I just got the iPod Touch in the mail today, and I thought I would test out the wi-fi features and what better way than to write a post. It's just too bad I can't add any photos, but it can work if I'm too bored.

-Trevor

I woke up this morning in a precarious situation, I didn't have enough milk for my bowl of Life cereal, a true tragedy. Luckily inspiration hit, I did have enough milk for scrambled eggs. The problem, I've never attempted scrambled eggs in the nearly seven years I've lived out of my parents' home. Luckily for me, people have posted instructions for just about everything on the internet, including scrambled eggs (My most memorable find was instructions on tying a tie). I was amazed about how fast the eggs "set" in the pan, as well as being amazed at how easily amazed I was. BTW, this is a photo of my breakfast. It almost brings tears to my eyes.

-Trevor

I'm pretty much decided on the mp3 player I'm going to pick up. I think while I had been an "ipod" hater for some time, I think the iPod touch finally has the sort of options that I'm looking for in an mp3 player. The intuitive design as well as it is a flash based player is really a bonus. But beyond the Nano, the Touch has various apps that will be a nice addition (as well as wi-fi access is a nice bonus). What is even better that sold me is that Apple is releasing a SDK for official 3rd party applications out in February (I can wait that long). While watching videos is low on my priority list, I think it is still a nice bonus. Now only if Apple would lower the price by $200...

-Trevor

I was just about to leave to pick up a friend from the airport last night when I thought I would load up a couple of songs on my mp3 player so I had some new music to listen to as I drove. As I was trying to turn it on, the light on the power switch would only blink three times and the lcd would turn on, not a very good sign. Creative seems to have taken off most of its tech support for the "Touch" since it is old (not to be confused with the iPod Touch). Anyways, trying to reset the player didn't do much, so I think my options are limited. It seems so weird knowing that it seemed to have no problems the last time I used it, but I guess things can change.

The problem now is that I am not sure that I was ready to pick up another mp3 player yet. The new Zune 80 isn't really what I want it to be (no Audible support) and the 16GB version of the iPod Touch is not exactly cheap and there are features that I would like on it that it doesn't have for that price such as Flash support in Safari as well as a camera. I was thinking that it would otherwise have been great for uploading quick shots while traveling onto this blog. What's worse is that I can't just transfer photos from my camera to the iPod, eliminating my other hope that I could possibly have left my laptop at home while traveling to Sweden, that doesn't seem quite as likely now, I want to be able to post things while on the trip.

The problem is that I really "need" some sort of mp3 player for a trip to Europe, a 16 hour flight across the Atlantic is not something that is overly enjoyable (at least I can't imagine it will be) and I can only take the drone of an airplane's engine for so long. I'll keep my blog updated on which mp3 players I'm looking at.

-Trevor

P.S. I thought I would insert a sneak peek about an upcoming post, I shaved my beard (it seems to be a large topic of discussion in Tucson, I don't know if anyone will care outside of it...)

As some of you may or may not know, I will be heading off to Lund, Sweden to an Economic History workshop on November 23rd (Black Friday). It is semi-official now that I finally purchased the tickets. With my newly received passport, I'm all set to go, I just need to find places to stay.

I'm a bit nervous as this is my first time out of the United States and will be flying by myself and disappointed that I will be out of the United States for Thanksgiving, the last couple of years Gabe and I threw a pretty good Thanksgiving party.

I will be spending some time in both Sweden and Denmark, so I will have to find a couple of things to do. I picked up the "Rough Guides" to both countries and will be scouring the books for things to do and places to stay. I'll be in Europe for a little over a week, that should give me time to see some sights without blowing my budget. It may not be the greatest time of the year to go, but I cannot imagine the weather being any worse than what I would find in Minnesota at that time of year.

If you have any recommendations on various places to check out, feel free to leave a comment.

-Trevor

As I was washing a load of clothes in our laundry room yesterday (it is in a building by the carport), I heard a cat meowing nearby. I went to look out and there was a feral cat clearly looking for something. He decided to rub up against my leg and still meowing. Clearly he was looking for food and possibly a place to stay. Since I am a bit allergic to cats, staying in my house is definitely out of the question, but I gave him a great dinner of turkey lunch meat and water. He seemed grateful, but still wanted to come inside. I had to go get groceries and he was gone when I got back, but I am still sort of hoping he sticks around.

-Trevor

As I was walking back from school last night, I was crossing at an intersection. There was a car traveling southbound, but I crossed the southbound section in plenty of time. However, the driver of the car apparently wanted to take a left turn, but for whatever reason slammed into the curb in the corner. I realized that he wasn't going to make the turn and ran back across the street, but he didn't miss me by more than a few feet, leaving me pretty shaken up. A woman in another car got out and asked me if I was ok, which I was. As we were talking, the other car drove away, but I was too shaken up to get a look at the driver or the license plate. The whole event seemed so unreal, I almost could have believed that I dreamed it up if it wasn't for the tread marks that I saw on the sidewalk when I walked past. Afterwards, I was reminded of this particular youtube clip I saw a while back.

-Trevor