Who knew that a member of the red states might be an iPod user. Well, Christopher Morris’ excellent black and white photo essay of the private life of our fearless leader (cough) shows that, in fact, said President likes to exercise with his iPod. Obviously, this specific photo could be of anyone holding the iPod, but take a look at the entire picture story, and you’ll see. I wish we could make out what he was listening to in this photo, however. George has taken advantage of what has to be a very large gadget budget. MacDailyNews reports that he’s sporting a pair of those high-end Etymotic Research ER-6i Isolator earphones and that he’s listening to Van Morrison’s Brown Eyed Girl (from Moondance). Too bad I don’t care for any of his other choices, but that’s a killer album. Sigh.
That makes both top members of the executive brance iPod users. The Washington Post reported that Dick Cheney’s kids bought him an iPod for Christmas in 2003. This news sparked an ugly squabble on MacDailyNews boards. Can’t we all just get along?
Interesting bit of info from CES. Shuttle, makers of super-small form factor PCs, showed off a set-top-box form factor Windows XP Media Center Edition box. It’s super slim (like half the height of the AlienWare DHS), so I’ll reserve comment until more specs come to light. Interesting, though.
Damnit. Now I’ll have to buy a freaking Playstation Portable. Rockstar Games has announced a NEW Grand Theft Auto game based in Liberty City (home of the original GTA III) playable on the forthcoming PSP machine. Let me repeat – this is not a port of GTAIII to the PSP, it’s a stinkin’ new game. Bring it on!
The New York Daily News is reporting an a curious gadget designed to filter out the Fox News Channel. The little device screws in-line between your incoming TV signal and the RF input on your television (standard cable only) and blocks Fox News. Pretty damn funny.
