My oldest brother just told me something neat. He was 8 when I was born, and our parents told him that he could name me. He chose Jonathan because that was the name of one of his best friends at the time -- Jonathan Rubinstein.

I wonder if I can get a free iPod out of this?

That's incredibly awesome. But instead of a free iPod, you should get him to put a theremin app in all future iPods and iPhones.

thanks le nubian!

I wonder if I can get a free iPod out of this?

Not anymore. But maybe a free Centro.

He was 8 when I was born, and our parents told him that he could name me.

You got lucky. My cousin is 6 months pregnant with twins and asked her 7 year old daughter what names she liked for them. Her answer? "Poo Poo and Pee Pee." DF's response, "Hey, middle names and everything!" Poor little boo is not ready for baby brothers.

Not anymore. But maybe a free Centro.

Unlocked, please!

weird mp3 voice recognition question - my craxy associates don't want to transcribe a sound file ... and are looking for voice recognition software that they can use to process/transcribe it instead. Beyond the ::lazy! lazy! bad! bad! :: wheelspin that I'm stuck in, does anyone have experience with this? Suggestions?

I don't think that any voice recognition software is going to be satisfactory for a voice that it hasn't been trained on. I use Naturally Speaking, and it is very accurate now with me, but with a another voice it makes a mess of things.

but with a another voice it makes a mess of things.

this is what I'm expecting. and then a panicked phone call to fix it.

I suggested escriptionist.com too - but they balked at the price (ie - not free). which gives me the 'you get what you paid for' escape.

good grief, why don't they just transcribe the damn thing.

You know what's annoying? None of the iPhone apps have free trials. What if I download an app and it sucks?

Signed, $10 for Tetris seems like a lot if I can't try it out first.