analog nostalgia

i came across my treasured shoebox of cassette tapes yesterday while burning old cds to my laptop. and now i really want one of these: a plusdeck 2 to convert my tapes to digital format. too bad it is like $150-$180.

(though i think between k and my dad i could scare up the right cables to connect a tapedeck directly to the laptop, as discussed here. but that's not as fun!)