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Funny, I've never had anything I didn't mod!
I can't help it; medicine is a career, but dinking around with my smartphones, computers, routers, and now my e-readers is an all-compelling obsession. I generally hold out for anywhere for a few minutes to a day or so before hacking/modding/etc something. The missus rolls her eyes, and my teenagers are alternately fascinated and horrified at the amount of free time I spend lurking on forums and darker places on the 'net looking for info that the engineers and programmers wish wasn't posted.
For robertc88, why do people mod? My peers in the late 60s and early 70s spent hours and hours installing aftermarket carbs and headers and exhaust systems on their Challengers and Mustangs. Hell, I remember spending all day on Saturday balancing the dual carbs on one of my MGBs. It's the same reason people have custom ringtones on their phones, and wallpaper on their PCs.
It's because we can!
So far, the CES seems to have the usual assortment of not-ready-for-prime-time crapware (anybody see the $400 window cleaning robot?) hawked by either the geeks that managed to talk their marketing folks into letting them represent their company, or else hired female models in revealing outfits.
Yes, there's going to be more goodies coming. Yes, there will be the inevitable price drops, and the v2.0 of existing products, and so on. There will always be something better and faster and cheaper out there but I'm glad I bought a NC.
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