MBP

I've been waiting for this day for 5 years now. A true re-design of the macbook pro!!! Isn't it just full of awesomeness??!! I can't wait to get my hands on this thing. One interesting change to the design is the touchpad - it's made of glass and it has not button. The whole touchpad is a button! How cool is that?

Prices are the same though which is sort of disappointing, but i'm sure it's all worth it! 

Current wishlist:

1. New Macbook Pro

2. Canon 5D Mark II

Is that too much to ask for? It's only like $6,000! F!@#*(&@#($#*)!

nano nano nano

Apple announced their new iPod Nano's today! When I heard rumors that they were going back to the tall skinny design, I wasn't sold... but boy do they look awesome!! The nano has definitely come a long way since it's birth... look at those vibrant colors!!! I like the yellow one the best. What's your favorite color?

Good work apple! But where are the new macbook pro's you hinted at??

QC3

Look what Kat got me for my birthday!!! She's the best ever!!! I've wanted these noise cancelling headphones for a while now, but never had the balls to buy them. Anyone that's listened to music or movies with Bose products are aware of the beautiful sound they produce. These headphones are no different... there's a great balance of bass and treble on these babies... and to top it off... it has noise canceling technology. For those who don't know what that means... basically... when you turn on your headphones, it changes the frequency of what you hear... so it almost blocks out all outside noise.... even without music playing!!! SO TITE!

Thanks kat!!!

3G = disappointment

Apple announced the second generation of the iphone today: iphone 3G. What's changed? Well, a few things actually.

1. 3G upgrade (obviously)

2. Built-in GPS

3. Flush earphone jack

4. Minor exterior facelift

5. Price drop to $199 and $299

Yea... that's about it. What the heck? I am utterly disappointed by this upgrade. I wanted something spectacular... like the rumored video chat capability! I guess they have to save something for next time. 

I think I'll actually pass on this upgrade... although, it's still a beautiful piece of machine.

Mac for life!

Upgrade

So my first experience with a digital SLR was from a Nikon D40X... it was a good run for about a year, but I've noticed a tone difference between canon's and nikon's, and personally, I like photos that were taken with a canon better. So... I sold my nikon, and am now going to upgrade to this canon 40d. I'm trying to take photography a little more seriously and hopefully having a nice camera will motivate me to learn more about it.

Nathan, i know you read this, and i know you're a nikon guy... so don't hate me... haha.

Green Vehicles

I just read a fascinating article that analyzed the cost of replacing all gas powered vehicles in America with electric ones. Here's a brief excerpt from that article:

"Instead of sending $400 billion each year to countries such as Saudi Arabia and Venezuela, we could spend it on electric car production in the U.S., Mexico, and China. At current oil prices, it wouldn’t cost us a dime extra to stop importing and burning oil for passenger cars. In fact, if the goal were to end up with the same number of cars on the road, we would have a few trillion dollars left over. One or two trillion dollars would be sufficient to build nuclear, solar, or wind electric power plants to replace all of our plants that currently burn coal and oil (note that less than 1 percent of current electricity generation in the U.S. is from oil (source); most electricity that we use today is from coal, natural gas, or nuclear)."

Isn't it crazy how much money we spend on importing oil? Can we get free prius' please?? By the way, the picture above is apparently the 2009 model of the Toyota Prius. Please let it not be so!!

For the full article: Cost of Converting Entire US to Electric Cars? Zero!

"Jesus" Phone

Most people know I'm a gadget freak. Therefore, owning an iPhone is a necessity for people like me. Many refer to the iPhone as the Jesus Phone. It's not blasphemy... it's just that the iPhone really is the "almighty" phone - it changes people's lives. No phone will ever come close to the current nor the future iPhone. I am proud to be an owner of this so called Jesus Phone, and it has definitely changed my life. I find myself using the iPhone for almost everything now. Here is a list of things I use it for on a regular basis:

1. Phone
2. iPod
3. Email
4. Internet
5. Record shows onto my DVR
6. Traffic reports
7. Planner
8. YouTube
9. Bible
10. Newspaper
11. Toilet paper
12. Alarm
13. Blow dryer
14. Tooth brush
15. Spoon
16. Bottle opener
17. Fire extinguisher
18. Anything else you can think of... it does

As you can see, it's a pretty amazing piece of technology. Props to Steve Jobs and his minions over at Apple. Can't wait for iPhone 2... the second coming?