Apple..../sigh

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5g3VlcR9gb5Ad3aCQ7b9QUZgOUJ_g

I am mainly talking the part where Apple says they would be willing to shut down the iTunes Music Store.  What.  The.  Hell.

I got my first iPod 10 months ago, my great 8Gb fat nano.  I use it everyday, I have bought several albums, movies, and singular songs with it.  I jumped on the iPod bandwagon after my first MP3 player was no longer supported by Windows Media Player mainly because I wanted to centralize everything and have access to arguably the best music store.  But the fact that Apple is willing to shut it down in a wink of an eye angers me.  The single most redeeming fact about Apple is only important to them if they make money from it.  I know that this is just useless squabble between record companies and Apple, but Apple's fleeting support for one of its best products makes me not want them anymore.  At least the DSi is coming out next year...maybe a 16Gb SD card will too.  My first iPod will most likely be my last.  

It's Been Awhile

Whatever.  This blog will be somewhat sporadic, so at least I got around to posting again.

The first round of tests are over to pretty good fanfare, I'm pulling B+ or greater in every class.  The first Engineering project is almost over with somewhat little success, but still taught me the "concept" of engineering.  My group ended up pushing two ideas (which kind of slowed us): freezing the soil to measure volume change with strain sensors, and measuring weight of completely dry and saturated soil and forming a relationship between weight and water content.  Good ideas, it is just that 20 or so hours isn't enough time to get anything done.  English is going great, two short papers and one big one down with another major paper due soon.  This next one is about digital literacy, and I decided to explore anonymity on the Internet.  I finally feel that I have a handle on writing well, mainly because I finally found the connection between having good ideas and getting them on paper. 

I'm going to post several things about things I've been doing, but they deserve posts of their own.  A battery of posts coming your way!