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Not the iPhone but just an iPod.

I have been more than happy with my current iPod and the screen size until recently. I have never been one to watch alot of video on the iPod. I used to watch all my vidcasts on my laptop but a little while back I removed all my podcast and vidcast subscriptions from NetNewsWire and put them all in iTunes and moved them from my Powerbook to the Mac Mini (which is also the home media server). With that I have also been using my iPod for that stuff alot more. Sometimes just sitting outside and sometimes driving, either way just not in front of the computer.

Wow, I cannot believe I waited so long to do that. Using iTunes to subscribe to and manage your subscriptions works so much better than adding them with a third part program. So much nicer, I can now sync my iPod and then start the same podcast on my Mini and it picks up where I left off, yes it may sound simple but my older setup never did that.

Anyway now that I have gone way into my tangent I can finally say that widescreen or even larger screen iPod would be much appreciated. Maybe some day it will come.

The other reason for this hope and the main reason for this post is another item that I had gotten a while back and never really used that much. The eyeTV 250, this is a great tv tuner for the Mac, it lets you both watch and record tv. It gives a bunch of options for recording so you can better control quality as opposed to disk space used. This also has a nice export feature that puts the video in a nice iPod format and also imports the shows into a playlist in your iTunes. Sweet. TV on my iPod and I did not have to pay $1.99 an episode.

So I guess my main point here is that its amazing how much certain things can do. Make sure you check out all the feature’s that a product or program offers. I need to really pay more attention to ALL the feature’s that I have available. I tend to get something and use it for select purpose’s and not use it to it’s full potential. And just between iTunes, my iPod and eyeTV 250 I feel like I have a whole new toy, even though iTunes is free and the iPod and eyeTV I have had for months or years.

If you are wondering where this is coming from, I am trying to get more out of stuff and not just take it all for granted. It is part of some stuff I have been working on about myself for a while now. An no I would not buy a new iPod even if it came out now, its just something that would be nice.

For me to go from this mess

To finally get off my lazy butt and figure out what kind of stand or table I wanted. This is what I decided to go with.

And the new printer is an HP Photosmart C5140 that we got for Christmas replacing our 5 year old HP printer.