Gadget-time

Ok, most of you know I am kinda into things that make life easier, such as slip on shoes (tying laces takes up valuable sleeping/drinking time) , shaving (extra valuable minutes in bed each day) and gadgets. Well my latest has been the Palm Treo 750. What a beaut. Just to give you a run down, this is what my treo did for me last saturday:

7am, wake up alarm, tell me (it actually speaks) my agenda for the day
8am, first student, it tunes the violin to A44o, and i use it as a metronome throughout the lesson.
9am, my first student gave me a present of a CD, so I copied it onto my phone for later
955am, reminds me that next student is due, off to the music room i go and use it as above
11am, finish teaching and activate the GPS (tomtom 6) software to direct me the 1st gig of the day, a brewery in the valley. I also activate the media player so I can listen to that CD the first kid gave me.
1pm, gig starts, use the phone as a stopwatch to beep after 45 mins to tell us when a set is complete AND use it as an MP3 player with the interval music through the PA rig.
2pm, a punter asks us to sing "the streets of london", i quickly hop on google on the phone at the break, get the lyrics, scribble them down and we are performing it 1st song after our break
4pm, gig finishes, activate GPS to get me to the next gig 1 hour away, there were a few roadworks and traffic jams so when i veered off route to avoid, the phone recalculated the route and updated me with new directions, i also ran the MP3 function through the car stereo and listened to the soundtrack of the War of the Worlds which I am playing at this weekend. Recieve a few phone calls about gigs etc, all routed through the bluetooth earpiece, all other audio is muted until the end of the call, as I say goodbye to the client, the music fades in and the GPS voice (john cleese) updates me with a shortcut to the next venue
530pm, get to gig, take a few photos of the place as a possible wedding venue, use the tuner for the other players to tune to
8pm, finish gig, gps directs me home, via a food shop and a video library.
930pm, i sit at my bar waiting for the phone to pour me a pint!!!

So there ya go, I thought i had to make a tribute entry for my new and ever-evolving no.1 gadget. Beat that Ned......