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Here is a somewhat curious story of a girl who received a wrapped iPod box filled with rocks. When the family went to return the iPod at the Target where it was purchased, Target refused to offer them anything more then store credit since they didn’t have another unit in stock. They then went to the nearest Target twenty miles away to get another iPod which they opened in the store after they bought it to reveal more rocks. I still find the story somewhat unbelievable though it can be easily explained by theft at the distribution center that both store presumably share. It also points out the problem of using store credit cards and gift cards as opposed to using a credit card since a third party credit card would allow you to dispute the charge until the mater is resolved. Whatever. The biggest reason I am linking this is for the PUNishment and other rock quips in the various comment threads. |
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After Nintend released the Wii, the first I heard of using a Wiimote on a Mac was DarwiinRemote. That seemed interesting, but I couldn’t think of a good use for it not to mention even the author has in big letters that the freeware is unstable and experimental. The next evolution of course was to meld DarwiinRemote with Mac Saber to create WiiSaber. The Amazing Rolo has now taken the concept one step further and turned the Wiimote + Mac combo into the Wii Loop Machine. He uses the Wiimote to wirelessly sync, control, and manipulate loops. The whole Wiimote + Mac combo still seems pretty flakey. In the roughly two minutes I tried, I couldn’t get it to function on my iMac, though Parallels was probably getting in the way. I was able to get the Loop Machine working on a Mac Book Pro and quickly learned why I am consumer of tunes rather then a producer.  The Wiimote also insisted on vibrating the whole time I was using the software which The Amazing Rolo mentioned would be fixed in the 1.1 version of the software. If nothing else, watching him use the software in the video in the link below and pictured to the left I found to be entertaining. |
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The iPod celebrated its 5th anniversary on the 23rd and like the digital lemming I am, I cannot stop myself from at least mentioning it. Its almost more noteworthy how the varios sites recognized the passing of the event. Engadget had a brief article with a chart of the progression of the iPod line. Gizmodo had an article listing ten reasons why the writer disliked the iPod. Slashdot had an post mentioning anniversary number five and then DVD Jon and his attempts to muddle with Apple’s Fairplay DRM. Me I am rather ambivalent seeing as I sold my first gen. iPod long ago when I realized I spend most of my time in front of the computer anyway thus subverting the need for a portable player for the most part, though I do still own a first gen. iPod Shuffle. Anywho, happy 5th, iPod. |
Engadget – The iPod turns five
Gizmodo – Happy Birthday, iPod: Top Ten Reasons Why I Hate You
Slashdot – DVD Jon’s DoubleTwist Unlocks the iPod
Apple.com – iPod & iTunes
