I'm not sure if any of you google users have noticed, I just did, but google reader is now in the header quick links. No more, clicking more to find the reader link. Yeah!

The bad news is, that google products has fallen off the more link. I wish google would get back into this search area, it's really something it could kick ass with if it wanted to. I suppose it doesn't want to get in that market place competing with it's own advertisers with a better product search product.

You win some, you lose some.

AO

This just arrived in my inbox.

So... I've got a login for Hulu, there is not referer / viral marketing, so I can't get you a login, but I'll be sure to let you know how this works. I'm eager to see how well it works, and how functional it is over crappy charter cable modem, and 802.11b at home. I can't wait to check it out.

AO

With the game scheduled to be released in t-minus 1 day 9 hrs. I decided to check on my order status.

Order XXXX received on 9/3/2007 6:42:00 PM:

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Looks like it shipped on the 18th, the faceplate seems to have been canceled some how. Any one with more info I'd love to hear it. In other news I've created a band, named The Farm. Let me know if you want to join in, all you have to do is visit the back stage, and sign up.

AO

Thank you for your TiVo® order.

R65216 180-hr TiVo HD DVR 1 $

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This has been a long time coming. I've been a tivo owner since, well, when they gave me one early on in the game. I have been a big fan ever since, and vocal advocate, and critic. I've owned an s1, original s2, and now have a tivo hd on order. I can't wait to get back to the joy of tivo, this time without the pain of a cable box. I'm not sure how I've gone this long with the tivo out of the entertainment center. So, tivo's been hd for a lond time, why now? The last straw was the echo that I heard that we could transfer lifetime to this box. I have to say, I love my tivo, and I love the idea of hd tivo, but I can't stomach a monthly fee.

What I'm saying tivo... Is bring back lifetime, make it 400, make it transferable for a fee, and you'll get your recouring revenue via transfers.

I was sitting on the commuter rail train last week, and had the idea to check if there was a podcast program for my Q. I had just downloaded the opera browser, and was trying to find other ways to use it while on the train. Just checking my email via the awful IE browser was killing me.

First I found doppler mobile. It's a great tool to get podcasts directly onto the q. The next step for me was buying the silly adapter for my head phones. Out of the box it has a 2.5mm jack, and you can't plug in normal head phones. Why motorola? why? This makes no sence to me at all. You build a phone with a ton of potential but handicap it.

I eventually found the adapter at Radio shack at the mall for 9.99, IMHO it's ugly, and pointless, but does the trick. I still don't understand why the phone needs a 2.5mm jack. So now I've got podcasts, and sound, next up, video and audio books.

Video is easy, assuming your source is wmv, then it can be played. So, I downloaded a few video casts, and away I went. It's not the most elegant interface, it's a chunky version of windows media player. It can't even fast foward, or rewind. but for playing video, full screen it, and you can enjoy a smooth playing good looking hand held video.

Of course downloading anything of substance takes too much time via the evdo connection, so the best bet is to sync via active sync, and manually copying the files over, which IMHO is still kinda painful.

So the next step? I had to check out my other source of commute time entertainment, audio books.
I've been a very happy audible customer for some time, and was extremely psyched to see they have a client for the phone. After installing the client I was very impressed. It's well written, it's easy to use, and it has audibleair. Which is a way to download books directly to your phone. It's awsome! I can buy something, then update my catalog online, and download it directly to my phone. I can pull my audible subscriptions to download too.

I have to say that audible was the biggest supprize, and is the most user friendly.

This just goes to show, you don't need to go out and buy a new ipod to get video, podcasts, or audiobooks on your phone, you just need to do a litte reading, and buy a needless 9 dollar adapter.

This is a combo Geek / Cycling post.

I just got ordered a garmin edge 305. 100 % cycling computer, but really geeky.

It not only combines hr rate monitoring, and with speed cadence, and elevation, but also tracks where you've gone and been. Then you take all that data and upload it to your computer, to a site like www.motionbased.com or www.mapmyride.com.

Then I can satisfy my inner geek.

Anyone want a polar heart monitor, and a vetta bike computer (speed and cadence)?

have you seen this? It's pretty neat. Basically conect your itunes to any of your 30 friends.

Here's the little invite blurb...

Once installed, click the 'invite' button and use my screen name: m750

http://www.gaming-age.com/cgi-bin/img.pl?image=/media/2007/july/gh3/6.jpg

I might have to register a new domain.... WIITARHERO!

In a far away place I was playing the original Nintendo Entertainment System. I was making mario run, jump, and throw fireballs. I was doing back flips in excitebike, and throwing haymakers in Mike Tyson's Punch out. I remember all the games I got, for my brothers NES. Life was good. It's been many years since I've had a 'cutting edge' system. The new cool gaming system, and all the cool games. Well, I've got a Wii, and I'm reliving the glory days. After the NES my gaming really trailed off. I had a Sega Genisis, but that was a year after or two it was cool, it was coming with Sonic by then. I bought a ps but much later than it was cool too. I never had an xbox, or ps2.
I have to say, its cool to hear the hype and be able to actually play the games when they are new. While I'm no gamer, I'm as bad at video games as I've always been. Good at a few select games, only through determiniation and reading game guides rather than actual skill. I'm having fun none the less. My latest aquisitions were strictly self indulgent, guilty pleasures... aquiring the following virtual console games: Super Mario Brothers, Legend of Zelda, Super mario world, and Mario 64. They are 2 games that I've played none stop, games I know like the back of my hand, and 2 games that I've not really expiernced as I never had those systems. While I'm enjoying the originals, because I know and love them. I'm really enjoying the good games I missed along the way. This is definatly a win for Nintendo. I'm planning on getting the following game cube games, along the same lines: Sonic Mega Collection and Legend of Zelda Collector's Edition. I think they are genius by building in a market for not only their previous generation system games by making them compatible, but reviving long lost titles. That must cost very little to put online, and are basically pure profit.

Now... what it's missing? real online play. I would love to play NHLPA 94 vs someone over the web. I'd love to play Mario Kart against my peers. That of course, and guitar hero. Here me Nintendo? I want Guitar hero, and I want it now!

AO