Slacker Radio on the iPhone

Remember when I posted on my favorite iPhone apps and I mentioned Pandora?  Well I remember!

A Pandora like application, called Slacker Radio, has just been released.

Slacker Radio comes with two versions, the free version and the not-so-free version ($3.99)

The free version does everything the paid version has minus the fact that the free version has occasional advertisements and a limited amount of song skips.

All and all it's worth a download (come on folks, it's free!)

Source [Cnet]

Anticipation for January 21st

This post is dedicated to my love for the television program, Lost.  Lost, IMO, is the best show on television and arguably the best program I have followed (bold, I know).  But instead of me going on and on why the show is so great, I'll stay with the theme of the blog and give you something else....

KATE, SAYID, AND BENJAMIN LINUS'S PLAYLISTS ON iTUNES!!!!

Okay it's not really Kate, Sayid, and Benjamin Linus, rather the actors that play them's top songs.

So without further adieu:

Kate (Evangeline Lilly)

- Besides Damien Rice, I've never heard of any of the songs Evangeline likes.  They seem to be pretty indie songs.

Sayid (Naveen Andrew)

- Naveen seems to prefer the older decades of music (Dylan, Hendrix, Sinatra, etc.).  I'm delighted to see that he chose the Star Spangled Banner by Jimi Hendrix even though he served for the Iraqi Army....oh wait, that was Sayid

Benjamin Linus (Michael Emerson)

- Benjamin, I mean Michael, prefers older genres of music (probably because the Island doesn't transmit recent songs)

Featuring Google Quick Search (aka Google's Quicksilver)

Google recently released their competitor to the popular Mac application, Quicksilver.  I wouldn't call it a competitor though, since the director of  the application worked on the Quicksilver app, Nicholas Jitkoff.

Nevertheless, I'll be downloading this bad boy and giving it a whirl!

Source [Lifehacker]

Google Chrome Coming to the Mac

Google Chrome is coming to the Mac (and Linux) OSs in the first half of 2009 or so says Brian Radowski, Chrome Product Manager.

 "[The first half of 2009] is what we're hoping for," he said.

^ You see, I didn't lie

Courtesy of [Apple Insider]

Quick Fixes for Common Mac Problems

I stumpled upon (actually, dugg upon) an article that is a good resource to not only new Mac users but also the experienced.

The article supplies quick fixes for 10 common Mac problems, some that I knew and some that I didn't know about -- all and all I would consider it a valuable bookmark

Courtesy of  [Techradar]

The Wonderful World of Smart Playlists

Second Semester begins tomorrow and I have been in town since last Wednesday, so you could imagine I have a fair share of free time.  In my free time I began cleaning out some of my iTunes library (I know, I'm lame), whether it be duplicate songs or songs I have no desire to listen to anymore.  After dedicating about 35-45 minutes towards that task, I sat and thought of easier ways to filter the songs that I haven't listened to in quite a while or songs that I listen to alot (in terms of playcount)  that I haven't taken the time to rate (yes, you can do that in iTunes).

I decided to Google some ideas for smart playlists and here are some links to some pretty good ideas:

Lifehacker (read the commenters ideas as well!)

Macworld

Cranking Widgets Blog

Now if you'll excuse me, I have football to watch.

Addio Zune?

Apparently Microsoft is on the verge of admitting defeat on their infamous (was that properly used) "iPod killer".

The Zune had it's benefits and had an exceptional cult following, but when one of your top fans decides to jump ship, you know you might have some problems.

Although the article is pure speculation, I wouldn't be surprised if MS pulls the plug on the product, but then again, I'll believe it when I see/read it.

Source: Valleywag.com