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I recently stumbled across a blog called 5ives.com, a site by the very interesting Merlin Mann of 43folders.com, after it was discussed by Leo, Amber, and their guest Merlin Mann on last week’s Inside the Net. The concept is strange yet addictive: simply make lists of five things, hence the site address. Such lists include Five good things to absorb while you’re still young, Five decidedly un-super supergroups, and Five more excellent public radio names. Definitely a must-see.
It turns out that VoIP is not only the sound made when a futuristic space craft takes off. Instead it stands for Voice-Over-Internet Protocol, and is becoming quite ubiquitous in its paid form thanks to (most popularly) Vonage, and in its free form, as in its no-cost version, Skype. I haven’t really paid too close of attention to the topic until I found out that my school has switched its telephony system to (the much cheaper) VoIP, and just today when I read on Digg that Skype is going to be offering handsets in the not-so-distant future. Now, this doesn’t mean it’s going to be a completely mobile solution, but a bluetooth device is being developed that would allow you to talk to you Skype buddies up to around 330 feet away from your computer. The catch? It’s only going to be available in the UK, and it’s probably for major Skype enthusiasts only, as it’s gonna cost in the neighborhood of 175 buckaroos.
Rumors, rumors, rumors
Published March 2, 2006 Apple , Personal , Rants , Technology Leave a CommentApparently, after testing both, Apple has decided to develop a “true” video iPod with a 4-inch screen rather than 3.5. Or so they say. Lately, I’ve found myself becoming continually more obsessed with Apple rumors and speculation, and it’s become, shall we say, unhealthy. Take Apple’s Tuesday announcement for instance. I felt very let down that Apple didn’t deliver the promised media center Mac or “true” iPod. Promised by whom? The rumor sites. I think I speak for many avid readers of rumor sites that we fell victim to our own speculation particularly this past Tuesday. I, we, became so wrapped up in all of these rumors that we were surprised when Apple didn’t release what had never even officially been promised! I mean, the site MacRumors.com has the word ‘rumors’ in its URL. FYI, a rumor is not necessarily true information! Socially, a rumor is generally false information that is delivered typically by word of mouth to the masses, and this is just a digital version of this meets Apple. I think the guys at MacCast: the gist of the section covering rumors was it’s fun to speculate, but it should just be fun, and is not intended to be taken extremely seriously. I totally agree with this, but I can’t say it’s going to be easy to cut down on my daily rumor consumption. 
It’s funny. Actually it’s not. Nonetheless, it really hasn’t bothered me that I’ve gotten no comments (and I’m guessing as a result no readers) thus far since I’ve had this WordPress blog. However, it should be noted that I’ve been posting in this since just this past Tuesday. Interestingly, there are blog stats within this implementation of WordPress, and it says I’ve had 17 views. It should be noted that the blog stats are in beta, and for another thing, I’m guessing that it doesn’t mean 17 people, but rather 17 views, most likely all of them by myself. Anyway, I figure that although this blog is public and anyone can read it, I’m really writing in this for my own personal pleasure and satisfaction. If I wanted to vent all of my emotion into some sort of diary, I wouldn’t post online, and I would probably write in a boring old “analog” diary. So, dear readers (should I have any), if you are reading this could you leave a comment so I know that I have at least a single reader? That is, of course, only if you want to.
If any of you recall, Elizabeth Vargas of ABC’s World News Tonight had an exclusive interview with Dubya yesterday. An interview that many consider having lacked any substance whatsoever. I’ll say.
From Wonkette.com:
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It actually sounds like I’m not the only crazy one; it seems that many other people were disappointed with Apple’s promise of “fun new products,” namely the *cough, ugly* iPod Hi-Fi.
Check this out–it ’s the reader’s comments on Engadget.com’s post about the iPod Hi-Fi:
I know. For a wannabe MacAddict (I don’t yet have a Mac. Yet), I ragged on Apple pretty hard in my last post, and I apologize for that. How could I be cruel to a company of righteousness? Why, just look at they’ve given me, us! The iBook G4, mainly. And the iMac, too. Oh how I want one of those! If they gave the iBook an Intel Core Duo, or even Solo, processor it would blaze, baby! ‘Nuff said.
I just finished hitting ‘refresh’ for what seems like the hundredth time, trying to get coverage of Apple’s media event today. Honestly, I feel a tad let down. Okay, leather iPod cases. Great. Mac Mini with Front Row and Intol Core Solo or Duo and Bonjour capabilities for wireless media sharing. Even better. iPod Hi-fi. I’d love to pay $349 for that! Not. I mean, where was my Tivo-killer, movies on the iTMS, “real” iPod Video? Where was my one more thing!? Well, Jobs did say he’d see us “real soon”.
From Engadget.com
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