I'm 30 today. I woke up this morning and went for a jog up to Twin Peaks. I noticed how much harder it is to run with an extra couple of inches on my waist.
Then I looked down and realized it could be the gigantic Halo 3 Zune in my hand. I got back to the apartment, thankful for the kind weather and the rare chance to exercise, and made myself a lumberjack platter of pancakes, three eggs, sausage, bacon, potatoes and a cup of ketchup and maple syrup. Damn Zune, slowing me down.
So what do I want for a present? Oh, so nice of you to ask! You don't have to get me anything.
I have what I need. Buuuut..
..since you asked, there are some things I'd really, really like:
I'd like an interview with , where.
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We that an was slated for launch in South Korea on June 16.
What the good old reliable Associated Press has learned from is that the company is considering the model for the US as well. Actually, here's what the AP heard:
"Increasing capacity for models is one of the options," said Satoshi Fukuoka, spokesman for Inc. "We make such decisions depending on the needs of the market, and every country is different."
So it's not carved in stone. I for one think a 20GB bump up is just too small, given the low cost of hard drives. Why not double it to a clean 120GB?
And while we're at it, how about online HD movie downloads? Oh, right, Blu-ray.
At last, here's the new , complete with LED-backlit screen, optional 32GB Solid Storage Drive 8-hour battery life and Core 2 Duo processor in a slim 2.
68-pound 0.88-inch glorious black design. It looks like at the end it wasn't announced , like the rumorlosersmongers predicted.
Oh, and it comes from . With Windows Vista. And unfortunately, is Japan only.
It's the new Sony which comes with everything that you wish in a modern sub-notebook: 1,366 x 768 11.1-inch panoramic screen, 1GB memory, 80GB hard drive and DVD dual layer recording. The HD and the DVD-R can be changed for a 32GB flash SSD and a 160GB hard drive respectively.
In two words: I WANT. More specs and the price after the jump.
Not that we're saying the Rin doesn't sound good mdash;there's no way we can tell without hearing it mdash;but it seems to us anything that looks this weird can't be something audiophiles will want show off to their audiophile friends.
The unit's made from a combination of imported and Japanese engineering, which is great on paper since (from I remember from an art class that I took in my imagination) it's the best type of marble anywhere. Plus, those Asians have tiny hands and can get all into those electronics easier mdash;am I right, fellow Asians?
In any case, the whole situation makes for a weird speaker system that supposedly sounds great because sound emanates like ripples on a pond.
Which makes me want to pee, not rock out.
has rounded up a bunch of objects that it feels are design classics from the past 30 or so years and got a bunch of industrial designers to talk about them. And you've gotta admit they're right mdash;on some of the candidates, at least.
First up is the SX-70, which dates back to 1972.
Polaroid's first fully automatic, motorized camera was an instant design classic. Detailed with tan leather, it folded into a rectangle the size of a paperback book.
Andrew Logan, principal designer at Frog Design, admires it for the "immediacy of a favorable output." He explains: "Instead of waiting days to see if you took a good photo, you could take it again right away."
There's a gallery below, and after the jump you can vote for your favorite piece of shiny loveliness.
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