So after a week or so of researching, I ordered my skates Monday and have them in hand now. Got a great deal on them too. $200 (originally $300 retail), free overnight shipping, and free bag. I’m just upset it rained today because I wasn’t able to try them out. When everything dries up, I’m gonna have some great pics of me falling flat on my ass. Here’s a review of the Rollerblade TRS Estilo.

The Super Chevy Show was this weekend in Pomona and I was there as usual. Took home 2nd in my class which was kind of depressing because of the car that beat me. Someone bought a brand new 2002 Camaro SS 35th Anniversary Edition last week and brought it in. No plates. Window sticker still on there. Oh well. Next year I guess. I’ve uploaded all the pics I took to my photo album so take a look. My favorites were this 1970 Chevelle SS and this 1969 Camaro RS/SS.

MacCentral: “‘In less than one week we’ve broken every record and become the largest online music company in the world,’ said Steve Jobs…”

I’m breaking away from the confines of my issued label. My slave name given to me by da man all those years ago. I now go by my street name, “Big Itch”. I’ll also recognize my rapper name I used back in high school, “Snow White”.

I just purchased my first two track from the iTunes Music Store:

• Fallin’ – Alicia Keys *iTunes exclusiveli>Someday We’ll All Be Free – Alicia Keys *iTunes exclusive

Has anyone else purchased anything yet? Maybe even too much?

BusinessWeek Online: “…the Apr. 28 launch of the iTunes Music Store was anticlimactic. Not because it didn’t live up to expectations but because it so easily did… This service promises to forever alter the balance of power in musicland.”

Big Apple day and I’m excited so let’s get to it.

First on the list, a QuickTime update which includes the long awaited advanced AAC encoder. Good start here. Now let’s hope it’s not long until everyone else picks up on this format.

The iPod got a revision. They had demos in store today so I got to play with it. Tiny, slick, and more storage. Why on Earth did they get rid of standard FireWire ports though? Now you’ll have to carry around an Apple specific one just to connect to anything. In any case, does anyone want to buy my 20GB version? Getting rid of it cheap.

iTunes has been updated to version 4.0. Many Apple Music Store (talk about later) features integrated into it and support for AAC. The Rendezvous library sharing sounds great. Will try at work tomorrow and get back to ya.

Last (but certainly not least), Apple’s long rumored music service, the Apple Music Store, is in play and it’s all highly integrated with iTunes. Unlike most of the other music services out there, AppleMusic is a “pay per song” instead of a subscription based service. This is so gonna work! Look for a lot of other services to follow in this plan. $0.99 per song is not a lot to ask for when you’re talking about singles. Complete albums are a different story though. I’m not paying $9.99 for the whole thing. $7 would have been close to pushing it for me, but I would have gone with it. $10 is out of the question. What do you think? I haven’t been able to try the service yet because connecting is a royal bitch right now. I want my exclusive Alicia Keys!!! I’ll try again and let you know how it goes.

Of course, Apple also released all of this without having the complimenting ad campaign to go with it, so check that out to and tell me what you think. Pretty goofy if you ask me. Someone needs to smack that little kid singing Lose Yourself.

So there it is. A definite home run if you ask me. As say they, “It’s music to my ears.” But, by far, the best quote I’ve seen out there out so far… “Now let’s get back to making computers!”

I am at work and the race is at home. Life is grand.

Jeez, it’s such a nice Southern California day today. I’m glad I get to spend it at work with just myself and 14 computers.

365 days, 324 posts, 4 designs, and 1 sub-title change later, the-journals.com celebrates its one year birthday. See how lame the first day was and notice that within the last year it hasn’t gotten any better. Unfortunately for everyone, I’m going to continue to bring this blog to you. Don’t worry, though, because I’d like to think the best of me is still hiding up my sleeve. Good luck to us all…