Tuesday 4 December 2012

Tyson's gadgets.

Tyson buys gadgets he thinks will do a good enough job for his purposes then hacks into them and edits the softwear / hard wear to fit his needs. Using the technology in his owner's compound Tyson learnt how to edit his devices to fit his needs.

Due to the family's wealth money isn't an issue but he prefers not to buy anything overly expensive as most of the time he can find a relativity cheap gadget to get what he wants done; and its less likely to get stolen. Tyson's three main gadgets are his phone, tablet, and laptop.

Laptop

Tyson mainly used his laptop to write. It doesn't show very well when he speaks but Tyson is very literate and enjoys writing stories.  The top or back laptop is "decorated" with stickers ranging from the stickers that come on apples to promotional 'Pedigree' stickers that came with the dogs treats. His nephew has also contributed several stickers to it.

He uses the laptop's keyboard - though he's replaced alternate keys to make a black (keys with white text) and white (keys with black text) checkerboard board, similar to this but with normal laptop keys not Mac keys  -  but has a separate wireless mouse.

Phone

Like everything in Tyson’s life, his phone was well organised. There was a code for everything in his phone: resources (ammo and gun suppliers, knife makers, fabric makers, tailors, butchers, bakers, anything Tyson used) were listed as different pieces of classical music, for example, his German tailor was listed under Schäferoper, one of Wagner’s operas.
By default, Tyson's phone displayed all manner of incrimitaing data, but if he enters a different password when unlocking it, his phone will enter a mode where only data that he specifically flagged as safe will appear; it was easier than attempting to tag everything that wasn't safe.
If the person matters to Tyson and is ever likely to call, Tyson will give them a personalised ringtone. His default ringtone, for people he doesn't know/those he hasn't gotten around to given a specific ringtone, is the chorus of 'Pumped Up Kicks'. Whenever Tyson is out and about, his phone is on vibrate, but whilst at home he finds the music more useful to avoid unnecessarily springing into action.
Tablet
For Tyson, his tablet is purely person. His laptop will be used for work, but his tablet is just for entertainment purposes: for reading digital books, listening to music, and watching films. He uses the tablet for these things rather than his laptop because it is more portable than the laptop and needs charging less often.