How crappy is Apple’s new Lightning Adapter

So with the iPhone 5 Apple updated and downgraded it’s connector to the new lightning connector. The good news is it is smaller, and will work in either direction. The bad news is it is the same speed as the old adapter, sends less data, so many old accessories won’t work, and for those that do it requires an adapter at $28 for a direct or $39 for a cable.

Youch! Honestly i would rather have had the old adapter still so all my old devices would work. Especially since Apple said they won’t make docks for the iPhone 5, and i prefer my iPhone and iPods in docks!

Anyone else lament the loss of development of hard drive based music players like the iPod Classic?

Sure I have an iPhone and an iPad, but even with the largest models of their generations and a bunch of apps 64 GB doesn’t leave much room for music. Not only that but I rip all my CD’s at Apple Lossless, which is about half the size of CD quality with no loss of quality. That leaves me with my venerable iPod Classic with 120 GB harddrive (there was once a bigger model, but it is no more). Still not huge, especially with hard drives growing every year, but sans a plethora of apps it can store quite a bit of music. And there is nothing else that matches it’s size. Sure eventually static memory will get larger, but so does app size as screens get better. And don’t even get me started in how much space large photos take up on the new iPad!?!?!

And streaming music doesn’t work for me as long as data plans have caps. And even most unlimited plans are not even close to unlimited! As streaming could be the future, but only if it can be all your songs just as they are in your computer!

I know it will never happen, but i would love a new hard drive based ipod, say 320GB, with an updated interface. It can still be scroll wheel, but playlists needs a fast scroll like artists have! It could store most of my music and mean i can just worry about apps on my iOS devices!

Hasselblad’s new Mirrorless Digital Camera

Photorumors has the news on a new Hasselblad mirrorless camera. The specs sound pretty good, though I am surprised to see only an APS-C sized sensor from a company that normally makes medium format cameras.
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Some pretty impressive specs, though not cheap for APS-C:

24.3MP APS-C sensor inside
25 AF points
ISO range: 100 to 16000
10 fps
Shutter release time lag: 0.02 second
3 in. LCD
OLED viewfinder
The grip is made out of real wood. The company used carbon fiber, titanium, leather and gold to build this camera.
Italian design
Sony E and A mounts compatible
Price : around EUR 5,000 (around $6,500)
Shipping in 2013

Canon announces the Full frame EOS 6D

CanonRumors, TechHive, and DSL News Shooter, all have articles.
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For about $2100 they are offering the body that is a full frame 20.2 Megapixel Full Frame Sensor and includes both a GPS and WIFI! This is almost a $1000 less than the next full frame sensor.

Doesn’t have the swing out LCD of my 60D though. Nor does it have a headphone jack for audio monitoring, so you really need a separate audio recorder! The WIFI will be amazing though, when you can control it from your iPhone or iPad! HOW COOL IS THAT? Think of remote focus pulling?!??! AWESOME!!!

Surgery Update

It has been a while since I did an update on my surgery, so I though it was about time.

I am back to work, and finally making money again, which is great. The drive to work though is not so great. The problem is that my chest is really sore, and I don’t think driving in Los Angeles rush hour traffic helps much. Neither does doing household things like, like mowing the lawn, or cleaning or carrying laundry even. I am just sore.

And the scar is sore too. Some times it itches, but mostly it is sore, and doesn’t like having a shirt on it.
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And as you can see it is still red as can be. I have been alternating with ScarAway and Wheat Germ which my chiropractor got me to use, but overall the scar is still pretty inflamed.

And it seems the whole having been put under thing has taken it’s tole. My editing, graphics and computer skills are fine, but my memory is shot. I have to write everything down or it will be forgotten. And if I think of something, I had better do it then or I won’t remember, and I have NEVER had that problem before. They say it could take a year for that to clear up, but I hope it is a lot faster than that!

Am exercising, though need to do more, but I get up at 4:30 AM so I can do the treadmill for 30 minutes before work. I was trying to do some kettle bell for a while, but not now with my chest so sore. And while I am still doing pretty low salt, mostly under 2000 mg (except once a month with a reuben) and still doing my soy sauce substitute and making bread if I want any (I know I need to quite eating bread), but have basically gone back to my weight before surgery and I need to lose 50 pounds!

Overall feeling pretty good, and so nice to not get out of breath (though I still sweat like a stuck pick when it is hot, which has been all the time lately).

Apple announces a new iPod Touch

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Apple has released a new iPod touch based on the iPhone 5, but still missing a true GPS, with a 5 Megapixel isight camera, but still a 720P Facetime HD camera.

Still at starting at $299 since it is not subsidized it is expensive!

Apple has announced the iPhone 5 coming out next week

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And they didn’t name it the next iPhone, which is even better. It has a powerful quad core A6 processor and a taller screen, which allows one more row of icons, or bigger 1135 by 640 16×9 apps, which is great for watching movies and old apps show up as letterboxed instead of stretched. It has a better 8 Megapizel camera, and it’s towards you camera is now 720p for facetime. It has a new connector called Lightning that should be faster and is much smaller, but will require all new accessories or adapter cables.

Nothing revolutionary, but certainly very cool. I would love to replace my iPhone 4 with one, but it is not going to happen. Too broke after surgery and possible not having work for a while. It is $199, $299 or $499 for 16, 32 or 64 GB versions.