_____ as a goat

not very much, thanks.

(please note: this post originally drafted September 9, 2006)

so wonderful, glorious Apple presents their big hoodoo and orchard master, Lord Steve Jobs offers his keynote speech. the bulk of the speechifyin' announced a plethora of news for everything iPod. of course this was expected (months ago, actually) and by most considerations the news was good for all parties.

for starters, Apple are holding to their new naming scheme, as officially as it can. the iPod with video, widely referred to as the "video iPod" or "iPod with video", is simply the iPod. (i say screw that - and proffer this nomenclature: "the macro")

the nano is all-new, but not-so-all-different. they're now more like the old mini of yesteryear rather than the sleek, glossy nano of yesterday. everyone is already being cute by saying the "nano mini" but I won't succumb to such prattle. the colors are nicer, though.

actually, having fondled one of the new nanos, I have to say that my desire for an iPod-with-display has been all but squelched. given that, apple should have redesigned the nano "from scratch". ba-dum-bum.

and the shuffle. oh, they gave the poor shuffle the shaft, the worst of the bad. gone is the clean, simple white stick. in its place is left a crappy, silver magnesium clothespin. no more USB charging or synching, and no more file storage partitioning. this is a real sorry move on Apple's part, as they apparently don't want you to have an apple-esque USB drive, which would only complete your shiny white plastic gadgetry collection. this has to be the lamest move they made on this go-around.

that is, unless they also butchered the general functionality of iTunes...

which they did.

but i'll go into that another time. and maybe I'll come up with some significant social commentary on the importance of podcasting and its role in our modern, modern world.

but that's doubtful.