Archive for December, 2006
December 2, 2006 at 9:01 am · Filed under Media Players
The BenQ MusiQ appears to be a definite head turner. I did I double take when I saw the first images of it on a Chinese website. Complete with a headphone cord integrated into the neck chain. Not quite as small as a the shuffle and a lot shinier. 512 MB version will be available December 4th via hotline (whoopee) and December 15th online. It is currently selling for $88.50 in China and will cost the same in the US. The 1 GB model pricing is not available as of this entry.
Best feature: The MicrosSD card slot
Coolness Factor: Etched with two different designs: “steel wings” for guys and “magic bean” for girls.
Drawbacks: Really bad marketing campaign (see next blog entry)
December 1, 2006 at 10:43 am · Filed under Blogging, Google
I’ve had a long week so please forgive me if this just comes out as some kind of cranky rant, but I need to get it off my shoulders.
StatCounter seems to have gone down the drain for me over the past two weeks. The stats are completely wrong and I’ve been able to prove it several times during the two weeks of frustration.
First, there are the discrepancies between Statcounter and other statistical tools. Now this is nothing new. We all know that tools like awstats and similar tools have had issues with being accurate, but the last two weeks have been extreme.
It started when Google analytics and awstats were showing close to the same thing, but Statcounter would be off by several hundred visits a day per site. I found this to be a bit odd, but at first I actually believed Statcounter over Google and awstats. According to Statcounter the traffic was significantly lower than what Google and awstats were showing.
I was faithful to Statcounter until last Monday when it became clear the stat counter just wasn’t doing its job. I used a political blog that doesn’t get a lot of traffic to run some tests on. Once again, Statcounter was off by about 120 unique IP’s.
Then, this morning I had four new registrations on another blog (I have a lot of subscribers on my political blogs) and Statcounter is showing that the site has received ZERO visits today. These registrations took place more than 8 hours ago, yet Statcounter shows nothing. How can that be?
I just don’t know what to believe anymore. It’s quite frustrating to be honest.
Anyone else having issues?
Technorati Tags: Google, Awstats, Statcounter, Traffic,
December 1, 2006 at 9:13 am · Filed under Media Players
It seems like the iPod has been around forever! Or at least 10 years but October marks the fifth birthday of the iPod.
Five years ago the first 5 GB Apple ipod was released. Five months later in March of 2002 Apple added the 10 GB ipod.
In July of 2002 the second generation ipods were released. A 20 GB ipod was born to go along with the 10 GB model.
In April of 2003 the Apple iTunes music store was launched and a few days later the third generation ipods were released including the addition of a 30 GB and 40 GB as well as a 15 GB model.
Just under nine months later, in January of 2004 Apple released the first generation ipod nano. This 4 GB ipod would become very popular due to both it’s size and price point.
In July of 2004 the 4th generation 20 and 40 GB models were released.
In October of 2004 Apple released it’s first ipod photo in 40 and 60 GB versions. At the same time Apple released it’s ipod “U2″ Special Edition and a few months later in Februaury of 2005 Apple discontinued the 40 GB ipod while releasing the second generation 4 and 6 GB minis as well as the first 512 MB and 1 GB ipod shuffles.
In June of 2005 Apple consolidated the ipod and ipod photo into a single unit and made them available in 30 and 60 GB models.
In September of 2005 Apple replaced the ipod mini with a 2 and 4 GB ipod nanos.
The next month Apple introduced it’s fifth generation ipods. The 30 GB and 60 GB video ipods.
In February of 2006 Apple adds the 1 GB nano at a retail price of $149 and drops the price of the 512 MB shuffle to $69 and it’s 1 GB shuffle to $99
In September of 2006 Apple makes several changes to much of their ipod line up including the release of the second generation Nanos in 2, 4 and 8 GB models. The new nanos come in a variety of colors. The second generation 1 GB ipod shuffel is released and iTunes receives a major overhaul with the release of iTunes 7.0. The fifth generation ipod receives some minor updates.
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