talbotlucas.org: a word to the wise is sufficient

The new iTunes 4 from Apple is staggeringly cool. Pity the poor bastards that don't (yet) use OS X.

Yes, it's e-commerce. Hey, Apple does want to make money. But this is the way to do it. The integration is there. The 30-second previews of songs are wonderful. I've just raced through a catalog of my youth, listening to snippets from about 30 different songs just by browsing in iTunes.

Currently the most downloaded album is "Elvis 56"! The sound quality is crystal clear. Apparently some master tapes were re-encoded with AAC, rather than just ripping the CD. The quality of the Elvis (Presley) tunes are amazing. I wonder if this was one of those that was "re-mastered" so to speak.

iTunes 4 also supports Rendezvous streaming. So, the talbotlucas CD collection is slowly going up on the (internal) server and we're streaming it back to ourselves wirelessly. Once again, It Just Works.

Go Steve!