June 3rd, 2007
Many have pondered, AppleTV does not offer true 5.1 surround, which is really irritating, and about the only gripe I have with it. I’m a little unclear as to whether this is a software issues or an issues with iTunes music store, I haven’t ripped a DVD and uploaded to AppleTV yet. The hardware is certainly capable, and there is certainly software capable, but why not offer downloads of such quality through iTunes? Dear Apple - I love your products - two laptops, three iPods and one AppleTV, hundreds of songs and a few TV shows and movies so far, and I will buy more, believe me I will (sorry hon) - but why, oh why isn’t there HD content, and if not HD content 5.1 surround sound? How much larger can the files be?
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June 3rd, 2007
Google Gears is so good, the flight attendant just asked if I was online while I’m reading my Google Reader items. Yep, that’s pretty cool. Probably won’t be the last time.
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June 2nd, 2007
I don’t know if it was a mistake or not, but the pilot on our flight tonight modified the greeting a bit
‘On behalf of all the remaining employees of Northest we thank you for flying with us.
[emphasis added]
Not sure if this was on purpose or not.
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June 2nd, 2007
I’ve recently mentioned Trent Reznor’s comments on the record industry, and I wanted to take a minute to share my thoughts on the latest album - Year Zero
. This album has grown on me like a mold. The first listen I thought ‘they’ve gone a little soft’ - but just one or two more listens and I realized how wrong I was. This is a hard hitting album. One of my favorites being Capital G wich is clearly referencing the current administration in America (as is Tori Amos’ Yo George from her new album American Doll Posse). Meet Your Master hits with solid industrial beats in the chorus and more mellow (relatively) verse and interlude resulting in both hitting harder. Another great one is Zero Sum, a little more mellow, but lyrically interesting. It really takes a good listening or three, but the album just hangs together musically and lyrically, providing a powerful listening experience. I highly recommend listening at an opportunity where there are few other distractions, which really allows the lyrics to sink in.
And you’ve got me, this one is from the air too 
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June 1st, 2007
Google Gears is one of the coolest things I have found on the web in a long time. I am currently reading my RSS
feeds for the day while in flight. Usually when I travel items start piling up and I end up skimming through too many of them and missing things. With Google’s Gears you can download the unread items and enjoy them on the go. Sure, you can’t actually click through the links and read them, but it gives one a chance to filter down to the ones that are really interesting for follow up. You also can’t see images or videos, they don’t get downloaded, but that doesn’t seem too bad, anything that looks interesting can be left unread until reaching a connection.
When I get connected again, in theory, I can sync it back up and everything will be happy, my read items will be marked as such and I’ll see new items that have come up since I disconnected - let’s hope and see what happens.
Update: Yep, it works great, sync back up when online, not a problem. This is great, I hope Google adds this feature to Gmail, Google Calendars and Documents - doing so would truly make Google’s suite a viable option for small to medium sized business users.
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