In the wierd but cool category, this game Blazing Birds is a robots playing Badminton game for the Xbox 360. It’s wierd, but at the same time captures the speed and feel of badminton. it’s totally awesome. watch the video
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So for the first time in a long time i bought something from Apple on launch day. After roughly 5 years of service (plus 1 year of service before i bought it second hand) my 1G (as in first generation) 5 Gig iPod will be retired from exclusive service. I bought this in summer 2002 from a work colleague for $175, remember this thing? It was $399 in 2002 dollars when it came out to lukewarm reception and the rest is history.
I’ve watched 4.5 generations of iPods released without buying them, i’ve seen the no click button 3G ones, the iPod photo, the iPod video, all the small variations; mini, nano, shuffle without buying a new one. I replaced the battery in my 1G model with one many times better then the original battery. But i’ve been waiting actively for the last 18 months to see what Apple would do with a wide screen iPod. I’ve had a $50 apple store credit for the last year from the iPod class action law suit a few years go, and it was expiring in the next 3 weeks so i was under pressure to buy something soon. And when i saw the iPod touch i decided an iPod classic was the perfect replacement for me.
Why the classic and not the touch? Well i wanted something to replace my iPod–which i use for music. I didn’t want something to replace my portable video player–oh yeah i don’t do that, or something to replace my portable web browsing device–oh yeah i don’t do that either. I also think it’s creating a reason to buy it instead of buying it for a reason. Bear with me here, what i mean is that i don’t find myself needing an impromptu web browser while in range of an open WiFi access point. I find it’s more the case that i’m out and about and need access to google or maps or email but not near an access point, so an iPhone would work best in that case.
I will get an iPod touch when they upgrade it in the next 2 years with more memory and expanded capabilities. While i like the portable web browser, i’m waiting to see if they add other applications. Apple has already stated they don’t want to add email or map applications (yet), but that’s a big reason for me to use it.
I have to give props to Apple and even more so UPS, i ordered it on Wed 6PM east coast time and UPS tried to deliver it to me at 9AM friday–39 hours. Not that impressive? Well it was drop-shipped from Shanghai and i didn’t even have to pay extra for shipping! Of course I was out walking the dog, but he came back in the afternoon, so at least i have it for the weekend. Thanks for coming back my UPS delivery guy.
So what’s it like? It’s what you expect from a product that’s been developed and refined for the last 6 years. Just look at the pictures, it’s about half the mass of the original one. It took about an hour to sync my library of about 22 gigs. I scratched the shiny back within 30 seconds of handling it too, so that hasn’t changed! The navigation (especially CoverFlow) is a little slow, not as responsive as the 1G interface, of course it’s a lot fancier. I watched a few minutes of video and i started getting a headache, i think it’s something with the refresh rate and flicker causing motion sickness. I’m not sure i’ll use that feature too much, but i think i’ll convert some more shows to try it out. I have 50GB still free!
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if you know her tell her she should keep her eyes open when people with cameras are about, but in our defense i took this picture freehand without looking through the viewfinder…
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I’ve always been hesitant to post pictures of friends, but i realized there are only like 10 people who visit this blog on not even a regular basis, so it figure there’s not much to worry about…
I was in NYC recently and stopped in at the frozen yogurt phenomena known as Pinkberry. I didn’t realize there were so many opened/scheduled to be open. I went to the one near Penn Station in K-Town, one block away from the H-Mart. In typical fashion there were a lot of Koreans there, just saying. I tried both the green tea one and the regular one. I think the regular one is better, the green tea masks some of the sourness from the yogurt and as someone that eats 2-4 quarts of yogurt a week i like that sourness. I think the perfect combination is the regular with raspberries (or another tart berry), there are some odd toppings like chocolate chips. Overall it was nice and refreshing on a hot day, i think i paid $5 for the smallest serving (i think 5 oz?) and raspberries. You pay about $1 for each additional topping, and the sizings go up to 12-13oz i think. I wouldn’t go out of my way for it, but i liked it and the line was only about 10 minutes when i went.
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interesting “mistake.”
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sacre coer or notre dame? i don’t remember…
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i could never figure out what this sign was warning me about. it was in a corner of a roadway tunnel i think.
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a paint store in montmarte near sacre couer.