Geek Gift for the Girls
Chris finished her Christmas shopping sometime in October. I, however, have yet to start. But one thing did catch my eye and I have gotten it for the girls already.
The girls got a Game Boy Advance SP last year. The girls have a handful of game cartridges to go along with it. I read about the GBA Movie Player last month. It seemed too cool and cheap not to get. Regardless of whether the girls even wanted it. But I think they will.
Unlike typical game cartridges, the Movie Player cartridge itself has a slot. Into that slot goes a standard CompactFlash memory card. That CF card can be filled with pictures, music, and videos from your computer. (There are conversion programs for just about every file format.) Plug it into the Game Boy and it can play/view those files. Way cool.
After loading it up with a couple of picture and sound files, I showed this to Chris after the girls went to bed. Her eyes rolled and she asked whether giving the girls another cartridge was a good thing. When I insisted it was worthy simply because it was cool, she wasn’t impressed.
At least I passed the geek “gene” onto my oldest daughter.