“…you’ll feel like and asshole, that’s normal–it means you’re doing it right”

Via Lifehacker

• Always BCC added to email settings so you can carbon copy yourself
• Battery diplay updates to provide more accurate display of charge
• Passcode lock can have a longer timeout– prevents you having to enter your passcode EVERY time the phone goes into standby mode– instead allows you to picke a time frame to allow the phone to wait before it requires a passcode
• Audio out now works on many popular stereo docks and adaptors

So, back to the regret part…I really only listen to music in my car. Until this update my iPhone just couldn’t take the place of my iPod– it had iPod features, but no audio out to my car’s iPod setup.No matter how many ogled over the iPhone, or how many times I used Google maps–no amount of ‘cool!’ helped me shake the feeling that I’d potentially made a $600 (plus tax) mistake. The pitch had been ‘one device to do everything‘, and here I was still carrying around my 5th Gen iPod Video, AND an iPhone.

Along comes this supposed security update, and BAM, audio out through the dock connector– meaning, I can use it in the car!

I can’t explain how happy I was when this thing worked like I knew it could. It was like getting an iPod all over again (which by the way, can’t be explained, if you have one, you get it– shuffles don’t count…).

In the last 2 days, I’ve had time to really judge this thing as an iPod, and take a look at some of the new features of this ‘best iPod ever.

My favorite example of the iPhone’s improved iPod? Shuffle.

Now before you laugh at me, and call me names, try out this situation: you’re listening to your iPod, on shuffle, and a GREAT song from an even GREATER album comes on. All of a sudden, you need to hear that album. With iPods of yesteryear, you have to Menu Menu Menu your way out, then select Artist, or Album and scroll to the Artist or Album in question.

Now, I would never do this while driving…but, I bet some have and do. It’s a potentially dangerous pesky interface, and a total buzz kill.But with the iPhone? Screw that son, you just shuffle away, and when one of those DEEP TRACKS comes on, you can just hit the track listing for the album, and BAM, you have the entire listing of that album to choose from.

I can’t tell you how great this is. Is it worth 600$? Well, having something work the way you hoped it would, and having a pet peeve eliminated goes a small way toward making me a bit less impetuous– but $600 less? I think that’ll take another few ’security’ updates…

After:

Today’s Collision– I would recommend them to anyone.

Anyway, here are some shots of the new car…it’s hot! I really like the front end, it’s agressive without looking to over the top

So without further delay, and in the interest of burning thru some bandwidth…here’s my TV commercial

After 1.5 years of putting off replacing my antenna mast, 6 months of parts sitting in the house after the antenna was replaced and making apologies for how ‘busted’ the car looked, the C-Pillars (at the rear of the car, near the hatch) are finally back in place, the seat belts are back up, the trim is properly fitted, and all is well in the world of VW.
Thanks Chris and Bob!

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“Several readers report on a class action lawsuit filed by users regarding Apple’s new iPod nano device.”

Whaaaah…someone call the fucking whaaaaambulance. It’s a polished piece of plastic. You put it in your pocket, with coins and keys and shit and it gets scratched. I don’t ever remember anyone loosing sleep over my walkman getting scratched up.