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This is pretty unsurprising. John Hodgman, whose claim to fame is portraying "PC" on the Mac ads was spotted recently on a New York subway using an iPhone. It's good to see that he's such a company man. He probably has the Mac commercials that he's in on his iPhone as well!

PS - The child's identity has been hidden.


On another note, I miss the New York subways. I miss the crazys that ride it every day. I miss those god awful and uncomfortable orange seats!

This is a crazy deal all right. Earthscape is a problem that is available for the iPhone that brings Google Earth for these devices. I've only downloaded free applications onto my iPhone so far and when I heard about this, I was all over it. So far, so good. I had to stop playing with it because my battery is dying but I'll get to play with it a little more when I get home and plug it in!

Again, I repeat, get this application. It's amazing! Google Earth on your iPhone is amazing and now it's FREE!

Seth McFarlane (creator of "Family Guy") is taking youtube by storm with his channel "Seth McFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy". His channel seems to be really popular with regular updates.

My favorite part of the Mario video was when Mario tells Princess, "You were kidnapped by something you put into a salad!". LMAO!

I just had my orientation on Monday for my new job as a Campus Rep for Cellular one in Montana. I'm glad I'm repping a GSM company who are the sole GSM Provider in the state. Growing up with GSM, I only know cellphone life with it. Aren't I perfect for this job?

Anyways, I have big expectations for this job. This should be the most exciting and challenging thing I've done in my life. I'm an Information Systems major at heart, but this marketing thing is quite exciting. Watch out everybody, Cell One is taking over the U of M Campus!

I hopefully will get to play with a lot of new phones with this job. Right now, I'm using and testing a Nokia 5310 Xpress Music phone. It's freakishly thin and quite feature rich. I will have a hands - on review of this handset shortly! I just need to find the time to play with it. It's well into the first half of school and there are so many things to do!

Stay tuned everybody.

Damn. I've had this coupon for a while now. I better post this up before it expires. Here's a coupon from Michael's for a neat 50% off a single item. They are doing this to celebrate the opening of their 1000th store in the nation! Need a pricey decoration or ornament? This might be for you! Coupon is good till 9/20!

Get the coupon HERE.

HOT DAMN! HDTV prices are coming down like avalanches all right. I have to move out of my university apartment at the end of the year when I graduate and find my own place ("growing up"). I've been contemplating for a while now if there is any room in my wallet to purchase my first big flatscreen. With prices like these, gimme, gimme!

Westinghouse - 42" 1080p LCD HDTV
Best Buy price
$749.99, free shipping












Free Portable DVD Player (HOT! - $100 value)

• Built-In HDTV Tuner
• 1080p
• 16:9 aspect ratio
• Wide 176° horizontal and vertical viewing angles
• Superfast 8 ms response time
• 2 down-firing 10-watt speakers with 10-watt subwoofer

I scream, you scream FREE! To prove to you that iTunes 8 new HD programming is uber awesome, they're giving away one free episode of the following shows:

30 Rock
Battlestar Galactica
Eureka
Heroes
In Plain Sight
Lipstick Jungle
Monk
The Office
Psych
Life
The Rachel Zoe Project
Top Design


Personally, I downloaded a free episode of 'Monk'. I used to love that show. I want to see whether I can rekindle that in HD! Ooohhwee! However, my internet connection is thwarting my efforts and is downloading the episode in super slow snail's pace. ETA 3.5 hours. Sigh.

Oh, one last thing. This offer is only good for people using iTunes 8!

Here's another trailer for 007's latest movie 'Quantum of Solace' to hit the net. So far, so good! Another good movie to look out for this holiday season!

The Nitty Gritty:
1. New iPod Nano: Wider screen, taller, curved metal body, accelerometer, thinnest iPod and 'shake to shuffle', microphone recording. $149 (8gb) & $199 (16gb).

2. New iPod Touch: Significant $100 price cut, thinner (!!!), 2.1 firmware (for iPhone, too), built in speaker, volume buttons. $229 (8gb), $299 (16gb) & $349 (32gb)

3. iTunes 8: 'Genius' playlists, new grid layout, HD videos

4. New iPod Classic: Only available in thin 120gb form factor $249

5. New iPod headphones: has remote control and volume control on headphones $29

6. New iPod in-ear headphones: tweeter + woofer on each bud $79

Enough with the talk! Pictures!
iPod Touch 2G
Read a Gizmodo review here!

iPod Nano 4G
Read a Gizmodo review here!

Apple In-Ear Headphones w/ Remote

All-in-all, I would say that Kevin Rose was on point with this one. So, high five for him. This keynote should please iPod fanboys and fangirls who might have felt left out with all the love going to the iPhone 3G. C'mon now. Apple even got Jack Johnson to perform on the keynote to show all the music lovers some love! The price cuts on several iPods should also please iPod fans. The headphones look interesting. I'll be keeping my eye on them all right. The remote looks pretty intuitive and the tweeter and woofer capabilities for a sub $100 headset seem very interesting. I will be waiting till it becomes available in October before making up my mind on whether to pick it up.

I've been using iTunes 8 for a couple of hours now and I'm not overly wowed by it in any way. Sure, it's a nice upgrade but it isn't really much of an overhaul. The 'Genius' playlist is working now and then for me. I still keep getting the "Genius is not available for .... " now and then. However, 'Genius' is pretty good when actually does work.

There you have it. I enjoyed watching the hour long keynote. I will be keeping my eye on the MacBook refresh. Now, that's what I'm really after.

What did I tell you? Everybody is going nuts for ultraportables! Here's a sweet deal on an Asus Eee PC 80G to feed that addiction.

ASUS Eee PC 1000H 80G - Fine Ebony (Amazon / Mwave)

Amazon.com Price
$505, free shipping

Mwave Price
$449, shipping unavailable


EXTREMELY LIMITED QUANTITIES!

• 80 GB hard disk drive (HDD)
• 1 GB DDR2
• 1.6 GHz Intel Atom
• Slot for MMC/SD(SDHC) cards
• Windows XP Home
• 10.2 inches, 1024 x 600 pixels
• Tri-mode Wi-Fi (802.11b/g/n), 10/100 Fast Ethernet
• USB 2.0 x 3
  
• VGA x 1
  
• Headphone x 1, microphone x 1 ports
  
• 1.3 MP Webcam
  
• 6 cells, up to 7 hours
• 3.19 pounds (51 ounces)
• 0.5 × 7.5 × 1.5 inches