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What I Think I Know by Damien Del Russo
Flash mobs in New York City.
Not the first time around, but this amazing Honda video is worth downloading.
Ignorant music artists don't share my informed view that people buying single tracks are new fans, not major fans suddenly spending less money.
I hope Lil' Kim had insurance for loss on her jewelry. And I worry about carrying $50 in cash!
First paragraph in an article in the New York Times: "The Supreme Court preserved affirmative action in university admissions but with a forceful endorsement of the role of racial diversity on campus." Come on now, the court rejected one program 6-3 and endorsed the other 5-4 with great qualification, including a call for a sunset clause. That's a forceful endorsement?
Yes, Apple announced new products, which makes me happy. Very happy. New computers, new software, new toys. So happy, I had to go to the store and buy the only new thing they actually have in stock, the iSight, a little combination camera/microphone that is the "eyes and ears of iChat AV."
Ain't that the truth! The first thing I noticed, as usual, is the great care Apple places on design and presentation (aesthetic, as CapLion puts it). Opening the square box of the iSight is such fun, just like when we bought the iPod (same size box, hmmm). "Designed by Apple in California" is reminds, "Enjoy" whispers the packaging. Each of the items within, from the camera itself to the firewire holders to the clear plastic monitor mounts all ooze quality and style. Gimme some of that.
What completely blew me away, though, was how easy it was to hookup. After my wife opened the package, I asked her for the installer disk - woops, old Windows habit! "There's no disk!" she admonished, "It's Apple!". And lo, I plugged in the iSight, opened iChat AV (downloaded the beta from the Apple website for free yesterday). The application popped open, and boom, there I was, staring back at myself. No installation (except the software itself), no configuration, nothing. (My only complaint is that the plastic clip mount doesn't hold very well onto an iBook screen.)
So, I had an idea. I went upstairs and grabbed my digital video camera, plugged in the firewire to my desktop, and opened iChat AV. Boom, same thing - staring back at myself. I look at the windows, and there is the other computer, noticed by Rendezvous, which is some sort of local networking thingy (the same thing that lets me listen to music from one computer on the other one). So, I click on it, and run downstairs to accept the request for a chat. Run back upstairs, and start yelling "Yin! Come here!". I watch on my upstairs computer as she wanders over from the kitchen, looks into the computer screen, and sees me. "Hey! Check this out!"
Much fun ensued.
That's it. That simple. If you'd like to A/V chat sometime, let me know!
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