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July 21, 2004

How did consumer gadgetry become sexier than space exploration?

Via slashdot, there's an interesting article in Wired about the genesis of best consumer-electronics gadget ever, the iPod. Apparently this project consumed almost all of the attention of Steve Jobs during its development. This reminds me of how the Macintosh consumed all of Jobs' attention and became the platform that remade Apple. Some say that in 10 years, Apple will be primarily a music company. After all, by looking at Apple's homepage, one would think that their flagship product was the iPod, rather than their computers. This makes me wonder what will become of Apple Corps, the Beatles' shell company which seems to exist for the sole purpose of suing Apple Computer everytime the computer company makes an innovation in music.

In other science news, today is the 35th anniversary of the first moon landing. Shouldn't we have flying cars and outer-space vacations, by now?

Posted by Dean at July 21, 2004 11:35 AM

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