It’s been a busy day for myself and the delivery companies. Kindle Fire finally arrived at my doorstep, so to speak.
I have yet to open the package since dinner is a priority right now. I’ll be back in an hour or so to open the package.
Amazon ships Kindle Fire for Tuesday delivery.
Amazon ships Kindle Fire preorders to customers for Tuesday November 15th, 2011 delivery.
Kindle Fire gets mixed reviews, but we are reserving judgement until we got our units.
- Amazon Kindle Fire review by Tim Stevens of Engadget
- Kindle Fire review by Joshua Topolsky of The Verge
- Fire Aside, Other Kindles Also Shine by David Pogue of The New York Times
- Amazon Kindle Fire, iPad’s First True Competitor by Lance Ulanof of Mashable
- REVIEW: Kindle Fire is no iPad killer – but it is a killer device by Andy Ihnatko of Chicago Sun-Times
Amazon Kindle Fire is available for $199 at Amazon.com.
iTunes Match, a $24.99 Question.
Apple finally launches iTunes Match two weeks after the “late October” date as mentioned in the “Let’s talk iPhone” event. iTunes Match costs $24.99 annually in the US.
How does iTunes Match work?
Well, iTunes scans the music in your iTunes library and matches them to the ones available in the iTunes Store. iTunes also uploads “unmatched” audio tracks (not just songs, but any audio tracks) from your iTunes Library into your iCloud account.
What you need to know about iTunes Match:
- iTunes Match is limited to 25,000 songs.
- iTunes Store purchases made with the same Apple ID being used for iTunes Match do not count towards the 25,000 song limit.
- Songs containing DRM (Digital Rights Management) will not be matched or uploaded to iCloud unless your computer is authorized for playback of that content
You can find a lot of articles about iTunes Match including the one from Apple Support. Some of you want to know the answer to the $24.99 question. Is iTunes Match worth it?
First, it costs $24.99 for one year. That’s pretty cheap.
Second, once I had iTunes Match I found it to be really convenient. I can easily access my song library on my computers, iPhone and iPad. Well, my HP TouchPad, Android phone and tablet have to take a backseat since they are not supported.
Third, I still purchased CD. Over the years, I ripped the CD’s into AAC and MP3 in various quality. Once I had them matched, I get a music library with consistent encoding quality. That is great considering I had a lot of 128kbps MP3 tracks.
The answer is simple, if you can spare $24.99 a year then you should have no problem trying out iTunes Match.
Remember that iTunes doesn’t have those obscured live bootleg tracks you love so much. iTunes will upload them and it might take some times depending on your internet upload speed.
South Park: Season 15 Episode 14 – “The Poor Kid”
South Park: Season 15 Episode 14 – “The Poor Kid”
With their parents in jail, Kenny and his brother and sister find themselves in the foster care system. Cartman is sincerely disturbed when Kenny is taken away. He doesn’t know who to rip on for being the poorest kid in school anymore.
Original Air Date: 2011-11-16
Watch “A History Channel Thanksgiving” stream on South Park Studios starting Wednesday November 16th, 2011 at 11:59 p.m. until Tuesday November 22nd, 2011.
You can search for “South Park S15E14“, but you will not find any leaks before the episode aired.
Preview “The Poor Kid” here. (“Don’t Take My Babies!” – Kenny’s parents are arrested.)
References:
- Pabst Blue Ribbon
- Diablo (T-shirt on one of the character.)
- Penn State Gazette
- Penn State University
- Joe Paterno
- Agnostic
- Dr. Pepper
- Mysterion
- “Don’t try, do!”
- Greeley, Colorado
This is the Season Finale for South Park Season 15.
South Park related images are courtesy of South Park Studios.
The Moon
I saw the Moon and had the urge to take its picture.
The Spotify Effect.
I signed up for a free Spotify account before it required Facebook login. I found out that I had been postponing music purchases if I could listen to them on Spotify.
How would Spotify help the artists?
Well, when my free Spotify account is 6-month-old, I would have to abide by the limitation.
After 6 months, you’ll be limited to 10 hours of streaming a month and a 5-play limit for any individual track. Unless, of course, you’ve subscribed by then!
I was going to buy Megadeth – Th1rt3en but I couldn’t find it at local store. Since I found out the album is available on Spotify, I have postponed the purchase.
This one, that one and that one go to 11.
Happy 11/11/11!
This is Spinal Tap is still one of the funniest movies I have ever seen. Now, where did I keep the DVD? Well, apparently they have the Blu-ray version too.