G0T G33K?

So my sisters and I went on holiday the past week to Laughlin, NV. In Laughlin there is really not much to do aside from seeing movies in the two theaters that they have there and watching ducks on the Colorado River get attacked by carp. I, of course, expected this, so I packed up my super-deluxe entertainment system consisting of my MacBook Pro, my External HD containing .avi file goodness, my DVI to Video Adapter, and my iCable. This combination is what I use to play files on my sister’s circa 2001 telly when we watch anime on the weekends, so I saw no reason for it not to work on the hotel room telly. I was also hoping I’d be extremely lucky and have a nice HDTV to mess around with for once.

When we reached our room, not only did we not have an HDTV, we had a TV from the early 90’s (cheap bastards). This meant that nothing I had would work because all I had to work with on this old-school TV was an F-jack. On top of this, there was only one free outlet in the room for three women to fight over for hair-styling products, notebook power adapters, mobil-phone adapters etc. This of course would not do, so my sisters and I went out to find a place that sold what we needed. As luck would have it, I found what I needed at a Home Depot: a Video Converter RF modulator with S-video, two surge protectors, two coaxial cables, and an antenna diplexer. I would like to note that I still have no idea how the Hell I knew that was what I needed, but I did. Maybe it was my inner geek speaking to me, who knows? All I know is that it worked like a charm, and made my sisters and I all three very happy closet otaku. However, now I have all this extra gear at my flat, with no idea when I’ll have to use it again.