To quote from my Inception review:

“One mark of a classic film is distinctive elements ripe for parody – bouncing off ceilings while waking up from dreams within dreams set to the oppressive Hans Zimmer score could be this year’s ‘I drink your milkshake.’”

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Following the release of iTunes 10, checking out Ping, and then some random reviews from different folks, noticed a few bitching about iTunes sucking. Which seems to be a general meme these days, that iTunes is a bloated piece of crapware that people would ditch in a heartbeat were it not absolutely necessary for syncing an iDevice.

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I’ve found Mad Men-character tweeting fairly entertaining, now we have tweeting icons. All due to the goofy-at-first-glance iTunes 10 icon consisting of music notes, sans-CD, with a silver ring. But it’s growing on me already, once I noticed its similarity to the iPhone’s iTunes app icon.

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Thoughts regarding Apple’s entry into social stuff, Ping.

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Article at Forbes points out the relatively low prices of everything Apple announced at the recent special event. Shuffle: $49, Apple TV: $99, iPod Nano: $149. iPod Touch: $229.

This is something I’m personally quite appreciate of, as the total tally on Mac hardware this year has been lower than years past: iPad: $499, iPhone: $200, soon an Apple TV: $99.

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Apple just announced a long-overdue refresh to Apple TV, and I’m definitely sold. Several of my wishful blog posts over the past years were granted, and the “WTH” price met exactly.

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Synopsis

Upon returning to their San Francisco home, newlyweds Nick (William Powell) and Nora (Myrna Loy) learn a relative’s husband has vanished.

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Synopsis

Sisters Rose (Amy Adams) and Norah (Emily Blunt) start a crime-scene clean-up service, with mixed results.

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Apple event scheduled one week from now, thus armchair predictions, in order of likelihood:

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Hapless, regular readers of this blog who note all the Apple posts may think there’s a vacuum cleaner hose running from my credit card direct to Cupertino. Or at least that’s sometimes how I feel when noting all the little charges for the iTunes Store showing up on the monthly bill.

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