Miscellaneous Randomness....

The iPhone

My co-worker's girlfriend copped an iPhone. You know the iPhone release date is a big deal when your co-worker comes to work and announces that his girlfriend bought one and he "got to try it out". You would have thought they were pregnant. According to him though, it's a great device. Word has it that AT&T had issues signing up all those new subscribers they got over the weekend vis-à-vis the iPhone's release. But aside from that, he said it pretty much operates as advertised. One thing he noted was that surprisingly, there's no way to purchase a song from iTunes directly from the phone's interface. It seems kind of weird to me that Apple didn't incorporate that into the functionality of the phone since it's an Apple product. But I'm sure there must be good reasons for it. Also, my co-worker said that the touch screen operates very smoothly and is easy to learn. It'll be interesting to read all the reviews that will hit the InterWeb over the next week (or already have).

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Our (the U.S.'s) BFF London got lucky. Glasgow, eh, not so much

While most of us were busy thinking about the NBA Draft, figuring out what Paris Hilton did in her first few days home from jail, Beyoncé being called a "roboho", or getting ready to buy our iPhones, a plot was discovered in London to use two cars as explosive devices at a London airport. Also, a car WAS USED as an explosive device at Glasgow Airport in Scotland. After watching "Munich" for the first time this weekend, I have a refreshed outlook on international relations.

When you respond to violence with violence, you're no better than the person who initiated the violence. As the old adage says, "two wrongs don't make a right".

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Thought Provocation: True Lies by Taalam Acey



Even if you don't agree with what he's saying, you have to admit that it makes you think.

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Pretty daggon cool: Musicovery (Interactive WebRadio)

K sent me this earlier today and I think it's pretty cool. The site allows you to listen to music based on the genre, mood of the music, timeframe in which the music was released, etc. And I'm sure there are other cool ways to use all this functionality that I have yet to discover. Try this though:

1. Visit http://www.musicovery.com/
2. Click in the matrix of moods (Energetic, Dark, etc.)
3. See how long it takes you hit a hip-hop song and what area of the matrix you are in

After that:

1. Unclick the "All genres" checkbox right under the mood matrix
2. Click the "rap" checkbox"
3. Use the matrix to check out the different hip-hop music by "mood"

Very cool stuff! THANKS K!

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Joost: The New Way of Watching TV



"Joost is a new way of watching TV on the internet. With Joost, you get all the things you love about TV, including a high-quality full-screen picture, hundreds of full-length shows and easy channel-flipping."

More importantly though:

"You get great internet features too, such as search, chat and instant messaging, built right into the Joost software – so you find shows quickly and talk to your friends while you watch. And with no schedules to worry about, you can watch whatever you want, whenever you like – as often as you want. Joost is completely free, and works with most modern PCs and Intel Mac-based computers with a broadband connection."

Unfortunately, at this point you can only get Joost by being invited by someone else. Hopefully I meet one of those "innovators" so I can get an invite.

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Just for laughs: Ja Rule featuring Bobby Brown

Bobby Brown's dance moves alone make this a classic video to me. And if you pay attention to his ad-libbing in the background you realize that it is classically CRAP-TASTIC! It's one of those songs that's so ridiculously funny/crappy that you are ashamed to admit you actually enjoy hearing it. LOL. At least that's how I feel. For some reason this song pleases me :-/