New Saadiq
It’s been a minute for Saadiq, good to hear about this.
Yay for the Bay…
Yesterday I did something out of the ordinary and took the Bay Ferry back home from San Francisco to Oakland. Actually before I even boarded the boat, I was so excited about the trip that I decided to buy a book of twenty tickets (one-way - $85.00).
I guess I’ve always considered a boat trip a luxury, instead of a simple method of transportation. The feeling of floating, leaving the city for a few minutes, and drifting along to a destination is very relaxing and calming for me. Taking your bike on the Ferry is encouraging, and there are not all the stairs, and stop and starts that you have to deal with on the BART. With such beautiful weather in the Bay Area at this time of year, i’m surprised there weren’t as many people on the Ferry. I’m looking forward to my next ride 
No comparison…
With yesterday’s news of Apple’s July release of the 3G iPhone I had to stop and reflect on how much of an apple addict I’ve become over the past year. Looking forward to the release of a phone that 3 times faster and three times cheaper than the previous version is truly remarkable.
One of my favorite features of an Apple product:
Cover Flow.
With the digitization of music as a commodity, and the rapid replacement of Mp3 players over any other medium, you might think album artwork would be dead. If there’s no tangible album, where can you put the artwork on? Apple not only solved the problem, but they created a magnificent platform that might rescuscitate the beauty of album artwork. Cover flow is dangerously addicting and and time consuming for perfectionist types, but flipping through my digitized music collection by artwork was something I never thought I could do. I own a considerable record collection in Oakland (and in New York), and always regret not being able to enjoy the vinyl cover more since I refer to my digital music collection more than my vinyl, or cassettes and CDs.