“I came back for my own purposes,” said the Time Traveler, looking around my booklined study. “I chose you to talk to because it was . . . convenient. And I don’t want you to do a goddamned thing. There’s nothing you can do. But relax . . . we’re not going to be talking about personal things. Such as, say, the year, day, and hour of your death. I don’t even know that sort of trivial information, although I could look it up quickly enough. You can release that white-knuckled grip you have on the edge of your desk.” I tried to relax. “What do you want to talk about?” I said. “The Century War,” said the Time Traveler. I blinked and tried to remember some history. “You mean the Hundred Year War? Fifteenth Century? Fourteenth? Sometime around there. Between . . . France and England? Henry V? Kenneth Branagh? Or was it . . .” “I mean the Century War with Islam,” interrupted the Time Traveler. “Your future. Everyone’s.” He was no longer smiling. Without asking, or offering to pour me any, he
So it is ALL over the web already, but Apple’s new iPod does video, and the new iTunes allows purchase of videos; here is a shot of ABC’s LOST for a buck-ninety-nine. Holy COW is that cool or what? Here’s a link to Jobs’ keynote address covering the other announced products.
But, but... you "love apple!"
ReplyDeleteYou can also go buy a 4GB hard disk for the PSP, provided you're willing to pay nearly the same as the unit itself. Or you can drop a couple of Franklins on a big memory stick; up to 2GB now, right? That gets you to about the same price as the iPod, doesn't it? I mean the 60GB one, not the 30.
I probably won't buy one, since I am getting along nicely with my iPod shuffle for songs, and my iBook for video; though I must admit to wanting a new iBook; my current one is long in the tooth, and is beginning to go senile. Either way, I think my 12" iBook screen is better than an iPod or a PSP's screen.
ReplyDeleteIt's also worth nothing that I've only got 20GB of storage on my iBook and 40GB on my home desktop machine, so I don't even have much room to swap music and video around in.