Monday April 2, 2007 at 10:06 pm | Filed under Entertainment, Gadgetry, Mac, On the Web
Starting sometime in May Apple will offer a large portion of it’s iTunes music store catalog at higher quality and WITH NO DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT for an additional 30¢ per song. That’s right for $1.29 per song you can get a 256kbps AAC file (that would mean more than just iPods could play in the iTunes Music Store) with no strings attached! No news on a full album price but it will be interesting to see how they price’em. Read the full article here.
Something tells me that May will also bring the next Apple OS.
In other Apple news related to me — I ordered an Apple Airport Extreme last week which should arrive in the next few days. I’m anxious to play around with the speed of the 802.11n and not care about the range of our router ever again, plus utilize an apple interface for my router (both Monique’s new iMac and my new work MacBook Pro have 802.11n built in). I’ve not many complaints about the Netgear router I’ve had for years, but it’s losing steam lately and the control panel blows.
Tuesday March 20, 2007 at 1:18 am | Filed under Gadgetry, Quickies
I’m trying out a new service (it’s in BETA) which gives you one phone number for all of the phones in your life. So by calling this one number you’ll ring my work phone, my home phone, and my cell phone. I just pick up the one I’m near, or let it ring and retrive your voicemail from any one of those phones OR any web connection. I can even have groups so that people get different greetings if they’re Family, a friend, co-worker, or complete stranger. It’s all free during BETA, so why not try it?
Thursday March 1, 2007 at 11:31 pm | Filed under Gadgetry, Me, Trips
Last night (Wednesday) I had a good Craig’s List experience. I’ve heard some horror stories about people selling/buying things on there so I figured I’d post about a good transaction. I’ve had the Canon 28-135 EF IS USM lens on my Amazon wishlist for about a year. With the Europe trip coming up I figured I shoudl go ahead and pull the trigger on it myself. The best deals were on used lenses, and Craig’s List had the best of the used prices. So for a mere $300 bones I was able to buy it from an amateur photographer in Westminster. Ironically, he purchased it just before his Honeymoon, also to London and Paris! He was a really nice guy, and the lens is awesome. Not only was he $40 under the lowest price I’d seen, but he also threw in a UV filter! Cool!
