Every now and then you come across something in the paper that truly grabs your attention. Today’s Commercial Appeal did just that for me with this article. This ministry is devoted in large part to the mission of getting kids to pull their pants up. Apparently tired of spying colorful boxer shorts around town, this man has taken on the task of discouraging the younger generation from showing so much of their backsides. In an effort to raise funds for this mission, Roland M. Robinson has produced a 12 track CD. Several tracks can be played from his website and will not want to be missed.
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This is impressive, but…
[tags]Rubik’s Cube[/tags]
It seems hard to belive that the iPod turns 5 tomorrow. I still have my first generation iPod, though the HD crashed on it a few years ago. I lost it for a while but came across it just last week. I showed it to my kids and they acted like it was as obsolete as the casette tape commenting, “it is huge!”
How is it that only five years have passed since that white little box came into my life? The 1G iPod had a scroll wheel that actually physically moved, which by the way still feels better than the touch models today. I splurged when I bought mine and got the 10 gig version remarking that I would never be able to fill that up, only to regret that statement a few months later. The iPod has certainly become an icon of today’s culture in a very short period of time. Thus, happy birthday iPod, we are certainly glad to have you in our lives.
HT: Mac Daily News
Update: I found a great video of Job’s introduction of the iPod. Worth your time to watch. Amazing how the world changes so fast.
[tags]apple, ipod, itunes[/tags]
I have long been a huge fan of Pandora, loving it for its ability to find music that I am in the mood for. The added benefit is finding great new music that you have never heard before. However, every now and then I just want to run through music that I already know but don’t want to take the time to setup a custom playlist that fits the mood that I am in. Tangerine takes care of that issue, building a playlist of music based on different styles and beats of music contained in your library. So next time you are in the mood for Celtic music tune up Tangerine and tell it to start playing.
HT: TUAW
[tags]itunes, music[/tags]
A quest for Autumn
I truly love stories like this one. This man spent months attempting to track down the location and photographer that took the “Autumn” picture included on every Windows machine in the world. After months and losing an entire team of workers his search was successful. This is the story of his trial. The quest for the obscure always amuses me for some reason. Now if I could find out where the Pier image from Apple’s stock art is.
HT: David Pogue
[tags]autumn, microsoft, vanity fair[/tags]