As I mentioned in an earlier post, I’ve been eagerly anticipating the arrival of a new Mac Pro after having abused my existing Mac for nearly four long years. While it’s easy to get excited about the two quad-core processors, double-digit GBs of RAM, NVIDIA GeForce 8800 graphics card and multiple, big, internal drives, I’m also really looking forward to using the current iLife apps and even using a new mouse and keyboard. I have high hopes for reorganizing everything in a way that makes a bit more sense, now that I have the space, which should facilitate working in Flash and video. Now if only the video card wasn’t back-ordered, and I could buy myself an extra week/month/year of life to play on my computer, my inner geek would be content.
In addition to ordering a new computer, I ordered a new classic silver 80 GB video iPod kind of on a whim. Due to a looming expiration date on a gift certificate, I didn’t get a chance to look into these too much and hastily ordered one online late at night, about an hour before my gift certificate expired. 30 hours later the iPod was sitting on my desk, from China, personally engraved. How is that possible? As it turns out, it’s much more useful than my previous iPods. The UI is great, and I’ve been watching and listening to all sorts of great podcasts; in particular, This American Life, In Treatment, a variety of PBS shows, and this weekend in SF, I listened to “Walks of a Lifetime — San Francisco”, and learned more in 20 minutes walking around Union Square than in my last half-dozen visits. Last week I actually learned how to bake good no-knead bread with a European crust from Cook’s Illustrated while riding the bus! All for free, downloaded from iTunes. So, as you can tell, I’m a fan, and looking for additional podcast recommendations. What do you listen to?
