The famous design ethic from Steve Jobs. I think FaceTime is going to become the norm now that Apple has done it. Just watch.
For the last week, I’ve been playing with a new gadget. On my Twitter, you’ll know that I’ve been using an iPod Touch. Having used it, I can say that some of the Apple magic has rubbed off on me. It feels so very polished, and the consistency of the applications that can be downloaded makes me appreciate the closed-market as much as dislike it.
As for Apps installed;
- Trillian - Having got the PC version of the application and loving it, I downloaded the App. The sync-on-start for all the linked accounts was a killer feature.
- Twitter – An obvious one. Not gonna say anymore.
- Remember the Milk – I’m getting too forgetful, and this App gives me a checklist of stuff to do each morning. If I can keep up with it and make sure that I add stuff either on the website or on the App regularly, then I can make the $25 yearly fee for the Pro account worth it.

iPod Touch + Bluetooth = iPhone - Dropped Calls =D
Also got Skype, Facebook, WordPress (do not download; a joke). And for games, I bought Mass Effect: Galaxy, Monkey Ball, SimCity, PuzzleQuest and Streets of Rage. I still have a few that I want to get, but I want to make sure that I pace myself and avoid splurging £30 at a time on the App Store; Apple’s instant buy feature by entering my password makes it so tempting to buy. With iOS 4 now effectively breaking some of the apps in the store, I’m going to let the developers update them before buying and raging at how it doesn’t work.
Finally cleared out my room of the junk that had slowly accumulated. Once again, I had a box of nothing but wires and connectors for stuff that I didn’t even use anymore; I even had a memory card reader that hooked up PS1 memory cards to my PC (via an LPT port – retro!) and books on HTML3. Obviously, a lot of these are now sitting in the recycling boxes or in the bin outside. It was, frankly, a lot of crap that had been hoarded. I’m surprised I managed to get it done during the day. It’s so hot here that I have a fan, both windows open and I’m still thinking ‘I can’t go outside; it’s boiling’. Of course I have to walk to work, and that leaves me with the most uncomfortable half an hour of each day when I get in. But nobody has said anything about it so I’m happy somewhat. Could be colder. =[
With Aion now starting to pick up pace now (had a few PvP encounters and I’m hopefully going to start trying to rift in a legion group), I’m thinking of starting up a podcast again for Aion. I used to listen to The Abyss, and it provided a lot of information as well as just something to listen to. It disappeared into total obscurity, including it’s hosts, and left a bit of a bad taste in the mouth for both myself and Zach. There’s no other podcast that services the game anymore; they’re all dead. The latest one had it’s most recent episode in February and with 2.0 on the way it only makes sense to get things moving and cover 2.0 as a pace-setting exercise.
Might sleep on it. Got a driving lesson tomorrow and I don’t want to be sleepy when I’m going through Sutton; that place is just terrible if you’ve not got your wits about you.


KAECY.US is the freshly resurrected blog of Allan 'Kaecyus' Bowden-Smith; an Aion nut with too much time on his hands. 