Amazon.com analysis

Do no evil?

Quoted: Google doesn’t see a problem — the images are of things and people that were in plain view from the street, after all

Quoted: Amazon’s copy-protection-free MP3s will allow customers to play their music on virtually any of personal device.

Dotting for photo microstock reference.

Quoted: The new chief executive for Corbis is expected to respond to the rise of low-cost online rivals that threaten to undermine its sales.

I wanted to dot this again and emphasize what I found here that was so important... I wanted to record to iTunes using Apple Lossless (for quality, and since my SqueezeBox will stream lossless) but when filling an iPod, I want to use MP3 (for size). What I did not realize was that you can bring into iTunes as lossless, then convert 'in-place' to MP3 (which does not replace but places side-by-side). Then you can resort on 'Kind' to separate lossless and MP3 and then throw all your MP3 files onto the iPod. Sweet.

"Start by ripping your CDs into Apple Lossless format. When you want to move some selected tunes to your iPod or other MP3 player, set your Importing preferences to the correct format and choose Convert Selection from the Advanced menu. Put your iPod in manual-update mode to avoid also transferring the Apple Lossless versions. Then drag the newly converted files onto the iPod icon."

Quoted: Start by ripping your CDs into Apple Lossless format. When you want to move some selected tunes to your iPod or other MP3 player, set ...

Ken Rockwell on itunes and recording quality.

GPS map for Botswana.

Quoted: The 4x4 bookshop.

This is the digital I want for Christmas. With the 18-200 lens.

Quoted: My new D200 is the best digital camera I've ever owned.

dotting for later reference

redotted from jigna

Quoted: I have never been much of a picture taker, but after my daughter was born two months ago, I started snapping photos at every sniff, yawn, and burp. Soon after I entered this Richard Avedon phase, however, I discovered the Catch-22 of digital photography: T