wavLength: September 5, 2007 Archive

Bruce Kerr, an attorney at Sun Microystems in Silicon Valley by day and a song parodist known as "Loose Bruce" by night, has just posted his take on the Sen. Larry Craig incident. It's a funny song and video set to the music of the Eagles' "Hotel California". Here's a sample of the lyrics:

On a dark Viking flyway in the Twin Cities air
There's an airport restroom for some fellas who dare
If you're up for some footsy, play taps with your toes
Kiss your wife goodbye if you're caught, now the whole world knows
Plenty of stalls at the Hotel Minnesota
In a public place, no one sees your face

I once profiled Loose Bruce for the now-defunct public radio show "Beyond Computers." I've lost that story to time and it's too bad. It was one of the better stories I've produced.

I don't want an iPhone because I don't want to switch from my carrier, T-Mobile, to AT&T. With T-Mobile, I'm comfortably post-contract and generally happy with network performance. But the iPod Touch, ah, that's lustworthy. Essentially an iPhone without the phone, the device keeps the best features of the iPhone (Wi-fi, touch screen, cover flow, etc.) and ditches the worst thing (having to be tied to one carrier).

I'd run out to buy the iPod Touch right now if it had a hard drive with decent storage. The 16 GB maximum capacity seems like a mistake, but perhaps not a fatal one.

I'm guessing the Touch will eat into sales of the iPhone, even with the price similarity.