Bonnaroo

Loretta — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:10:22 +0000

If only I were about 7 or 8 years younger, with one less kid in tow…I would have been first in line for Bonnaroo this past weekend! To be honest, I’d never heard of Bonnaroo until a girl I know was lucky enough to get to go. For those who have been living under the same rock I have, Bonnaroo is an annual music festival–seemingly not unlike Woodstock, in certain ways–that takes place in June each year. This year, it was held last weekend, June 11-14, in Manchester, Tennessee. Manchester is located 60 miles southeast of Nashville.

The music acts that perform there are insane!! This year, they had Bruce Springsteen, Phish, Beastie Boys, Nine Inch Nails, Snoop Dogg, Erykah Badu, Merle Haggard, Elvis Costello and Jimmy Buffett, just to name a few! Tickets are in the neighborhood of $250, depending on when you buy them, but knowing what you get for that, I think it’s well worth it!

One of the really neat things that grabbed my attention was the “Silent Disco” they have at night. Each person who comes is given a set of headphones to wear and everyone is listening to the same song and dancing along, but, to the average joe sitting outside, it would appear that they’re dancing with no music at all. This was designed to be fun for the night owls, while not disturbing the campers nearby.

And, if you need a break from the music, they have many comedians who perform nightly, as well. This year they had Jimmy Fallon and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog as well as many others.

I would LOVE to be able to go to Bonnaroo one year. I think it would be amazing and super fun!! Anyone wanna come along??

Check out these MP3 Downloads from Bonnaroo (I highly recommend Trani by Kings of Leon!)

Zune HD: Microsofts iPhone Answer?

Zune HD: Microsofts iPhone Answer?

GeekGirl — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:44:21 +0000

We all have been waiting and waiting for Microsoft to come up with their own version or answer to the iPhone, well our wait might be over! Microsoft has issued a statement on their latest product.

Meet the Zune HD, which is the newer version of Microsoft’s Zune mp3 player that has been put out against Apple’s famous iPod. The second generation Zune is still some what like the first generation, however some big changes have also come with the new version Zune.

So what does the new Zune HD do and have? Can it compete with the iPod and iPhone? It is fully integrated with the Xbox Live, has Wi-Fi and is in HD. Here are a few specs for you-
3.3 inch, 16.9 screen and multitouch technology.

As for if it can hold its own weight against the iPod and iPhone, it could, but could also full fill other areas that hand held media lacks. Bringing all the media in one hand held device, might just make Apple fail with hand held media players.

Zune HD Video Hands On from Gizmodo on Vimeo.

Of course like the previous Zune, it can and will play music as that was and is the main purpose for it. But they also hope to fill the niche of hand held mobile media/gaming players that are all-in-one. Despite the fact that the iPhone and iPod Touch both have gaming applications, it doesn’t exactly work the best for most hard core gamers who want a good gaming system.

It should be released to stores and the public sometime this fall(though no official release date has been issued as of yet, well keep you posted!) and more info will be released during the E3 show next week as well as the release date gets closer.

How do you feel about the Zune HD and do you think it will take down Apple’s iPodand iPhone?

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