Archive For August, 2004
I came across this Japanese iPod + iTunes ad featuring Sazae-san, the Japanese equivalent to “The Partridge Family”. [ Watch Movie ] – 2.5MB
We went out to Baker Beach on Sunday for a couple of hours to give Emmitt some time out of the house. We had a nice walk. The beach is dog friendly, but you have to keep them on a leash. I want to go back on a sunny day to get a good view [...]
Cool new camera. I like the design… from dpreview.com… “Pentax has today announced its first swivel lens compact in the shape of the stylish Optio X which echoes Nikon’s early design of the 900 series. The right hand side rotates 180 degrees upwards and 90 degrees downwards. Manfactured from aluminium alloy and resin coating, the [...]
binaryelysium.com has a great how-to tutorial for building an iTrip amplifier. I haven’t actually built one myself… keep in mind, use of the finished device is prohibited, at least in the US and Canada.
from engadget.com… “Flying cars, Super-Sonic Jets, Personal Underwater Transport, and Monorails – what do all these have in common besides being part of our unfulfilled childhood dreams of what our 21st century lives would be like? They’re all part of a Berkeley Exhibit at the Bernice Layne Brown Gallery installation in Doe Library, which runs [...]
As expected, Apple unveiled the new G5 iMac today at the Paris Mac Expo. It is similar in design to Apple’s new cinema displays. 17 and 20 inch models are available. The 17-inch models come with either a 1.8 GHz PowerPC G5 processor and a SuperDrive, or a 1.6 GHz PowerPC G5 processor and a [...]
After announcing that it would do so several months ago, Hewlett Packard has introduced its own re-branded version of Apple’s iPod. The HP iPod appears very similar in size, shape, and color to Apple’s version, and should be immediately available. One interesting feature that HP is promoting: “New HP Printable Tattoos allow consumers to personalize [...]
The Associated Press has some further details on Microsoft’s anticipated Thursday launch of an iTunes Music Store competitor. “Microsoft has a formidable foe in market leader Apple, which boasts both the popular iTunes music store and the iPod music player. The landscape also is dotted with plenty of smaller services, including RealNetworks’ Rhapsody, Roxio Inc.’s [...]
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