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First on TMO - Apple Exec: Shuffle Grabs 58% of Flash Player Market; What Cell Phone Threat? || The Mac Observer

seriously first 6 months of existance and 58% marketshare?!?! that surprises me. i mean i figured the shuffle would be popular, but this popular, this fast is crazy. fwiw, i really wanted a shuffle. then i didn’t. then i did. then i played with one at the apple store and simultaneously wanted and didn’t want it. i run pretty regularly and it would certainly come in handy, but i dunno. there’s a sony flash player with an OLED display that looks sweet. too bad if i get a flash player, apple has HOOKED me into their players with .aac format. oh well. perhaps one day i’ll get a shuffle. don’t know. holding a full sized ipod isn’t that big a deal/difficult while running.

Ten ways to live longer - Forbes.com - MSNBC.com

live longer… yeah, that’s what people need to do…

Can’t Take it with You? Mail it instead!

this is a great idea. i also think airports should offer tiny little lockers for gear you can’t take on planes but don’t want to lose. these lockers should be cheaper than existing lockers.

i also think a lot of stores/restaurants/etc in a lot of cities could use mini dog kennels outside. like big travel crates that you rent out while you are inside. many times i’m out walking my dog, remember i need something at cvs. i can’t take my dog in. i don’t want to tie him up to a post outside. i’d be willing to pay $1 to put him in a secure “cage” for a little while i’m inside.

last week SF Chronicle ran a column by mark morford. i sent it to some people. it was about what jesus would have on his ipod. then he got reader responses and posted some of the better one’s for this week’s column. the responses ranged from music choices, to rants about religion. including the following:

HOW DARE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Send such an email out talking about Jesus and God the way that you have done…After all the wonderful and great things he has done for you. I can’t believe that someone would send such garbage out…this post makes no sense whatsoever, and what in the world is an IPOD!!!!!!??????? I have a song for you…how about “Amazing Graze” (sic) or “The Old Rugged Cross” there are so many songs that you should list in your “Post” that tell who he is and what he is all about…instead of this garbage that you have posted that makes no sense whatsoever…
— “The Smiths Home” (yes, a real email)

okay. now i have no problem with some religious “zealot” taking umbrage to a seeming (from their perspective) irreverant article. but who doesn’t know what an ipod is? seriously? these people apparently have email, but don’t know what an ipod is? utterly ridiculous (which is a word i use WAY too much). see maybe apple is missing out on a whole market by positioning itself as cool, hip, etc. they should make all ipods white (though tech all ipods are white except the minis) and market them to the religious right. it should be marketed as like containing 14,000 (or however many) hymns. “you can listen to up to 2000 hours of sermons from your favorite minister!” ha, see i should be in charge of marketing for apple. (=

w h i t e N o i s e

this is a site set up to promote the dvd release of white noise (a scary movie starring michael keaton, i didn’t see it).

but this is a dope site. you can “record” messages (ala magnetic poetry) and send them to ppl. the list of words range from normal to “scary,” a jolly good time to be had by all.

The New York Times > New York Region > Ads to Admit That if Showtime Is 8, Movie Time Will Be 8:10

15 minutes sounds excessive. but if it was 15 minutes of trailers only, i’d be all for it. i like trailers. actual commercials i can do without…

But the direction does seem to be moving toward Mr. Negroponte’s “family of devices,” cellphones tailored for specific uses. A person might have three or four phones, all with the same number, which can be used one at a time, a service now available in some European markets. A person might use a music-centered cellphone with headphones while jogging or shopping, an office-productivity phone for e-mail and taking notes on business trip, and a very stylish phone for evenings.

this is what i want. very much. this is what i thought i’d get when i moved to gsm phones with the sim card. but since every manufacturer stores contact info a little differently, it’s not super practical. plus, usually the sim is in a not terribly convenient place (under the battery). they should put the sim somewhere where it’s accessible. so you could change out phones with ease. i have no problem with buying multiple phones for specific purposes (though i don’t think i’d get a workout phone bc that’s annoying, but a “sport activity” phone that was sturdy, water resistant, etc would be welcomed), but have to make it easier on the user to take advantage of it.