#63 My Shiny Thing

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Nothing gets my heart beating like new technology. Well, that’s not quite true — a sweeping vista, a beautiful woman, and an unexpected fall from a great height all rate right up there on the edging-into-coronary-territory scale. Still, seductive new gadgets do about the same for my heart rate as a four-hour cardio session or five minutes of hip-hop videos.

Which is why my new favorite device is my Chumby.

A Chumby is a tiny electronic wonder, a miracle of the modern age, a steroid-fueled, internet-connected alarm-clock-slash-info-center. It is the Arnold Schwarzenegger of bedside electronics; The Awakenator.

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I was fortunate enough to be selected as a beta-tester for the Chumby. You can read my full review at http://www.shortcummingsaudio.com/book/chumby-review/

Thanks to everyone who provided feedback on the new music bed.  After considering what you’ve all said, I’ve decided to go back to the original.  Think of it as a “New Coke” vs. “Classic Coke” sort of thing.  Thanks, too, for your patience during this experiment.

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