September 2006

The Special Events is on-going and some neato stuff is being released and old stuff is being revamped. The new aluminum Nanos are there. A smaller aluminum Shuffle is out. iTunes version 7 provides a much richer experience. Cover Flow is now part of iTunes.
And the codenamed iTV made its beta [...]

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I don’t know why this wasn’t done before, and I hope it’s a continuing trend with Nike kicks. Let’s talk about retro kicks for a moment. You know, these are your favorite blasts from the past. Maybe you slept on them and there were gone just like that. Maybe you were [...]

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Okay, okay, I use the term “evidence” loosely, but here’s another indicator that a new iPod Nano is possibly in the works. Central Pacific Bank is giving away Nanos when customers sign up for the Exceptional Account. What’s an Exceptional Account? Who cares?!
The last time CPB had an iPod promotion, they were [...]

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The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) has a rumored basic agenda for Apple’s Special Event tomorrow. The agenda covers the announcement of iTunes Version 7, the Movie Store, a new iPod Nano, a new widescreen iPod, and the TubePort(!).
Despite the stupid name, the rumored TubePort will be the mystery interface between Macs and televisions [...]

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Before every Apple endorsed event, there’s ALWAYS rumors about possible announcements. It never fails, and it never gets boring.
Rumor mongers have figured out crafty ways of predicting Apple’s announcements checking for applied patents, inventory of Apple items at stores, missing advertisements from Sunday ads, partnerships with oversea suppliers, insider information, and lastly sneaking around [...]

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I still remember the first time I watched a DVD movie on a computer. It sucked.
I had recently gotten a Mac Powerbook G3 (the Blackbird model which was a great machine!) that featured a hardware MPEG2 decoder card to specifically enable smooth DVD playback. This was back in 1998 I think, and I [...]

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I’m tired. Been a long day at the beach. Pictures are up for viewing if you know where to look.

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Amazon released its video download service called Unbox this week. Here is a quick review of this service.
The Amazon Unbox video player is not compatible with Apple/Macintosh operating systems.
What, no Mac support?! End of review.
Amazon is offering $1.99 off of your first Unbox purchase.
What, no iPod support?! Second end of review.

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In preparation for the Special Event scheduled for September 12, Apple made some quiet announcements this week. The rumored giant 24-in screen iMac has been released, and the Mac Mini got a CPU boost going from single core to all dual cores. These announcements were expected next week, but instead Apple did a [...]

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Please don’t tell me that you can’t print again.
User: How’d you fix that?Me: I plugged the printer in and turned it on.

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What happens when you take pictures of every cup of coffee you drink over a span of one year? You get enough pictures to make a fun video! Here’s the remixed version of The Year of Coffee with PG-rated appearances of “The Hedgehog” and Jenna.

From the blog at The Year of Coffee.

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As election time rolls around again, more and more television commercials touting the virtues of politicians are being aired. Most, if not all, of these commercials end with the statement, “I’m <insert politician name here> and I approve this message.”
I never did understand what that’s for and what it means. Didn’t this commercial [...]

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Wow, what an absolutely astounding success Exercise Urban Unrest was! This no-notice exercise kicked off yesterday afternoon with a traffic incident causing the shutdown of one of Oahu’s main traffic corridors. The exercise tested the capabilities and response of Emergency Support Functions 1 (Transportation) and 3 (Public Works and Engineering) simulating major evacuations [...]

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The new season of Nip/Tuck starts tonight on FX. I had to Tivo tape the show to watch it later, but I think the premiere episode has Dr. Troy tricking the caffeine-addicted Dr. McNamara with a fake coupon for free Starbucks. A saddened Dr. McNamara then goes into a deep depression lasting the [...]

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Apple has finally released an invitation to the press about a Special Event on September 12. The invitation simply states “It’s Showtime” and I don’t think Apple’s referring to the LA Lakers of the 80’s with Magic, Kareem, Big Game James, Byron Scott, and Coop.
With the “It’s Showtime” theme, I’m guessing the announcement of [...]

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More rumors about what Apple will announce during its September 12 Special Event are circulating the Net. A movie download service is still the front runner, but Think Secret is predicting the announcement of the second-generation iPod Nano, an updated iPod, and an updated iMac.
The next revision of the Nano will supposedly be available [...]

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Saw part of this video on TV and it’s spreading all over the Net. OK Go’s video of Here It Goes Again has it members dancing on a series of treadmills. Watch this awesome video!

You can buy a high res version on iTunes.
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I’m not sure how you get into the bidding action on Eminem’s customized designed Nike Air Maxes, but after seeing these pictures of the first released designs, I’ll have to pass.
Here are Slim Shady’s Air Max 87 and 90.
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