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ND Last night I dreamed about you and your technology.
A bunch of buffistas (I guess for a F2F) were over at your place and we went to watch movies in this big room you had set up as a theater. Well kind of, you didn't have any chairs, just a huge plasma tv - - the size of a movie screen celebs put in their houses. And some kind of kick ass sound system and lots of other electronics and things in the room. I have no idea what they were but everyone else was impressed and jealous. So we found seats in between the equipment and wires and watched Buffy or Firefly or something like that.
Yep, ND's technology is the stuff of dreams.
New iPods! (OK, actually; revised iPods!)
Let's see if this Apple store link works: [link]
From MacSlash:
"The Mini now has a 6GB disc while the Photo iPod now comes in 30GB and 60 GB sizes. There's also a new, slimer, 40GB iPod." They've dropped gold as a mini color, too. And, according to the press release, you'll soon be able to buy a $29 accessory to upload photos from your digital camera straight to the iPod Photo.
I don't see a 40GB iPod (new or old) at the Apple store!
Cell phone backlash leads to sales of cell phone jammers:
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Unsuspecting cellphone users may find themselves saying that more often now that cellphone jammers — illegal gizmos that interfere with signals and cut off reception — are selling like hotcakes on the streets of New York.
"I bought one online, and I love it," said one jammer owner fed up with the din of dumb conversations and rock-and-roll ringtones.
"I use it on the bus all the time. I always zap the idiots who discuss what they want from the Chinese restaurant so that everyone can hear them. Why is that necessary?"
eta:
"One time I followed this guy around for 20 minutes," he said. "I kept zapping him and zapping him, until finally he threw the phone on the floor. I couldn't stop laughing. It was so cool."
OK, a correcton to the MacSlash story:
[Update by Trollaxor]: Sorry, folks, but as you've noted there is no 40 GB iPod offered at all anymore. It looks like Apple's filling the gap with the 30 GB iPod photo. You lose 10 GB of capacity but get a color screen.
Also look out for new iPod software in the Software Update control panel.
Making direct links to the Apple store is problematic, but if you go to the apple store, there's a "special deals" link on the right-hand side. Right now, they have 40GB iPods listed with a closeout price of $379
Looks like prices have dropped significantly. The 60GB photo iPod was $599, but is now only $449.
[Update by Trollaxor]: Sorry, folks, but as you've noted there is no 40 GB iPod offered at all anymore.
So my 40GB iPod is now a collector's item? Huh.
