iTunes is 5 no longer
Almost forgot to mourn iTunes 5, which suffers the indignity of having the shortest major version number life in Apple History. I’m installing iTunes 6 right now, which comes 35 days after the launch of iTunes 5. It still features Scary Installer Pr0n—in fact, the only big change so far appears to be the addition [...]
Video iPod, new iMac, and selling video through the iTunes store
Well, the rumors were true: Apple’s new iPod includes video support. Now that it’s here, it’s hard to see how it could have taken so long. After all, all full sized iPods now sport color screens and more hard drive capacity than my PowerBook G3 had, and it could play video.
The evolution, though, is still [...]
Julie in the house
I will have to find an excuse to be in Harvard Square Friday night, as the divine Julie Powell (of Julie & Julia) will be giving a reading and dinner at Chez Henri. She also has a great interview in Salon today.
And how could I have neglected to point to her new blog? Good stuff.
October is for antacids.
I was scanning the beer cooler at my local liquor store (which, because Arlington does not allow retail liquor, or beer and wine, sales, is in Lexington), looking for locally produced Märzen-style—okay, Oktoberfest style—beers, when it hit me: pissy weather aside, I actually like October.
This is a heck of a realization for me as [...]
Home is where the contractors are
Lisa got stuck in the Logan radar mess this week; a quick day trip down to Richmond via National Airport turned into an extended travel trauma when her flight back to Boston was cancelled. Fortunately her flight was early enough—and she learned that it was cancelled early enough—that she was able to take [...]
Bad week to be melancholic
Man. If there is a week that having seasonal affective disorder (or the functional equivalent thereof) is a pain in the ass, it would be this week:
Feels like I never left Seattle. More later after I’ve had some coffee.
