For my trip to Chicago and Indiana
a couple of years ago, I took my PowerBook. For my most recent trip,
I only took my iPhone. My friend in Chicago was going to Italy, so
we were able to check the time and weather there, and find an online language
translator. If you haven’t seen Jobs unveil the iPhone, I highly
recommend it, and if you already have an iPhone, I highly recommend my wallpapers. http://www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/mwsf07/ ........... MW/SF 08. Another Macworld Expo in San Francisco is coming up, in January
2008, so, as I have since 1995, I will go and find out what’s new.
Every Macworld is preceded by speculation as to what will be unveiled, and
this coming one is no exception. Strong on the radar is a new PowerBook/MacBook
as well as an iTunes movie rental service. We shall see if either
appears. While I’m not a big movie-person, I would be
interested in the laptop. My PowerBook suffered a fall in April ’07
that cracked its screen and that isn’t covered under warranty, plus
its optical drive can read audio and data disks, but it’s lost its
ability to burn them, which would be covered under warranty if I get the
screen fixed before 02/04/08. I know, I know, get the screen fixed.
<hehehe> And as I already said to a friend of mine, I would not expect a brand new iPhone just yet, though maybe a software update w/ new features that current iPhones could enjoy might be highlighted. A new/different iPhone is imminent though because Apple wants to make it available in Japan, which uses a different network from what’s here in the U.S. or in Europe. A camera w/ zoom would be nice, too. |
mu-music ..... Annie Lennox. In addition
to being a huge fan of all things Apple, I’m also a huge fan of Annie
Lennox. After having the pleasure of seeing her in Apr ’03 at
UCLA, and again in May ’04 at the Hollywood Bowl, she passed through
L.A. once again in Oct ’07, this time at the Wilshire Theatre in Beverly
Hills. I took my friend Pedro, and I noticed a lot of iPhones in the
audience. <hehehe> ......... Eurythmics. Annie got her popularity through Eurythmics, and
in my last review I mentioned that their albums were to be completely remastered
and re-released. Not only did that happen, in Nov ’05, but I
was finally able to buy them, in Feb ’07. They weren’t hugely
expensive, but I just had other things on my list above them, so I was very
happy to finally be able to get them. ............... Xmas. I'm also a big fan of Christmas music. I surprised my co-workers
w/ a Christmas CD of 24 songs for Dec 2006 (I made almost 30 copies of it),
and wasn’t sure I was up to the challenge again for Dec 2007, but ended
up making another one of another (different) 24 songs (making almost 40
copies of it). My #1 favorite this past year is Kay Starr's “The
Man with the Bag.” |