The Dangers of Sleeping With (Near) Friends

I saw this on Google and thought it was pretty funny, so I'm sharing it with you...
What I thought was extra strange was Google doesn't seem to have a decent way to share the code as easily as YouTube does. So I ended up getting it from YouTube instead. Google will post directly to Blogger, TypePad, MySpace or LiveJournal (and you need to give them your password!) but YouTube just gives me a line of code to past on my site...

The iPhone

So I haven't said much about the iPhone since it was announce but what's to say it looks awesome!!! It's a widescreen video iPod with an internet browser, e-mail and it makes phone calls. The downside (IMHO) is it's only on Cingular and I don't think the network the iPhone is using is as fast as the EVDO speed networks.

The negative I've seen some reviewers mention is that it only accepts music from the iTunes music store. Which isn't true, it only accepts protected music from the iTunes music store. And it's important to remember all other players don't allow music from the iTunes music store, I see that as a problem. You can buy from some (smaller) music sites and put your CDs on it. FYI, the iTunes music store sells 58 songs a second (5 million a day) that makes them the fourth largest retailer of music (Wal-Mart, Best Buy and Target are above them) then just pulled ahead of Amazon. The iTunes and iPod experience makes it so pleasant to use I don't think most people care if you can only use one store to buy (protected) music from...

On a side note there are rumors that Apple is making a huge advertising announcement during the SuperBowl. The rumor is that they are going to start carrying the Beatles CDs, I just don't see that is a major announcement, but we'll see. It's interesting since Apple Records (the Beatle's label) has sued Apple more than a few times for infringing on their trademark but I just don't see it as that huge of a deal. I see them maybe running some new AppleTV ads and maybe some iPhone ads or maybe a new widescreen iPod ad, who knows, the SuperBowl is where they started their ad blitz for the Macintosh in 1984.

Random News Bits

I saw most of these stories in The Week which I really like (I get the printed edition). They don't write a lot (most?) of their articles, they get from other sources. They reprint some political cartoons and have a few columns I like such as “Only in America” (which contained the Seattle School article)

Another Season of Heroes!

Woo Hoo! Heroes is going to get a second season!

They do try to do too many of the Six Degrees/Lost-type crossovers but otherwise as a weekly superhero/scifi show on mainstream TV it's pretty close to the best show along those lines I've seen in a long time...

Here's an exclusive preview from the January 3rd episode of the Tonight show...

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Midnight Espresso Cafe, Dearborn

So I stopped by the Midnight Espresso Cafe in Dearborn. I really like it there but it's generally pretty smokey (lots of smokers hang out and smoke cigarettes or a hooka) but they didn't look too busy so I stopped by. WOW! They just renovated and made it much bigger and it seems brighter too!

They've got a wide variety on the menu, I'm guessing much of it is Arabic in origin. Whenever I bring people here they generally find something interesting that they like. I generally get the BBQ Chicken Quesadillas and that's what I'm getting today.

Bonus, I pulled out the laptop hook up my phone as a modem and realized I connected to a network! So they've got WiFi now too (or else the business next door does), with their new larger non-smoking section and WiFi I think I'll be here a bit more often now.