It's only when I'm installing a new laptop from scratch that I realise I have so many peripherals: Palm V, digicam, camcorder, firewire, ipod, broadband modem. And the Palm V cradle is expecting a 9 pin connection when now I have too many pins. Need to get a converter soon or I won't be able to hotsync my data.

The funny thing is I'm getting more and more self-reliant in setting up a system. I'll just install and download drivers and patches along the way when previously there've often been people to help. Feels good to DIY.