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After spending a little time off from writing my blog posts, I’ve been wBaying around for things to buy. After the recent tragic death of my PSP, I set out to find something to replace the it.

My first thought was get another PSP to replace my broken one, but I thought that instead I would find something to better it, the criteria was:

1: Small and light
2: Had all the features the PSP had and more
3: Had wi-fi and a good internet browser.

So my first thought was the microsoft Zune, the only problem was that the only was of getting my hands ok it would be by importing it from the united states. The Zune did have a very nice feature set, and it was cheap…but then again it probally would be because I would import it from america.

Next up was the cheap altenitve, something like the iriver or creative zen media player. But these where rejected because they lacked in features.

So I finally settled ok the iPhone or iPod touch, they both where what I was looking for, they had a good internet browser and where very highly rated by many people to be very good, not only as a mediaplayer but as something to let you read your emails and watch the BBC iplayer, and what’s more with the new apple iPod and iPhone SDK out, anyone could create cool apps! The wordpress and last.fm apps caught my eye.

So after having a good long think about if an iphone 3g would be the way to go organ iPod touch would me more a feasable option I decoded that eBay would be my saviour… And it nprmally is, but iphone’s where crazy cake expensive, and 3g ones even more, so I strted hunting for an iPod touch over the fact that i don’t want to have to pay over £40 a month for an iPhone, what do I look like I’m made of money.

A week on I managed to bad a 32GB iPod touch off eBay for £230+5.99 for shipping. BARGIN!

So have I made the right choice? I think I have, I’ve perfected using the keyboard in tiny portrait mode and have become so fast at typing that this whole blog post has been hand typed on my touch.

If slow motion found a place in time it’s surely in video, and this 9 min slow motion fest of shaking hair and stuff is AWESOME!?!!!

Shaking / Alternate Take from Tommi Kortesniemi on Vimeo.

Try and get past the 1-2 minute hump and you’ll see the reason behind the true greatness of this!

John (Drangoncoles) popped up on my Skype one day to tell me this valid story of free Microsoft Points (the currency used to buy things over XBOX LIVE or Zune songs) He told me a promotion was happing now that would let people earn free Microsoft points if they rated cars and submitted them also. Problem is it’s a US only comp…that really didn’t stop me.

I quickly made a US silver account, and started earning…now when I say I like free promotions I REALLY MEAN IT! I now have 5 accounts set to make 2000 points a piece; that’s £85 worth of MS points…I was going to try 10 accounts but I think 5 is enough.

The promotion ends on the 25th August, so just in time really for a late birthday present.

It’s coming up, it’s soon, it’s my day that I will be 14, but I also want to make more movies, get a better microphone and improve the quality of the content I produce. If you would kindly donate 5$ or even 10$, I would be very grateful towards you, and even so much as kiss your feet!

Donate below please:

http://is.gd/OFU - http://olly.chipin.com/birthday

Pointless Survey - Chocolate Fingernails from Olly Newport on Vimeo.

This weeks pointless survey is guest hosted by Angelique Luff, who is 20 times better then Jack at asking people questions and with a blonde and bubbly personality.

This week we ask: What’s your favourite chocolate flavour & What would you prefer, your fingernails ripped out or hairy teeth.

Music by: Locust Toybox locusttoybox.co.uk and stuff from the Ren & Stempy Production Soundtrack.

PS: Thanks to the crave podcast for inspiration for the question! You’re great Rory and the Team!