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Glee finally returned to the airwaves and gave the fans another side of Sue Sylvester.  Check out a Madonna-inspired and empowered Sue singing Vogue.  Strike a pose!

A Trance Role Reversal

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Now this is a role reversal. Armin van Buuren’s State of Trance 2010 released this week and is available from Amazon and iTunes. The Amazon version is a continuous mix of songs while iTunes sells the individual tracks along with the continuous mix. Usually, it’s the other way around.

So $10 on Amazon for a continuous mix that you can’t skip songs or $16 on iTunes for the individual 31 tracks (including the mixes)… If you’ve ever worked out with a continuous mix, you know the hassles of being stuck with sucky songs and trying to fast forward through it but not skip to the next track on your playlist.

Buzz Returns to Earth

On Week 3 of Dancing with the Stars, American icon and astronaut, Buzz Aldrin, returned to Earth after his meteoric dancing voyage. While Buzz had the fan support of the seniors, you kew his dancing time would end sooner rather than later.

Week 3’s performances were pretty weak in my view. No real great dances that stuck out; they were all kinda meh. Derek and Nicole were good but were blasted by the judges for taking too many liberties with their quickstep. Looks like D-Hough changed up his strategy this year and decided to break the rules early in the competition.

The most gimmicky and therefore fun performance belonged to Maks and Erin with a blindfolded waltz.

This blindfolded dance reminded me of other blindfolded moments like Luke Skywalker light saber training or this sudden death ending of Dodgeball.

Time Magazine Reviews the iPad

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This week’s Time magazine features great, well-written articles about Steve Jobs and the introduction of the iPad.  I love these two quotes:

Once upon a time, there was a very rich, very clever man. He got up on a big stage and held up a new kind of computer. It was flat, and it didn’t have a keyboard. This very rich, very clever man then tried to convince a bunch of reporters that in five years this flat, keyboardless computer would be the most popular kind of computer in the country. Some of them even believed him.

The year was 2000. The man’s name was Bill Gates.

One of the things that makes Apple unique is that it never holds focus groups. It doesn’t ask people what they want; it tells them what they’re going to want next.

Give the articles a read even if you’re not an iPad fanboy.

Contrasting Views of the iPad

Here are two contrasting views of Apple’s new iPad, the review from Engadget:

The buyer of an iPad is one of two people, the first is someone who sees not just the present, but the potential of a product like the iPad… and believes in and is excited about that potential. This is also a person who can afford what amounts to a luxury item. The second is an individual who simply doesn’t need to get that much work done, and would prefer their computing experience to be easier, faster, and simpler

and this one:

Rawr

That Was Fierce and Unfair on Dancing with the Stars

That was unfair. Nicole Scherzinger and Derek Hough’s jive on Week 2 of Dancing with the Stars was so fierce, it was scored perfection by Carrie Ann and Bruno. The choreography, Rihanna’s music, the hair – so unfair! Then to top off the performance with leis and shakas?

After this performance, the already high stress level on the show is only going to go up. Edyta’s stressing about another first round exit, Erin Andrews is stressing for perfection, and the stress and disappointment of Chad Ochocinco was palpable in HD.

Who ain’t stressing? Jon Gosselin, that’s who. After Kate’s verbal beatdown of pro partner Tony Dovolani, Jon had to smirk at his antagonists. Sadly, Kate’s in a season packed with talent and dancing success is too far in a short period of time.

Buzz Aldrin is a disruptive force but please, really? It’s painful to watch.

Niecy, Jake, Evan, Shannen are safe and can leave the runway as Heidi Klum would say on Project Runway.

And Pamela Anderson was up to her tricks. Yes, she can actually dance, but it’s her, ahem, intangibles that really infuse a dynamic unlike any other DWTS star. The judges and host Tom Bergeron all lose their minds when Pam is performing on and off the floor.

I’m still working on this week’s favorite DWTS video which is now here!

Continuing to Covet Crumpler

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After looking a more camera bags from Lowepro, Kata, and Crumpler, I keep coming back to the styling of Crumpler.

Yes, all the bags I’ve looked at are perfectly functional, but it’s that bit of pizazz that makes Crumpler coveted (but I’m not talking about their confusing Flash-based web site). Lots of good reviews and recommendations too for Crumpler products and after witnessing the Industry Disgrace, I’m poised to buy an “everyday” bag for my basic camera gear.

Don’t forget that I did get the Lowepro FastPack 250, but with its carrying capacity, it’s not the ideal take everywhere pack. Great for traveling, sure, but not so much for grab and run. I need something smaller and more portable, and Crumpler keeps coming to mind.

Almost Pitied Pacquiao

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Manny Pacquiao almost had me. After hearing about the boxer’s canceled concert in Hawaii, I felt for the poor guy. The Pac Man must be so busy whooping everyone’s butt, running for office in the Philippines, entertaining fans with his vocals, and inspiring his very own Nike kicks.

So there I was, faced with these, the Nike Air Trainer SC 2010 in a special Pac Man colorway.

Do I get them and give Pac Man his props? Alas, I couldn’t do it. I couldn’t justifiably rock the colors of the Philippine nation. So instead, I went with a more traditional white colorway.

Sorry Pac Man.

And how are the Air Trainer SC 2010? Not bad at all, especially when using a Footlocker Friends and Family discount. This is the first shoe I have with FlyWire, and it’s interesting. With the thin FlyWire providing strength and support, there’s less shoe material and weight. The shoe also flexes until you hit the tension of the FlyWire. For whatever reason, I had to get a 0.5 size smaller shoe. The smaller size gave a more lock down fit while my regular size felt too spacious. Something to do with the FlyWire construction?

If you have pity for Pacquiao, be a pal and purchase his Filipino kicks by clicking on the image below.

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