Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Squeezebox
We have had a iPod in our kitchen for a while. The iHome IH36 keeps the iPod off the counter, while providing amplified speakers. Unfortunately, I haven't been completly happy with this solution. The problem is with the iPod it self, and not the iHome.
The iPod only presents a static view of your music. In order to refresh it, you need to connect it to your computer. The staleness problem isn't the only issue that I have.
I don't have time to create playlists for the iPod, so most often, I just play all of the content in shuffled order. But this has the problem of playing music that I have no interest in (i.e. Holiday or Children's music). But even if I avoided that content the mixes are random, so it is hard to get into the music.
I have been looking at the Sqeezebox for a while as a way to solve this problem. In addition to playing our whole library of content, it can connect to the network for other sources of music. For example, through their SqueezeNetwork, it can play (and create) Pandora radio streams. Pandora stations are very good collections of music that relate to one of your songs or artists.
The iPod only presents a static view of your music. In order to refresh it, you need to connect it to your computer. The staleness problem isn't the only issue that I have.
I don't have time to create playlists for the iPod, so most often, I just play all of the content in shuffled order. But this has the problem of playing music that I have no interest in (i.e. Holiday or Children's music). But even if I avoided that content the mixes are random, so it is hard to get into the music.
I have been looking at the Sqeezebox for a while as a way to solve this problem. In addition to playing our whole library of content, it can connect to the network for other sources of music. For example, through their SqueezeNetwork, it can play (and create) Pandora radio streams. Pandora stations are very good collections of music that relate to one of your songs or artists.
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Ragtime Call of Duty
This is pretty funny. The developers of Call of Duty 4 added a cheat mode that lets you play the game like it were a ragtime movie.
http://www.youtube.com/v/9o1QVqv7O4Y
[via Wired]
Monday, November 19, 2007
Verizon Voyager walkthough video
This post has a pretty good walkthrough of the Verizon Voyager. I am trying to decide between this phone and the Samsung SCH-i760.
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Android
The Android platform looks like it could result in some very cool phones. Here is a brief demo that Google posted:
http://www.youtube.com/v/1FJHYqE0RDg
When I get a chance, I will take a look at the SDK.
[via Google Blogoscoped]
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