Go ahead, splurge, you deserve it! What’s a car costing over six figures worth to a hard working individual like yourself? $280,000 for a Aston Martin V-12 Vanquish? Sure why not. A $390,000 Rolls-Royce Phantom? You betcha!
Not only do you deserve it, these luxury cars all have more safety features than your regular old sedan.
Pulp reader susie was asking about peer-to-peer (p2p) software and said “i think it would be cool if u wrote a blog about the best ones or something.” This got me thinking about how often I use p2p software, what software I use, and for what reason do I use p2p. I then realized that I don’t use p2p stuff that much any more, but occasionally, I do fire up a few apps.
Here’s my story broken down into two sections, my philosophy on p2p and what p2p apps I’ve used. Let’s start with my p2p philosophy.
My p2p Philosophy
At this stage of my life, using p2p systems to find files is my last resort. Yep, my last resort if I can’t easily find what I’m looking for elsewhere. This elsewhere tends to be paid sites like the iTunes Store. For me, priorities are speed, quality, and accuracy of the download. While p2p downloads can be quite fast especially those using the BitTorrent technology, but I’ve been burned in the past with downloads that are corrupt, not what I was expecting, or flat out bogus stuff. This wastes my time since I have to search all over again.
When I was younger and had more time, I’d spend hours getting all kinds of stuff. Cable modem speeds? Ha! Anyone remember the days when downloading files was at 2400 baud then moving to a whopping 14.4kbps speed? As my free time has diminshed over the years but fortunately, my financial stability has increased, I started relying on paid sites and services. Within the iTunes Store, I can preview content, check out reviews, and buy what I want quickly. Costs are reasonable ($1 for a song, $10 for a CD), and I can even turn my loose change into iTunes credit. I don’t buy many television shows or movies so those higher costs don’t affect me too much. And, I know all the content purchased from paid sites like iTunes will be virus free. The iTunes Store makes it easy to find stuff, eliminating the need to scour the web and various p2p trackers to find what I’m looking for. Saves me time which I greatly appreciate and need.
Having said this, what happens when I cannot find content on iTunes? Say a television show like Smallville on the new CW network. I’m a basic cable kind of guy, so I don’t have access to the expanded channels on digital cable where the CW shows are broadcast in Hawaii. What is going on with the show? Last I’d seen Lana and Clark were getting frisky, but I’ve since lost sight of Smallville since I can’t access it, and it’s not available on the CW section in the iTunes Store. This is here p2p comes into play for me.
More about p2p apps in a later post…
The battle of who’s better, East Coast rappers or West Coast MCs, is now legally over. New York City has banned the use of the racial slur also known as the n-word.
What good rap song don’t have a n-word thrown in there? Victory goes to the West Coast.
Been busy this week and mostly not with busy work, but with fun work. Not as high maka maka or important as the Tabasco Man’s work with Jumping Rope, but then again he’s a stud.
Oh wait, I thought Wayne’s World was is a stud. Sorry, gotta run, a few emails came in…
Been listening to a new rap collaboration featuring Kanye West, KRS-One, Nas, and Rakim called Classic (Better than I’ve Ever Been). It has an old school beat with each MC bringing his finest lyrics to the song.
The song was written for (and references) the Nike Air Force 1 which is celebrating its 25th anniversary. Nike is giving proceeds from sales to its Force4Change Fund so go ahead and pickup a new classic.
Technorati Tags: Kanye West, Kicks, music, Nike
Found this good and short explanation of that makes up the Web 2.0 movement. The short list:
Dwyane Wade is looking for a second opinion on how to proceed with his shoulder dislocation injury. His main options are season ending surgery or rehabilitation with a six week return.
Dwyane, if you didn’t get my first opinion, I’ll offer a second opinion – get the surgery. Rehab and return to the NBA after 6 weeks? Yeah right. Six to eight weeks is the typical recovery timeframe for any major injury, but that is just for the recovery period. This doesn’t mean your body and your shoulder is in playing shape. Say you go the rehab route and return with 10 games left to play in the NBA regular season then enter the playoffs. You will dislocate your shoulder again in the playoffs. With the physicality of the postseason, your shoulder will give out. It won’t be strong enough to endure additional punishment. Then you’ll be forced into surgery at that point.
So why take the chance. Shut it down now and take care of yourself. Go to the White House and press flesh with the W, be a cheerleader for the Heat while sitting on the bench, work on your outside business ventures to build up the Dwyane megabrand, just don’t get back on the court this season.
You gotta love this packaging for the Dynamic Microphone. Click on the images for a bigger view.
It’s supeeriordurability and beware the imitations!
Here’s a compiled list of secret menus at other restaurants.
Can the Tabasco Man finish off a 100×100 at In-N-Out?
My first generation iPod Shuffle that I got free for buying a bunch of Dockers pants is giving me more and more problems. First, it would stop playing for no apparent reason. The other day, after doing a sync, only 2 songs were available even though iTunes showed 16 songs.
I tried another sync and iTunes said the media was uninitialized, and there were no songs on the iPod. I then downloaded the iPod shuffle Reset Utility from Apple and gave that a shot. This utility wipes out a Shuffle, returning it to clean state with the latest firmware.
At first, the tool did not recognize my Shuffle. Scary. I waited a few minutes and tried again. This time, it saw my Shuffle and successfully reset it. I transfered songs to my reset Shuffle, and everything seems to be working okay so far.
Any other first gen Shuffle users having issues with their iPods? Is it time for an upgrade?
I passed on watching the Oscars tonight, but I had heard Apple was going to air an iPhone commercial during the six hour marathon. Here’s a copy of the iPhone commercial debut (in HD no less) from UNEASYsilence.
Hello iPhone!
