I’ve tried, unsuccessfully, in the past to mount more than one iPod via iTunes and it’s never worked. For some reason, this morning I am able to.
I’m running iTunes 7.0.2.16 on Windows XP SP2. All three iPods are connected via USB2. The 20Gb 4th Generation iPod and 80Gb 5.5 Generation iPod video both have disk use enabled and I manually manage music on both units.
Is anyone else able to duplicate this?
UPDATE: According to Apple, this shouldn’t be done.
This is a really eye-opening article in the New York Times on the rush to execute Saddam Hussein.
I’ve got mixed emotions on Saddam’s execution.
On one hand, I feel like man should not take death into his own hand. Yes, Saddam committed atrocities against the people of Iraq. Yes, Saddam was an insane dictator. But the contempt that was shown him as he was hung was disheartening. It was like a pack of animals was sending him to his death. “Is this how real men behave?,” asked Saddam right before his death.
On the other hand, I can’t help but remember, my dad served in the Gulf War. Saddam invaded Kuwait and claimed til the end of his reign that Kuwait was a state of Iraq. He killed his opponents. He slaughtered ethnic groups in his country. He was a bad person, and deserved to be punished.
But death? In this fashion? I have a hard time with it. Saddam was broken, reserved, and dare I say fearful of his end. His executors were ugly, disrespectful, and mocking of his death. Saddam was being hung for his savageness, yet his executioners were the real savage on this day…
If there is one good thing about this whole ordeal, it is that the United States was not directly involved in his execution.
“The Iraqis seemed quite frustrated, saying, ‘Who is going to execute him, anyway, you or us?’ The Americans replied by saying that obviously, it was the Iraqis who would carry out the hanging. So the Iraqis said, ‘This is our problem and we will handle the consequences. If there is any damage done, it is we who will be damaged, not you.’”
Regardless, Saddam is now dead, and perhaps the world is better off because of it. But I hope the way his death was conducted will help the Iraqis to re-examine some of their barbaric tendancies.
Tomorrow I go back to work after ten straight days of being off. I haven’t had a “vacation” quite like this in some time. It was much needed though. I think I need to try and make it a point to schedule more time off throughout the year instead of waiting until the very end.
I’ve had a MeasureMap for nearly as long as they’ve been in beta. It’s a great statistical tool that’s not received a lot of attention, short of when it was first launched and when Google subsequently bought them.
My site doesn’t get a lot of traffic, but December 2006 was the best month I have ever had on the site. Here’s a breakdown of the stats:
| Visitors | Comments | Post Title | Date Posted |
|---|---|---|---|
| 122 | 1 | Matthew Fox & Tenacious D on SNL | 15 Nov 06 5:13 PM |
| 75 | 5 | Screenshots of NEW Photoshop CS3 Beta | 14 Dec 06 10:07 PM |
| 59 | 6 | WordPress Dreamweaver Extension | 20 Dec 06 7:19 PM |
| 39 | 4 | Five things you (probably) don’t know about me | 21 Dec 06 7:56 PM |
| 32 | 8 | Areas of My Expertise | 19 Dec 06 7:33 AM |
| Browser | % |
|---|---|
| Firefox | 47% |
| Internet Explorer | 35% |
| Safari | 12% |
| Other | 6% |
Some numbers since I started tracking…
I know, these numbers aren’t breath-taking, or earth-shattering, but to me, it’s a sign of progress… December was a great month, and hopefully a sign of continued growth here on the site. I appreciate all of the visits an all of the comments and I look forward greater things in 2007.
Where have you gone? It seems like only yesterday I was making resolutions. Now, you’re drawing to a close, and I can’t imagine what happened to the time…Happy New Year, everyone. Well, Happy New Year’s Eve anyway. Before I start the obligatory list o’ resolutions for 2007, it would probably be a good idea to recap any progress I made towards my goals this year. And so I shall:
I made some progress this year, but I could have made more. I won’t make excuses for myself. I was lazy, and that’s something that has seriously got to change.
It’s a short list, but a lot of work. I’m looking forward to the coming year, but realize there may be some hardships ahead in trying to achieve the goals I have set forth for myself. Anything worth doing is never easy.
Death comes in threes. First James Brown. Then Gerald Ford. Now, Saddam Hussein. That’s one hell of a group there. An entertainer, a President, and a ruthless dictator. It’s been one heck of a Christmas, hasn’t it?
He loved the holidays, and he loved Augusta. James Brown will be missed.
From the blog of John Nack:
It’s critical that Adobe help developers get up to speed in updating their plug-ins to run natively on Intel-based Macs, so we’ve posted a Photoshop CS3 mini-SDK that contains the needed info. The SDK, along with the CS and CS2 versions, is a free download once you fill out a simple form.
Another day, another meme. Thanks for the tag, Ben.
And now, to pass the 5Things Baton… I tag…
This post is out-of-date. Since it’s release, a new WordPress Extension for Dreamweaver has come out called ThemeDreamer. It does all the things the Tagstention extension did and a lot more. Definitely check it out.
I’ve been comfortable coding HTML, CSS, etc. in Notepad for years, but I’ve grown to love Dreamweaver ever since I started working at PowerServe. Tonight, I ran across this Dreamweaver extension for WordPress that could make life a little bit easier for anyone who uses the popular blogging platform.
Right now, it appears the the extension is compatible with Dreamweaver 8 and Dreamweaver MX 2004. If you’re using an older version, it’s time to upgrade. Seriously.
There are several wizards for using tags with additional parameters they might accept. It’ll help with basic loops, inserting templates, supports Ultimate Tag Warrior, etc. It’s probably a safe bet that if you’re using Dreamweaver and using WordPress, it’s worth a try.