiFi card available that can be used with it, > if you like that kind of thing (think back to when WiFi > for full-scale laptops came in the form of PCMCIA cards). > > As I mentioned, my main use is as a (smart) portable music-player > (I have a smart robojockey running on it, along with a UI > that allows me to manually select tracks both by browsing > and by searching--both of which are really helped by the presence > of the keyboard; I'm drafting a longer explanation, right now...). > And my wife wants one just to use as a music-player > (`the problem I always have is that I hate queueing-up > music manually', she says [and `shuffle' really kinda sucks :)]. > > I also have Guile, Python, and some other interpreters installed, > so I can use it basically as a `programmer's calculator' to solve > (or just help me think through) problems that would be awkward > or impossible with the more usual pocket calculators. > > I'm in the middle of putting together patchsets for the > `audio player'-related work/packaging that I've done for it, > but there's a copy of my central `driver script', here: > > http://www.hackerposse.com/~rozzin/mpdjay > > Mm. Maybe I should find time to go give a presentation at ManchLUG, > or something.... > > An alternate angle on the NanoNote would be, of course: > > Are you the sort of person who likes Lego Mindstorms? > It's less expensive than Mindstorms :) > > On that note, people more inclined toward hardware-hacking apparently > like to connect them to their arduinos via a `universal breakout-board' > µSD module that some guys in Spain are selling. > > > On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 6:09 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen > > <roz...@geekspace.com> wrote: > > > So, the NanoNote that I bought back in September has > > > turned out to be a fantastically good purchase for me, > > > and my wife has started demanding that I get *her* one > > > because she wants an `OMG that's so awesome' > > > music-player just like the one that I now have > > > (more on that later, in another post). > > > > > > As such, I intend to place an order for a second NanoNote > > > in the next couple of days (so that I can give it to her > > > for as a Mothers' Day present), so anyone else who's interested > > > in getting one is again invited to do a `group buy' with me > > > so that we can save on shipping. > > > > > > If you missed the conversation last time, here's a link > > > to the thread: > > > > > > http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.linux.gnhlug/20262 > > > > > > They're [still] $99, but they [still] ship from Hong Kong so shipping > > > a single unit [still] adds ~$30 to the price; shipping more units together > > > increases the shipping-price but only ~logarithmically, so there's > > > an opportunity to spread the shipping-cost out with a `group buy'; > > > for example, it [still] looks like shipping goes down to $11/unit > > > if I order 5. > > > > > > Anyone interested, this time? -- "Don't be afraid to ask (λf.((λx.xx) (λr.f(rr))))." _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
