I don’t see what all the hype is about. The iPhone is basically the convergence of a cellphone, pda, and a media player.  For people who think it is going to kill the Zune, I don’t think that this type of device would be a direct competitor of the Zune.  The Zune, so far, is strictly a media player  and as such would compete against other mp3 players.  The iPhone on the other hand would compete more with devices like the Palm Treo, Motorola Q, and other smart phones.

Also, I’m not getting too excited about the iPhone because who wants an overpriced phone.  The phone itself will be priced ridiculously higher than any other phone on the market, and it will require you to be locked into an expensive contract.  The Canadian outlook seems to indicate that it will be exclusive to Rogers since the iPhone is GSM based, so everyone who goes through Sasktel, Bell, or Telus is out of luck.  Not to mention that if it follows in the tradition of other Apple hardware, it will cost more than the competitors and offer virtually the same features.

If I want to buy an MP3 player, I would buy an MP3 player, not some all-in-one device that “looks cool”.  If I want a smart phone, I’ll probably go with a company with a good reputation of making phones like Motorola and their Motorola Q.  Right now, I’m happy with my Creative Zen Vision M even if it only has 30gb for MP3 player.  It just means I have to copy and erase occasionally. Also, with my cellphone (although it’s aging) a Motorola E398, it works just fine for what I use it for and don’t feel the need to upgrade.

Gamerscore blog wrote up a new article that lists ten new live arcade titles for the next bit.  The titles will be released on the regular Arcade Wednesdays.  For me the list has its highs and lows.  I am a big fan of the Castlevania and Worms titles but the titles from Midway are a little bit of a disapointment.  Sure, I can get the Xbox Live Arcade versions.. but I already have the Midway Arcade Treasures games and don’t feel like buying the same thing more than once.  So that means no Root Beer Tapper or Paperboy for me.   That just leaves the original titles which I have no clue what to expect.  Regardless, it’s good to see some new content up on the Live Arcade.

My wish list when it comes to the Arcade would be for some of Sega’s arcade titles.  There were quite a few classic games from Sega that I’m sure people would love.  I remember all the good times playing Shenmue and just going to the Arcade.  As well, an arcade controller would be sweet for some of the classic arcade titles.

While reading some info about wind power, I noticed someones post and they linked to a very unique site.  The site is called One Billion Bulbs, and it lets people sign up and post about changing their light bulbs from standard incandescent light bulbs to more energy efficient CFL bulbs.  The site seems like a good cause and hopefully will motivate more people to consider the switch.   The overall goal for the site is to switch over 1 billion bulbs.  The site seems rather new as the number isn’t very high yet, only 8,456 as I write this.
In my house, we have been slowly changing over all our light bulbs to the compact fluorescents.  The whole movement towards the CFL bulbs is that they reduce energy usage, so its win-win.  You have a reduced energy bill and the environment is cleaner.  Be sure to check out the site and read up on light bulb technology!

Well when it comes to sitemaps, Google set the standard and everyone is going to follow along.  The standard that they released under a creative commons license was the Sitemap 0.84 XML protocol.  My blog currently automatically creates a sitemap using this standard whenever I make a post so I will benefit from more search engines using this technology.  With things like sitemaps, I find that there is no reason for each search engine to create their own standard and thus this standard from Google is such a great idea.  I’ll have to watch my logs to see if Microsoft or Yahoo’s crawlers will pick up on my sitemap, and actually use it.
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Lukas Rossi was selected as the lead singer of Supernova last night. In a night filled with good performances one star out shown the others. When Tommy made the final say, he mentioned they had chosen the person with highest number of votes. Since I am a Lukas fan, I think I probably voted 30 times last night, not that much but I still feel like contributed somewhat. After the show the rockstar message board was going crazy. A lot of people don’t seem to like Lukas and they were fairly vocal. Some of them being babies and saying they are going to try to return their concert tickets and they would never listen to any supernova song in the future. Then others are saying that Lukas would bring out a goth crowd to the concerts, but I think that Lukas and Dilana would have brought out the same crowd so I don’t get that point. Some other people said that Lukas had more votes because Canada has more high speed internet throughout the country, and it showed Canada’s superiority not only on the stage but with our internet technology. Overall, I’m happy with their choice, obviously.