Well, its been very busy here in Thoronia, busy enough that we haven’t really had a chance to update much recently. But, I assure you all, that this will not last forever, and it is indeed a good thing. What’s been happening here? Well, many things. We’ll leave it all to your mind to figure what might be making the waves of crunch then okay? Anyway. Many thoughts cross brain through week. Many. Now share!
- iPhone Firmware update finally goes live – as does App Store. The store already has over 700 programs — but seems to be missing some that I was hoping for at launch, including: Wordpress blog editor (mobile blogging and, more importantly, notes to ourselves), Netflix (so when you recommend a movie to me I actually remember it), native rateyourmusic.com app (I haven’t really delved into this service, but I probably would be more inclined to if I could just sit in front of my LPs with my phone in my lap and rate them).
- There are some things I was really impressed with, including the Ebay App, Crosswords, Pocketpedia (which syncs with a suite of programs on your computer, but also works as a library of stuff that A) you can carry with you B) you can include wishlists so as not to get lost in the book/DVD/Music store), NetNewsWire finally brings RSS to the iPhone, it syncs with NewsGator (even though I prefer to simple yet intuitive Mail.app for my RSS, I guess I’ll just switch on over). There are probably more things that I’d hoped for that never showed, but I don’t remember them now…
- MEDUSA Ray Announced – A new crowd control ray-gun has just entered production by the Sierra Nevada Corporation. The gun uses microwave audio effects to implant sounds and messages inside a person’s head. Why does this sound both exciting and awesome? Because, perhaps the next Republic of Thoronia album will not released on CD, MP3 or LP, but on MEDUSA, and it will be beamed directly into your fucking mind. Brilliant.
- Denver is gonna fuck you up — Denver has been real secretive about its plans for the DNC, but on top of importing an undisclosed amount of police officers, the city (which we here in Thoronia call home) has also ordered: goo guns, sonic ray guns, microwave guns, rainbow guns, happy bullets. There is also a possibility of rock and roll happening at Bar Bar in honor of the Convention’s Friday night… this rock will include the RoT first performance in a couple months, and is at this point, still only a theory.
- A fan outfits a room to look like Mario — But where, oh where, is the furniture going to go?
- Robo-fans — What do you do when you can’t get any fans? You invent some! Weird yet interesting things are happening with the Robot Fan Culture. I can’t even begin to decide what I think about it.
- I’m going to be in the market for a laptop – So if anyone has an Intel based Macbook (or, actually, any Macbook/Powerbook as long as it’ll run OS X 10.5) they want to scrap, or sell cheap, let me know.
Similar Posts:
- Why it’s still okay to Pwnage your iPhone/Touch…
- The Republic of Thoronia gets reviewed!
- Republic of Thoronia Artifacts Exhibit
- Business as usual — weekly update on what you’ve missed
- Album Complete!