Posts from — June 2004

AirPort Express with AirTunes.

Damn you, Apple, I was about to take a nap! Apple just unveiled the Airport Express with AirTunes, a plug-mounted mini version of their popular Airport Extreme 802.11g base station that ups the digital hub ante with the simple addition of an eighth-inch stereo out that turns the Airport Express into a streaming music outlet that interfaces seamlessly with iTunes. Maybe I'm not explaining this so well: plug in an Airport Express, attach it to any stereo (or powered speakers), and automagically stream iTunes music anywhere in your house.

You can already do similar things with devices like the Roku Soundbridge, for instance, but the addition of the simple $129 device from Apple is notable. There's also a Firewire USB port (and Ethernet, obviously) on there that might be useful in the future. The Airport Express can also serve as a wireless bridge for easily extending the range of your existing 802.11g network. And since AirTunes works via iTunes, it looks like an update (version 4.6) is just around the corner (between now and the mid-July launch date, for sure).
Read [Apple via CoolHunting]

Update: More links, plus there's a rumor going around that this may only work with other Airports as a repeater, and not with any old 802.11g networks. We'll see. Also, iTunes to be updated later today.
Read [ThreeBase]
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[Gizmodo]

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i'll take 3……
one for my laptop bag
one for home. and one for extra secret sauce.

Look on my works ye mighty, and despair!. These:

are why I don't need a man. Unless he's prepared to lick them. [Eurotrash]

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yet one more reason why i know that i don't understand women…

don't you wish you had a squirrel name.

But the President who says he rules at the behest of God can also tongue-lash those he perceives as disloyal, calling them ãfucking assholesä in front of other staff, berating one cabinet official in front of others and labeling anyone who disagrees with him ãunpatrioticä or ãanti-American.ä

he rules at the will of the people, not at the behest of god.

Let's Pay More, Not less, for Gasoline. What I want most of all is for us to use less energy from polluting, non-renewable sources. I want to see us invest in sensible public transportation, conservation and renewable energy.

The best way to make that happen is to raise the price of oil even higher. Then, subsidize the technologies and transportation systems that will help us in a more permanent way.

More… [Dan Gillmor's eJournal]

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i agree, something like $5.00 a gallon is reasonable. it can be less if you buy in bulk for business use of course.

Ronald Reagan, R.I.P.. Fox News is reporting that former President Ronald Reagan has died at age 93. Ronald Wilson Reagan 40th President of the United States February 6,… [Outside the Beltway]

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such is life….. people die, even people who should not have been president die.

You've got it, baby we want it. You are a nasty piece of work – a faceless, shadowy, psychiatrically challenged festival of seemingly random violence. And that just turns us on. By day, no one knows your true identity. By night, it turns out, you don't actually have one. But you can't hide from us for long.

i like the kitchen witch course, and the chaos and discord course….

according to the department of social scrutiny's self-assessment.

Revolutions and Social Change. The other day, I passed one of my high school teachers on the street. As she passed me I said her name & she turned around. Indeed, it was she! I was really excited to see her because several times in recent years I've referred to the … By Julia (mailto:julia@dicum.com). [Flailing in the Surf!]