My old laptop is in the process of giving up the ghost (monitor freakiness) so it was time to take the plunge and buy a new laptop.

It was also time to get some serious hard drive space. With Brannan child #1 on the way in May, Daddy will need some serious drive space to archive every waking moment of the surely-to-be-beautiful child and its antics.

So I purchased a Western Digital 250GB My Book Essential Edition external hard drive. This thing is beautiful and I'm looking forward to setting it up. I plan on reformatting it (it comes formatted for FAT32; I want to make it NTFS) but that shouldn't be an issue. Apart from that (which is completely optional) it's just plugging into the computer's USB port. How cool is that?

If you're interested in more info or reviews, click the below link to hit Amazon's page with descriptions and reviews. It could make an excellent Christmas present for just about anyone who needs some serious drive space relief but doesn't want to mess with swapping out internal drives and all that jazz.