Stan's List

This may seem like a reprise, but Stephen Levy writes in the Guardian about the perception of randomness, or the lack thereof, on an iPod set to shuffle:

“My first iPod loved Steely Dan. So do I. But not as much as my iPod did…. I didn’t keep track of every song that played every time I shuffled my tunes, but after a while I would keep a sharp ear out for what I came to call the LTBSD (Length of Time Before Steely Dan) Factor. The LTBSD Factor was always perplexingly short.” More …

If Apple is to release an iPhone, rumor has it that GPS will be included. MacScoop has a reader who provided some proof found in iPhoto 6.0.5, a link to Google Maps. More …

According to The NEwsJournal, “movie downloads are held up by the studios”. We have heard before there is fear they would loose control just like the music Mongols have. Now there is pressure from the retail Mongols who fear to loose their profits. More …