A Washing Machine with an iPod Dock?

I could not help but laugh at this one when I came across it… Apparently, LG has filed a patent application for a washing machine with speakers and audio dock. I don’t know about you but I tend to stuff my clothes in the washing machine and clear out as soon as possible. I mean the whole noise the washing machine makes is a bit of a problem. Even if the washing machine was whisper quiet I jut don’t see myself docking my iPod and listening to music on it. Imagine a bunch of these washing machines in a Laundromat. Gosh I can just hear the cacophony of sounds… Enya playing on that one, Rolling Stones on the other, Neil Diamond on the one around the corner and some Eminem blasting from yet another. I’m assuming folks won’t be running their earbuds from these washing machines… The whole thing just strikes me as a joke but eh people seem to be into all kinds of odd things nowadays so maybe this will become some cool fad… We do look quite ridiculous walking around with these white earbuds in our ears to begin with.

PC World Most Anticipated Products of the Year

Was just checking out my iGoogle and noticed that the iPhone & OS X.5 Leopard made it to PC World’s Most Anticipated Product of the Year. Just five products made the cut though. The iPhone was of course the first product listed. Readers also picked the AppleTV, Nano and the Mac Book Pro for Best Products of the Year. Its nice to see some Apple Love on PC World… LOL

Feelin Better

So my bout with tonsillitis is almost over at least the horse pills they gave me is almost over… 2.5 more doses to go. My stomach is a mess so I have to take great care in what I put in there and my mouth taste funny. All in all I think the infection is gone though but I’m still coughing at night and my tongue felt like I burned myself drinking tea. Maybe I did I can’t remember it just feels raw. As a result of all this I haven’t gotten much done at all. I tried installing the Dreamweaver CS3 trial on my Mac and that didn’t go so well. It installs fine on the PC at work but won’t for the life of it on my Mac at home. I’ve never had any trouble installing anything on my Mac before and other people are having trouble so there is something quirky with the installer. How odd is that imagine paying $199 for a program that won’t even install on your computer this is ridiculous… Anyway, I have to go find something sweat to take away the bland taste I have in my mouth again.

A whole new way to whine…

So I’m stuck at home today with tonsillitis this is the stuff that most people have when they are kids and the parents baby you and stuff you full of ice-cream. In my case I’m an adult, my parent lives in another state and I’m allergic to ice-cream. Anyway, yesterday while I was waiting for the doctor to see me I decided to listen to my favorite podcast- Morning Stories. The title of said podcast was a whole new way to whine about some folks from Finland, Germany and Russia who came up with a way to put their complaints to song… and I just thought that it fit my situation since generally when I’m sick I tend to do this. Below is a song that I came up with I suppose you can call it a song of whining. Enjoy! This generally goes to the same beat as the songs in the podcast except for the language of course. Enjoy if you are into these sorts of things.

Lying here again, Everything just hurts
Took some cough drops tasted terrible and didn’t seem to help
Took some tylenol, head still hurt though
Getting hot again, but I’m still very cold
Tried to call my friends, none of them called back
My those pills are large, have to take em for 10 days
My whole body aches, wish I could go for a walk
No work for me coz I’m contagious
When you are sick in this place they keep you locked away
People say they’ll help yet they don’t want to get near
Wish my Mom was here but she’s far away
Why does my neck hurt, I think my pillow is too soft
Had to drive myself to get some groceries today
What if I didn’t have any money what would I have done
The cashier said hi, she doesn’t know I’m sick
maybe she got a clue from all the medicines I bought
Hope she sprayed the place after I had left I tried not to breathe on her
But who knows what will happen
Headache still here cough is coming again
Getting really tired and I’m really hot
Back to the couch again, try to get some sleep
Slept so much in the last few days its driving
me insane
where are your friends when you need them
I suffer alone and in silence except
for the keyboard that is typing these words
I can’t go on… have to get more sleep
So tired must go back to sleep
Now my shoulders hurt what a mess I am
Its so beautiful outside yet I can’t go out
I’m stuck in this house again, that I do not like
Wish I could move but I can’t afford to
This doesn’t feel like home
Haven’t felt like that for a while
One day I will leave today is not that day
Shoulders hurt again must put my keyboard away
Must lay back again
Perhaps I’ll feel better after more rest…

Look Ma! There’s an Apple Store Inside this Best Buy?

I was at my local Best Buy end of last year looking for an external DVD±RW to hook up to my Mac Mini. The first thing I noticed was that the store did not have one Mac on display I do remember one Mac Mini being there a while ago but that was nowhere to be seen. Anyway, being the stubborn sort, I proceeded to try to find a compatible DVD±RW I was specifically looking for a Lacie drive and I remember them having Lacie hard drives so I thought that they just might have a Lacie DVD±RW in stock. After seeing only a few HPs I asked one of the salesperson if they had a DVD±RW drive compatible with the Mac Mini. The salesperson frowned and gave me this snotty look then proceeded to inform me of the 2% (not sure where he got this figure) market share that Apple had. Not being particularly interested in market share of any sort I looked at him annoyed and stormed out of there with some not so great thoughts in my head regarding my experience. I was glad to read a few weeks ago that Apple planned to expand their presence in Best Buy stores this year. Now, some of these store-with-a-store “boutiques” are beginning to appear. I didn’t see this setup in my local Best Buy when I was there a few weeks ago but now I’m curious just to go back and see if any have popped up there. Would love to see the look on that salesperson’s face too. Nice to see Best Buy get some Apple love and hopefully increasing that market share “over 2 percent.”

Its May Already

I can’t believe its already May. April went by so fast. So its the first of the month and I’m at home coz I have some stomach bug that is keeping me close to the restroom. I tried eating a bit today and so far its Ok but I’m still a bit guarded. I don’t know what did me in but on top of it I have a bit of a headache. Its not as warm and sunny as it was yesterday either kind of a dreary colder day. I guess I should get up and put on some socks coz I’m starting to get cold… what a day. Yeah I’m getting really cold in this place. It is nice to see the flowers blooming and the green buds on the trees. Summer is coming!