Holy crap. I was just looking for something completely unrelated to this, but a random neuron got fired, and led me to this page, featuring 8 of Cory Doctorow’s books in iPod Notes format.
That’s too freaking cool! I’ve downloaded them, and will start reading through them (starting with Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom) during the daily commute…
UPDATE: Well, ok… that’s kinda interesting. After the iPod loaded all 500-odd pages of Notes for the books I downloaded to it, I’m really seeing the limitations of the iPod for this kind of thing. I’ll have to go in an rename some of the books so I can read the titles in the menu. And, after scrolling through the first 5 pages of Down and Out, I finally got the the end of the quotes, FAQ, and Creative Commons license… Doh. Might have to add a “Start the book already” link on page 1 of each book. Also, looks like there’s no way to bookmark where you are… Or, to quickly get back to the menu without going back through all of the pages you’ve read. oy.
Holy crap. I was just looking for something completely unrelated to this, but a random neuron got fired, and led me to this page, featuring 8 of Cory Doctorow’s books in iPod Notes format.
That’s too freaking cool! I’ve downloaded them, and will start reading through them (starting with Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom) during the daily commute…
UPDATE: Well, ok… that’s kinda interesting. After the iPod loaded all 500-odd pages of Notes for the books I downloaded to it, I’m really seeing the limitations of the iPod for this kind of thing. I’ll have to go in an rename some of the books so I can read the titles in the menu. And, after scrolling through the first 5 pages of Down and Out, I finally got the the end of the quotes, FAQ, and Creative Commons license… Doh. Might have to add a “Start the book already” link on page 1 of each book. Also, looks like there’s no way to bookmark where you are… Or, to quickly get back to the menu without going back through all of the pages you’ve read. oy.
So, the news of the new 4G iPods has been leaked rather publicly via MSNBC/Newsweek. Ars Technica is saying it’s a huge improvement (they’ve updated their article on AT – the first release of it was so full of incorrect information I was very surprised to see it on Ars!)
My reaction to the new scroll wheel is something like “uh, I prefer the separate buttons, thank you very much.” The combined scroll-wheel-button thingy was created for the iPod Mini, which doesn’t have the real estate available for dedicated buttons. Makes sense there, not so much on the Full iPod.
The new menu structure looks cool (a bit more streamlined), and some of the other features (slow down/speed up tracks without distortion, multiple on-the-go playlists) could be useful. Here’s hoping that it’s just a firmware update away from my 3G iPod…
But, 60GB on the high end. Holy crap. That’s three times the size of the drive in mine. Combine that with slightly better batter life, and a thinner design…
So, the news of the new 4G iPods has been leaked rather publicly via MSNBC/Newsweek. Ars Technica is saying it’s a huge improvement (they’ve updated their article on AT – the first release of it was so full of incorrect information I was very surprised to see it on Ars!)
My reaction to the new scroll wheel is something like “uh, I prefer the separate buttons, thank you very much.” The combined scroll-wheel-button thingy was created for the iPod Mini, which doesn’t have the real estate available for dedicated buttons. Makes sense there, not so much on the Full iPod.
The new menu structure looks cool (a bit more streamlined), and some of the other features (slow down/speed up tracks without distortion, multiple on-the-go playlists) could be useful. Here’s hoping that it’s just a firmware update away from my 3G iPod…
But, 60GB on the high end. Holy crap. That’s three times the size of the drive in mine. Combine that with slightly better batter life, and a thinner design…
