Mar 11th 09
Posted by David in Geek, Technology
Tagged:apple, Technology
Apple snuck out an all new iPod Shuffle today. No buttons. Looks like a little aluminum cylindar. All the controls are on the earbuds. It also has a text-to-speech feature that allows the track and artist info to be read to you. And the price – $79 for a 4GB model. Not bad.
My only complaint is the controls on earbuds. The problem here is that a lot of folks upgrade or replace or break or something to the earbuds. Gotta buy the Apple model. Not crazy about that. Looks tight though.
UPDATE:
This is from the CNET article on it. Looks like Apple will play nice and even have an adapter that works with other headphones.
The only controls on the device itself are the on/off switch and the shuffle/llnear switch, Joswiak said. Apple will ship its own in-ear headphones with the Shuffle, but third-parties will be able to make their own headphones that have the controls, and they’ll also make adapters that will let you use the controls with existing headphones, he said.
Jan 13th 09
Posted by David in Books, Geek, Site Updates
Tagged:apple, I swear I am working on it, legos, running
This year I plan on focusing my blog. It will still be a lot of the same – as I am a lot of the same – but I want to focus it on three things.
- Books/Reading – everything from book reviews to comments about books, to things related to the printed word.
- My “Geek’s Eye” view of cultural stuff – I know that is a big one, and it allows me to talk about anything -but it lets me post about Legos and Star Wars and Apple
- Running – This year I have decided that I will accomplish something from a personal “In My Lifetime” list. I have talked for a while about running a marathon. This year – I plan on it. I have a training program that will take about 5 months and an additional “pre-training” that will last 7-10 weeks (that varies as progress is made). I will keep track of things here.
I will also be tweaking the site as I go. You notice the new basic digs right now. Everything I will be adding is mostly window dressing.
