For a good review of other iRiver products, gear.ign.com reviews most of iRiver's earlier product line. They rave about the ease of use and completeness of the navigation and menu system. If their new player is anything like its predicessors, and there's no reason why they'd change a successful formula, the GUI should be the last thing people need to worry about.
There's a nice article on kde.org that links to a communication between Don Melton (Apple Safari Engineering Manager) and Dirk Mueller. It also has links to Apple's changelog for their development of Safari.
For basic help with "similar artist" type stuff, I'd recommend AMG's All Music Guide. I've spent hours randomly browsing their Music Styles section and cross referencing artists I like. Their search engine is pretty crummy and they do occasionally hit their simultanious user quota but on the whole, this is where I go for artist and album information and exploration.
Time Warner Cable of Maine is also renting Scientific Atlanta 8000 PVR's with an 80GB hard drive. The cost per month is only $4.95. Pretty compelling for home users but it also seems some what conflicting with their InDemand and IControl initiatives.
Oh grow up. First go see the movie. Disney is simply distributing this movie in the US. What other studio has ever taken a chance on nationally releasing Japanese anime in theaters?? Okay so the Oscars don't always represent the absolute best but they do give some limited release movies the attention they deserve. Go see Spirited Away and tell Disney with your pocketbook that you want to see high quality and high art animation, not re-hashed drivel like Treasure Planet et. al.
The fanaticism for the Macintosh extends beyond the sysAdmin/programmer world that encompases Linux/*nix advocates. Basic desktop users can participate in the counter-culture that is at the core of Apple. Look at the broad range of users who use Mac's vs. the user base of *nix. Sure there are fanatical users who run KDE as their desktop and run OpenOffice but how many of them are graphic designers, high school teachers or senior citizens?
I know the comparison is not direct and I do not want to start a flame war but as both are modern, epic anime series I feel there is some justification to the comparison.
I first started with the Trigun series and was unimpressed with the initial episode but I gave the 2nd and then the 3rd episode a try and I was hooked. Each episode built on the last, adding depth, plot and substance to the series. I was truely impressed with the world that was built and emmotion that I felt at the conclusion of Trigun.
I then eagerly dug into the Cowboy Bebop series expecting a similar experience. In all honesty I was sorely disappointed. In my opinion, none of the characters were particularly well developed and the episodes were a mixed bag plot wise.
I would be intrested in hearing some others thoughts on the comparison and why Cowboy Bebop is such a favorite.
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For a good review of other iRiver products, gear.ign.com reviews most of iRiver's earlier product line. They rave about the ease of use and completeness of the navigation and menu system. If their new player is anything like its predicessors, and there's no reason why they'd change a successful formula, the GUI should be the last thing people need to worry about.
There's a nice article on kde.org that links to a communication between Don Melton (Apple Safari Engineering Manager) and Dirk Mueller. It also has links to Apple's changelog for their development of Safari.
For basic help with "similar artist" type stuff, I'd recommend AMG's All Music Guide. I've spent hours randomly browsing their Music Styles section and cross referencing artists I like. Their search engine is pretty crummy and they do occasionally hit their simultanious user quota but on the whole, this is where I go for artist and album information and exploration.
Time Warner Cable of Maine is also renting Scientific Atlanta 8000 PVR's with an 80GB hard drive. The cost per month is only $4.95. Pretty compelling for home users but it also seems some what conflicting with their InDemand and IControl initiatives.
Oh grow up. First go see the movie. Disney is simply distributing this movie in the US. What other studio has ever taken a chance on nationally releasing Japanese anime in theaters?? Okay so the Oscars don't always represent the absolute best but they do give some limited release movies the attention they deserve. Go see Spirited Away and tell Disney with your pocketbook that you want to see high quality and high art animation, not re-hashed drivel like Treasure Planet et. al.
The fanaticism for the Macintosh extends beyond the sysAdmin/programmer world that encompases Linux/*nix advocates. Basic desktop users can participate in the counter-culture that is at the core of Apple. Look at the broad range of users who use Mac's vs. the user base of *nix. Sure there are fanatical users who run KDE as their desktop and run OpenOffice but how many of them are graphic designers, high school teachers or senior citizens?
I first started with the Trigun series and was unimpressed with the initial episode but I gave the 2nd and then the 3rd episode a try and I was hooked. Each episode built on the last, adding depth, plot and substance to the series. I was truely impressed with the world that was built and emmotion that I felt at the conclusion of Trigun.
I then eagerly dug into the Cowboy Bebop series expecting a similar experience. In all honesty I was sorely disappointed. In my opinion, none of the characters were particularly well developed and the episodes were a mixed bag plot wise.
I would be intrested in hearing some others thoughts on the comparison and why Cowboy Bebop is such a favorite.