Ah, public shaming.  What a great punishment.

Court Approves Public Shaming of Mail Thief

Darn mail-stealers!  When will they realize that is isn't a victimless crime...  

Jeff

Excellent casting for He Who Shall Not Be Named.  Next "big" part should be Prof. Moody.  Any ideas?

Here are a few other recent cast additions:
Brendan Gleeson ....  Mad-Eye Moody
Miranda Richardson ....  Rita Skeeter

They have also cast pretty much all the big kid roles (Krum, Fleur, Diggory) and the other School teachers as well, but they are pretty much no-name actors/actresses.

Don't cruise Potter sites too much but anyone have any scoop on their plan for Goblet?  2 Movies shot at the same time?  Large amounts of editing leaving lots of stuff out?

Last I read, they were dumping the two movies part.  Tis true they were planning a Kill Bill-esque Vol 1 and Vol2 , but I think WB decided that was too much watering down the HP franchise since they have to keep this thing rolling for at least 7 movies.

The current plan I believe is to dump a lot of the intro parts (World Cup Quiddich) into dialogue and skip the actually filming.  IE, Harry and Ron talk about how they went to the match, but we don't see it in the film.

Jeff

Woot!

Got my SDCC Swag box from the MAC today!

Unlike those poor bastiches who ordered from SWShop.com, my Silver Sandtrooper arrived Minty Fresh!  PLUS, the box was chocked full o' freebie goodness as well!

Props to the M-A-C.

A+

Jeff

Fay Wray?

She died last night at 96  

Did you know that when you posted?

If not, OCB = creepy.  He sees dead people.

Jeff

ps

What about "Goober"?

Look for a full review of how my iPod worked out when I get back from Boston... after all, I wouldn't write a review for flip-flops if I hadn't broken them in first, right?  Same thing here  

So,

I'm back from Boston, and my iPod performed marvelously.


Music Uploading:
I bought it on Friday before I left, and I had a chance to load 49 CDs onto my PC before I left last Sunday, amounting to 619 songs (2.2 GB).   It took about 2-4 minutes per CDs to upload to my PC.  The older the CD the longer it took, which I am assuming is due to changes/advances in music encoding on earlier CDs from the way they are processed now.  

It may seem like a long time, (50CDs x 4 mintues - 200 minutes), but I'd drop in a CD, clicky the upload button and walk away, so it really didn't seem all that long to me.  I let the PC do all the work and checked in occasionally to start a new one.  I'll get around to adding the other ~150 CDs this week and next to get all my CDs on there.

So, in summary, I've got 49 CDs (619 songs) on my iPod and am only using 2.2 GB.  I figure if I put the rest of my CDs on it this week, that's another 150 CDs (or so), which might get my iPod to about 40% full.  Yep, 200 CDs and my 20GB iPod is only 40% full.  


Music Performance:
I have listened to my little iPod while sitting, walking, and jogging and have never experienced a musical interruption.  No jumps/skips/scratches/etc in my favorite songs.  The quality is VERY good for a portable MP3 system, much better than any I've heard before.  The earphones they include with the iPod also work very well, sounding nearly as good as my "fancy" headphones.  

Overall, I am extremely satisfied with the music quality.  


iPod Performance:
It took about 3 hours to charge the iPod upon initial purchase.  Off that initial charge, I got nearly 10 hours of constant playing with my iPod before I decided to recharge.  Upon the second charge of the iPod, within 2 hours, it was back up to 80% charge (just like they said it would be).  It took another 2 hours to charge it to max capacity.  After using it again, my little iPod made it to 12 hours of use before I had to recharge again.  I noticed that if you select "shuffle songs" to shuffle all of your CDs at once and play a random song, it seems to use more battery life than just simply playing album after album in order.

Overall, I am extremely satisfied with the battery life.  It was much closer to the 12 hours than I thought it might be and most impressively, as the batter gets lower and lower, there is no noticable decline in music quality (like when your batteries are dying in your old walkman radio).


Other Impressions:
I love my iPod.  As I wandered the streets of Boston, it boggled my mind that I was carrying nearly FIFTY of my CDs in my pocket.  To be able to carry around ALL of my CDs will be even more remarkable.  Technology kicks ass.  PLUS, it was like I had a little soundtrack for my life, walking the streets with music playing, especially with the "shuffle songs" turned on.  Each song is a surprise when it starts playing, yet somehow each song felt "right".


Overall Grade = A
If you love music and technology and have money to burn, buy one and you won't be disappointed.  As a fan of music it is SOOOOOO nice to be able to carry around 40 lbs. of CDs in your pocket.  Have you ever gone on a road trip and wished you had a certain CD with you, yet you didn't have room in your 25 CD case to bring the CD along?  Then the iPod is for you...

Jeff

So this is one of the new 4G models, yeah?  And not a leftover 3G unit?
 
That's the first I've heard of any non-Apple Store retailer that had the new models in.

I was at a Target today and they still had all of the old signage and stuff up, and they're supposed to be official iPod resellers.

Hope you enjoy the iPod and I look forward to seeing what you think of it.

Yep.  The Target I went to still only had 3G left-over 15GB and Mini iPods, but Best Buy near my house had both the 20GB and 40GB 4G in stock (w/ the new clicky wheel, longer battery life, etc.).  

Just a quick run-down on what I got in my package from Best Buy:
20GB 4th Generation iPod
USB 2.0 cable
Firewire cable
Earphones
AC Power adapter/charger
iTunes Software

And in the Digital Music Starter Kit:
2 months FREE Napster subscription service
10 FREE Napster downloads
Dumbass Napster sticker (for my skateboard I guess?  )
10-pak TDK CD-R
$100 in coupons (10% off CD-R, $20 off iPod speakers, $25 off inMotion iPod Stereo, $5 off CD label kit, 15% headphones, 10% any CD, 10% off DVD player, 10% digital music accessories, 10% off car stereo deck).

More to come...

Jeff

What about Aero bars?  Youse guys have dose?  

I saw those both times I went to England, but I didn't try one.  I did, however, try:



That's right.  Yorkie wrappers have cool slogans like:
It's NOT for girls.  
or
Not available in Pink.

Cool.

Jeff