It’s that time of year (just after work deadline) where I redesign this blog. Going for something super stripped down. General idea is to make reading and posting more straightforward. Ads are probably going away, too.

Logged into this hapless blog to write a post about the Facebook IPO and was greeted by blank everything. Thought maybe it was a glitch, so started on said post. But when I hit save, I got an odd message saying the post couldn’t be edited.

The next two weeks will be a bit odd on this hapless blog, as after over a decade hacking it in the Bay Area – we’re moving up north to Portland, Oregon. Spouse got a job and so I must uproot myself. We both went to college up there and I look forward to re-familiarizing myself to the area since it got all trendy or something. Too bad I recently cut down on coffee/beer…

So… iTunes Match has finally dropped; it’s $24.99 a year, and promises to make your entire iTunes music library available across iDevices.

But of course I must create a check list of pros and cons to see if I’m gonna sign up for this thing right away:

Feel like I’m kicking Google when it’s already down after the head-shaking regarding Google TV, but this tidbit is worth mentioning. According to DigiTimes, Asus has allegedly sold a mere 5,000 Google ChromeBooks since a summer launch, and Samsung even less.