I am now the proud owner of a 16x +-DVD burner which I bought at Microcenter for $60. Did I mention that Microcenter is the coolest computer store ever? Because it is. I can burn a DVD in under 10 minutes and a CD in 2 minutes!!
I got Half Life 2 for Christmas. It is definately a quality game.
I made some pretty cool panoramic pictures from pictures I took with my digital camera using Hugin with Panorama Tools. Check them out.