MacDork :)

Wow.  I used to have a blue one of these. Presenting…Mister Disc!: In 1983, an enterprising inventor came up with Mister Disc, the “personal portable phono system.”  Considering that I, a major audio geek, had never heard of Mister Disc until 2006, I can only assume that it never caught on with the public. That’s not hard to understand. After all, who wanted to haul an armload of LPs or.. Read More

(Thanks Peter!)

Hooooly crap.  Apple’s the #1 music retailer in the US now. I bet Amazon’s gonna creep up that list, though — the Amazon store’s had everything I wanted, is DRM-free and is twice the bit rate of the standard iTunes songs. Apple (i’m looking at you, Mr. Jobs) — you have to humble yourself and make kissy-face w/ the remaining labels who aren’t allowing you to sell their stuff DRM-free. .. Read More