Archive for September, 2007

iTunes Store vs Amazon MP3

25 de September, 2007

I read TUAW’s review of the Amazon MP3 store and decided to check it out for myself.

I’ve been listening to a top 1212 program on a Dutch radio station (link) and was adding songs I was interested in to my iTunes Shopping Cart. A good opportunity to forgo iTunes for now and check out Amazon [...]

All the classics, all the time

24 de September, 2007

Why the Classic?

As you can see above the iPod Classic is quite an upgrade for me. I was happy with my Mini, but its battery started to die and it would not hold a charge for longer than 30 minutes. And I need longer than that from my MP3 player.

As luck would have it Apple [...]

YouTube in real life

20 de September, 2007

Master Chief dies too (in the ending of Halo 3); nerds weep harder

17 de September, 2007

I just clicked publish on the last post and an even more interesting story appeared in my RSS reader. The ending to Halo 3 has been leaked and Master Chief dies. Which isn’t a big surprise if you’ve been following the ad campaign (dealing with the memories of heroes fallen). Apparently if you beat it on Legendary [...]

Robert Jordan dies; nerds weep

17 de September, 2007

Robert Jordan died today. Who cares (outside his immediate family and friends)? No one should. If you’re still reading Wheel Of Time and are enthralled by it, you should reevaluate your life.

I’ve read the first part and attempted to read the second. Now, according to nerd lore it doesn’t get bad until around the seventh [...]

iPhone killer-app: Joost?

14 de September, 2007

I was slow to jump on the Joost bandwagon. Very slow. So slow I didn’t until yesterday, when I had to take a look at the program for a school assignment. Originally I had thought the program would suck, the concept of streaming p2p video didn’t appeal to me. Youtube and its ilk seemed to [...]