The iPod – More Than Just A Tool To Hear Music

August 29, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
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When you think of the word iPod, you automatically think music. But the fact is that the iPod can do more than just let you hear music. iPod can be used to view videos and store pictures. In fact some iPods can store up to 7,500 songs, 25,000 photos and 1,000 videos.


There are also games that can be found on the iPod. These games are nothing for Playstation or the Xbox to worry about graphically, but they will help pass the time if in line somewhere and need to kill a little extra time. There are four different games. These games include Brick, Parachute, Solitaire and Music Quiz. Music Quiz plays a piece of a song that you have to guess. It gets the songs from your play list.


iPods are also being used to organize. Not to be confused with PDAs, but iPods do come in handy with keeping contacts and if you need to have a calendar handy. Microsoft Outlook Express or Outlook can be used to synchronize for contacts and the calendar. Address Book is used for Mac users.


With the iPods impressive 30 to 60 gigabytes, it can handle more than just music, videos and photos. The iPod can be used to transfer large files or even as some form of backup. If your digital camera memory card becomes full, you can offload the pictures from the card to your iPod and erase the memory card to take more pictures. With the iPod, you could show those pictures as a slideshow.


It was pretty exciting to be able to see videos on iPods, but now for a small fee you can download TV shows and movies off the Internet and able to put them on your iPod and watch them where ever you go. With the Apples M2 Convert software, you could also transfer your DVDs or Multimedia to files that can be used to watch on your iPod.


In addition, the iPod can be turned into a small recorder if iTalk, Podzilla or BelkinVoice are installed on it. With iTalk or Podzilla the iPod records audio. You are able to record your own voice if you wanted to. FM transmitters are being sold for the iPod. With this all you have to do is find the right radio station and your can hear all of your favorite music from your iPod on your car radio or any other radio you might be listening too.


With the Griffins iBeam software, you will be able to turn your iPod into a laser pointer or a flashlight. Podtender is a program for all you bartenders out there. With over 900 mixed drinks you will become very popular at all the parties you attend if you bring along your iPod.


Podgourmet will make you just as popular in the kitchen. This program has 260 recipes and is also available for vegans containing 277 recipes. iPod Weddings is becoming very popular too. A way for the bride and groom to save money is to purchase an iPod instead of hiring a DJ for their wedding reception. These programs will not only give them complete control over every song played at their wedding, but also the order it will be played in, too. Plus, when the reception is done they not only have their wedding song and every other song played at their wedding, but they will have the iPod as their own wedding gift to themselves. With the right software and know how you can use your iPod as a remote to almost anything in your house that you want.


Wake up with your iPod. If you set the alarm on your iPod and then set the alarm on your alarm clock for the exact time and find the right radio frequency you could wake up listing to all your favorite songs on your iPod through your alarm clock.


You could also use your iPod to catch up on all that reading you have been meaning to do. You can read audio books on your iPod. With all the great software thats out there for your iPod and all the many resources on the Internet you can look up, you can do an abundant amount of things with the iPod.



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7 Must Hear Albums From 1967

January 24, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
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I think a very good argument can be made that 1967 produced the greatest music in the history of popular music up to this point (early 2009.) These seven albums I would use as my evidence if I was presenting such an argument. Perhaps that’s exactly the argument I am presenting? Amazingly four of the seven albums I’m including in my list are debut albums by some of the most legendary bands in history of rock music. I think that’s a good indication of just what a breakthrough year 1967 really was. Who are those four bands? Pink Floyd (who were known as The Pink Floyd at the time), The Velvet Underground, The Doors, and The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Pretty amazing, isn’t it? These great albums are listed by their title alphabetically. It was hard enough to choose just seven “must hear” albums from 1967 (as there are surely more than that) so I wasn’t about to try and order them in any way other than by the alphabet! Absolutely Free by The Mothers of Invention (Frank Zappa) – This album could be looked at as merely a “joke” (and sadly many people do dismiss Zappa’s music as just that) but the music is just too good to be dismissed in that sort of way. This is a great album for anyone who thinks that 1967 was only about “flower power.” Zappa brought the weird with force, but he also brought sophistication and complexity. The music on Absolutely Free often referenced Stravinsky and other classical music. Are You Experienced? by The Jimi Hendrix Experience – This was Hendrix’s debut album and what a way to start a career. It included the classic Hendrix tracks “Foxy Lady,” “Manic Depression,” & “Red House” (these are actually the first three songs on the album) along with “Fire” and of course the title track. While I don’t think it’s his best album, it’s definitely a great album. Certainly one of the seven “must hear” albums of 1967. The Doors by The Doors – This is the band’s debut. It was recorded in 1966 and released in January of ‘67. It includes some of the band’s most well known like “Break On Through (To the Other Side)”, “The Crystal Ship,” “Light My Fire,” & “The End.” Many fans & critics consider it to be The Doors best album. Magical Mystery Tour by The Beatles – Certainly not the masterpiece that Sgt. Pepper is, hell it wasn’t even really an album but an EP. But so what? It still contains a whole lot of incredible songs like “I Am The Walrus” & “The Fool on the Hill,” & “Baby You’re a Rich Man.” Piper at the Gates of Dawn by The Pink Floyd – This was Pink Floyd before they got rid of Syd Barrett (due to his mental issues and erratic behavior) and the The at the beginning of their name. In some ways they were a completely different band than the one that would become hugely popular in the 1970s with Dark Side of the Moon. But while they do sound very different, the seeds for the ’70s Pink Floyd can be heard in this album which is brilliant in it’s own right. If you are a fan of psychedelic music then this album absolutely essential. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles – Sometimes people say Sgt. Pepper is “overrated.” I say nonsense! Any album that contains songs as great as “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds,” “With a Little Help From My Friends,” & “A Day in the Life” cannot be overrated. It was a big step forward for The Beatles, not so much in that the songs were better or even more complex (listen to Revolver after all) but because the songs all fit together in a new way. Sgt. Pepper was the arrival of the album as “art” and not just a collection of songs. To me it still stands up as an incredible work of art today. The Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground wasn’t a huge commercial success but it is arguably the most influential album on this list. It includes “Sunday Morning,” “I’m Waiting for the Man,” & “Heroin” among its 11 tracks.

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Why Do We Never Hear About Good Parenting?

November 22, 2009 by admin · 8 Comments
Filed under: Bob's World 

In the news we always hear about bad standards of parenting but we never hear about good parenting?
Why?
I seriously think the bad parents are a small minority (based on my job).

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