Thursday, September 20, 2007

Water? Apple bluetooth headset washes well

Apple's Bluetooth headset is my first wireless headset. Its compact design makes it barely visible. No flashing lights and ear hook look. I only wear the headset when driving or sitting at my desk and need two hands for my keyboard. When I'm out, I often drop it into a shirt pocket between car rides.

Two days ago I got home, changed, and threw some clothes in the washer–including the shirt I wore during the day. When the wash was almost done, I realized that the headset was still in my shirt pocket, in the washing machine. When the load was done, Apple's little bluetooth headset lay at the bottom of the washing machine, clean as a whistle so to speak.

At first, the headset was unresponsive. I let the headset dry out for a day and a half. Then put it in Apple's Dual Dock charger. My iPhone recognized the headset and charged it up. Works fine. Relief.... Ah, technology.

Thursday, September 06, 2007

Steve Jobs 2007 grad address @ Stanford

Great speech in the perfect medium - a YouTube video viewed by more than a million people in less than 4 months, easily embedded into this free Google blog.

Clearly, Steve Jobs is a key player in the development of our contemporary digital society. Now you listen to and learn from the three insightful stories he shared in his 2007 graduation address at "one of the finest universities in the world" on demand, 24/7/365.

Ah, technology....