Drew’s Inner Dialogue

After seeing what the electricity surge did in Carmel, I need to improve and consolidate the surge protectors I have on my own equipment here at home.

This is what I’ve chosen:

OPPO OPDV971H Digital HD-Ready Up-Converting DVD Player

Manufacturing Info available here: OPPO Digital

Basically, it upconverts DVD video for high definition TV sets, and will also handle other formats like DIVX.

She Wants Revenge, a fairly local band, had been getting heavy rotation time on iTunes for the past few weeks. I heard the single “Tear You Apart” once or twice on the local station X 103.9 (an awesome station that’s gone through a few big -and helpful- changes lately), and now it’s getting some airtime on KROQ 106.9 (a larger, more renowned station). Once I figured out who it was based on a Google search after hearing it on KCAL in the car, I tracked down the album as well. Highly recommended.
Won’t be too long before the album spreads across the country, methinks.
David Margolis probably already knows about them (how does he do that?!), but if not, I bet he’ll like it. (Dave…I want to join your webring, but I’m not sure where your most current site is…there are a lot of David Margoli on Google.)

I’ve been looking at a decent case for my iPod Shuffle for awhile now. There are many, and there’s a wide range in quality as well as price. I had decided to settle on a general silicon case for about $10 (as the iPod isn’t all *that* expensive, and it’s pretty durable).

I hesitated, though, because I found Apple’s case attractive and protective, although relatively pricey at $30. It’s also water resistant.

Well, Otterbox, makers of waterproof cases for full size iPods and other devices, just announced a waterproof case for the Shuffle at $30. This, I think, is most of what I want. It’s completely protective of the Shuffle, and it’s actually waterproof. Now I can use it while working out, mowing, at the beach, or even in the pool or hot tub without giving the Shuffle a second thought.

Just thought I’d share.