Stuff from 17 September, 2007
This is the archive of tumbledry happenings that occurred on 17 September, 2007.
Summer Hurrah
This is the archive of tumbledry happenings that occurred on 17 September, 2007.
In terms of a public address system, tumbledry is really only a whisper in a gigantic stadium, drown out by the slightest clamor anywhere else. As such, I have never really intended to announce trends or write on the cutting edge of anything — if such writing does see the light of day, it is only because my interests coincided with that which was in vogue. This limits the scope of tumbledry and makes it merely a personal conversation with folks about my life and the things from it I choose to record. In the case of this entry, I feel an urgent need to express my infatuation with an album I ran across (courtesy of Mykala). Knowing that the whisper will be drown out doesn’t make the recommendation feel any less important.
Joshua Radin has been compared to Simon & Garfunkel, Elliott Smith, Damien Rice and Iron & Wine, but for me, these comparisons are pretty meaningless. The only thing I can recommend that will do justice to his album, We Were Here, is to follow these steps:
I find the best time to do this is in before sleeping, but your schedule may vary.
I once ate an entire pumpkin pie by myself.
MARKOE?!? Could it really be? I thought perhaps you had fallen off the face of the earth. Glad to see you’re still among the living. What are you up to these days?
(Also, Alex, I’m not sure how you feel about your site being used for social networking. Let me know. I won’t post any drunken photos or add any “rate me” applications, ok?)
No no - I’d love for it to be useful as a social networking site (albeit the scale is limited as we have a small social network). In fact, I use it myself for just that purpose — you’ll see me asking people how they are or what they’ve been up to, and etc.
I hope tumbledry is around a lot longer than facebook… so I’m happy seeing social things preserved for posterity here. And yes, no applications here! :D
I’ve been in hiding and all it took was a picture about pie to force me out… well played Mr. Micek.
PS. I’m good. Congrats on the job Alex!
The website iLounge has a 5+ year tradition of a journalistic approach to Apple iPod news; their reviews, articles, and regular news updates are completely devoid of snarkiness, instead focusing on facts and well-written leads. In short, they’re a well respected resource for Apple news. However, their review entitled “Apple iPod touch (8GB/16GB)” did nothing but attempt to reinforce the iLounge opinion that the iPod touch is a “downgrade” from the iPhone. Preoccupation with iPhone comparisons caused iLounge not to miss the boat, but miss the harbor on this one:
…you don’t just lose a cell phone by buying iPod touch instead of a comparable-capacity iPhone; you lose the dock, charger, camera, external speaker, microphone, battery life, screen quality, resilient back casing, Bluetooth, and several applications. Try to read that list aloud without taking a breath. You gain only a limited video-out feature, and a few millimeters of thinness, which we’d gladly have traded for superior performance.
By sequestering itself with a focus on the “iPod enthusiast” (à la auto enthusiast) end of the market, iLounge has lost sight of what an average iPod consumer wants. The iPod has never, ever, been about feature count; given their long review history, iLounge should realize that.