Well it’s the big day for a lot of gaming fans as Playstation 3 arrives on store shelves. What’s so great about PS3? Why does it cost $500+?! I guess I’m out of the loop on that one.
For me and my wife, we are big Nintendo fans and are going to try and get a Wii on Sunday. We are not camping out or anything like that, but if we pick the right store, it may not be busy.
I’m not even sure what I’m into yet but I’m now a member of MacHeist.
Shhh it’s a secret. I think.
We enjoyed a few fall festivities over the weekend. We went to Deardorff Orchards, an apple orchard just down the road from us and picked our own apples. It was a beautiful day and just being outside enjoying the fall day was great. We also got some great apples and went for a wagon ride.
After that we went to Severs Corn maze and walked though corn. It’s not quite as exciting as we were hoping but it was fun non the less. For those that don’t know, it’s a corn field that they turn into a giant maze and you work your way though. Unlike most corn fields, this field is planted in two different directions to help confuse people. They do give you a map though.
Apple released more than just a few things today. Now available is iTunes 7 incorporating movie sales, games (Bejeweled, Cubis 2, Mahjong, Mini golf, pac man, tetris, texas holdem, vortex, and zuma) for the iPod and bigger TV shows; 640×480 (h264), up from 320×240.
Movies are $12.99 for new releases, preorders and first week. After that up to $14.99, however older movies go for only $9.99. It’ll take about 30 minutes at a 5mb/s broadband connection. Movies come with Dolby surround sound and are near DVD quality. Heck, you gotta risk something for getting them on demand and cheap. 
I’m a believer that just because you get older, doesn’t mean you can’t still enjoy the basics in life. Believe it or not, if you go down the toy aisle at the store, you’ll find something that is a heck of a lot of fun!
We recently got an electric powered race track and it’s so cool. It has loops and cyclones and even upside down track for the cars to run on. It’s like one I had as a kid, only this one has all the parts and it works well. 
My Dream App contest has been announced! It’s loosely based on the American Idol concept where contestants enter and then the public votes for one application until it becomes a reality!
The good news is, you don’t have to have talent! Just come up with a great idea for a Mac application, enter it, and you could win. Even if you don’t make it to the top, the top 24 ideas all get an iPod or a Mac. How sweet is that?
On Friday September 8th, 2006 American Idol is coming to Minneapolis’s Target Center! Get your voice in gear and then get a place in line!
If you can’t wait that long, you can get a guaranteed audition by visiting the Brookdale center on August 5th and 12th. There whey will be doing auditions and awarding passes that will make sure American Idol hears you.
I’m not sure what kind of zoo all the crazed wanna-be’s will make, but I’m sure it will be fun!
I’ll see you all on TV!
It doesn’t matter if you have a video iPod, iPod Nano, Shuffle, Mini or a basic iPod, there are thousands of accessories out there. From cases to fm transmitters, car integration and speakers, there are plenty of iPod accessories to match any taste and price range.
There are so many accessories available that it can make your head spin. Good news though, iLounge is giving away a free iPod Accessories Book that you can download today!
It’s full of iPod addons that you’ve never heard of any plenty that you have heard of. I can almost guarantee that there is something in this free book that you will think is the coolest iPod accessory yet.
Kari Rabe from my hometown of Chatfield Minnesota was on Wheel of Fortune last night and did excellent. I think she went home with about $50,000!!!
I know (knew) Kari as I was friends with her brother Luke in high school and I’ve hung out with the whole family. That was a long time ago though.
Congratulations Kari!
I’ve taken Parallels for a test spin and I’m very impressed. VirtualPC was the best emulator around years ago and it still never worked very good. Now, with Parallels, you can run Windows (3.1, 3.11, 95, 98, Me, 2000, NT, XP, 2003), any Linux distribution, FreeBSD, Solaris, OS/2, eComStation, or MS-DOS while running OS X.
I installed and ran Windows 98 as it’s the only thing I had lying around. The install process was pretty simple and took forever. The long install is thanks to Microsoft though, not an issue with Parallels. Once installed, the speed that Windows 98 ran was extremely impressive! No delays when you try to open a folder. No ‘this blows’ attitude like I had with VirtualPC. It was smooth, fast and ran quite good.
