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So it appears the world is ready for videos on iPods:
“Selling one million videos in less than 20 days strongly suggests there is a market for legal video downloads,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “Our next challenge is to broaden our content offerings, so that customers can enjoy watching more videos on their computers and new iPods.”
iTunes Music Store Sells One Million Videos in Less Than 20 Days
"I wish him the best, I really do. I just think he and Microsoft are a bit narrow. He'd be a broader guy if he had dropped acid once or gone off to an ashram when he was younger."
I might as well make a brief comment about it. We got one of the little blighters because our desktop and laptop conked out in the same couple of weeks. We could still access the hard drive of the laptop (Apple iBook), so we transferred everything over to the Mac Mini. Just want to mention how slick this procedure was; basically it's all taken care of by a kind of start-up wizard thing when you first boot the new Mac. Anyway, the Mac Mini hooked up to all our existing peripherals (LCD, keyboard, mouse, printer) without a hitch and it just plain rocks. Except... you only get two USB ports! It's completely insane but probably a ploy to get you to buy Apple's bluetooth keyboard and mouse. It's only a few quid for a USB multiplier hub gizmo though, so it's no biggie. In summary then... sunny.
Fernando Gonzalez emerged the victor 6-4 3-6 6-1. He showed Murray what it takes to be a top-20 player and Andy still has some way to go yet. This defeat marks the end of a wonderful season for Andy.
Murray wins again: 6-4 2-6 6-4. There's something very spooky about the way he digs out these victories; perhaps he could be something special. Tomorrow, though, he faces the Chilean, Fernando Gonzalez, at 7pm (British time) again. This might well be too much for our Andy; the guy's been lingering in the top 20 for some time now.
Yesterday Andy Murray emerged victorious from a battle with his childhood hero, Tim Henman. Andy applied the pressure early and Tim pretty much crumbled in the first set; he looked nervous and made numerous unforced errors. The rest of the match was a proper scrap though, with Andy finally turning the screw in the deciding tiebreaker.
Murray, ranked 70, will face Tomas Berdych today at 7pm British time. Berdych is a 20-year-old Czech who was on the verge of breaking into the top 30 back in August, but has since dropped back to 52.
Hmmm, maybe I should get this replacement lanyard for iPod Shuffle. Turns it into a badass bling crucifix thingy.
Sounds interesting. Google Base was sort of live.
Looks like it's gonna be online storage (searchable, of course) for anything and everything that you possess (but not the kitchen sink). So you upload photos, videos, documents, recipes(?!) and all that jazz. There is also the ability to upload classified ads (for accommodation, 2nd-hand items, etc) and a payment system hooked in, so venturing into eBay and craigslist territory.
Obviously this kind of thing is already available, but this is cool cos it's Google baby! Actually, they are rapidly becoming uncool, what with them being valued at more than $100 billion and all the evil sh*t that comes with that.
Okay so Time Magazine recently did a list of the top 100 books of the last eighty years or so. Now here's a selection of Amazon reviews from customers who thought the "classic" book just plain sucked.
I'm currently reading Kerouac's On The Road, so here's the one for that:
"This book gets my nomination for the most overrated book in American Literature. It is trite, saccharine and false. The themes and insights it contains are not even good enough to be third rate. Moreover, as a prose stylist, Kerouac was probably fourth rate. In short, I despise this piece of [garbage] and would advise all of its hipster doofus fans to lose the tie-dye clothes and throw away their bongs. Maybe then they will read something good for a change."
I've got the following on rotation at the mo:
» Kano - Home Sweet Home
» Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better
» Elbow - Leaders Of The Free World
These three are doing it for me big time. Satisfying every facet of my musical taste; from bad-boy gangsta toughness, to middle-of-the road poetic brilliance.
Top tracks are Kano's Reload, Franz's This Boy and Elbow's Mexican Standoff.
The draw for the Davidoff Swiss Indoors tournament has been made and it sees Andy Murray pitted against Henman in the first round! Will this match be the handing-over-of-the-baton? Or will the Hen-man show the young upstart who's boss?
They play on Wednesday.
Some may find this article denouncing religion pretty insulting or downright offensive. I found it to be an interesting read; it's pretty intelligently written, as are the comments beneath it.
An interesting article on what makes for a tolerable wake-up. We do this sort of thing already though and I can tell you that I feel like sh*t right now.
You're gonna find this hard to believe, (because you regard me as a trendy bastard with his finger on the pulse) but I saw my first episode of Family Guy (and American Dad) tonight. They are indeed positively f*cking hilarious. Well done to the rest of the you for discovering this, like, eight years ago or something.
Just acquired this album. Think I'm gonna like it.
Just finished reading the book (I highly recommend it) and I'm amazed to see it's coming to cinema screens next year. Not only that, but it has a good bunch of people in it and the trailer looks - for want of a better word - sweet! You gotta hit that trailer link to witness the trippy animation effect they've used...
My blog posts should be flowing freely and easily now I've got Flock (it's a browser).
Witness the evolution of the revolution. First it played songs. Then photos. Then podcasts. Now iPod plays video, changing the way you experience your music and more.
I can't quite imagine holding it still in front of my eyes for half an hour, can you? But naturally I still want one. I think the world is ready for it now.
The paintings mentioned in the previous post will be delayed due to a lack of paint. And brushes. And a canvas.
