Two days in I'm already breaking with my pledge to get to bed at a better hour. Too many ideas running through my head to do otherwise though. I spent the backend of the week at a briefing at Apple Computer. What a brilliant group of people they had to present to us.

One of the reminders I got was about submitting feature requests and bug reports. All too often it is very easy to see how we as users would like things to work and forget that in addition to posting them on our blogs (which we hope the right people are reading or at least scraping for terms like iPod) we need to make sure Apple's aware of the request. On tomorrow's list will be a feature request to change how iTunes handles the absence of podcasts (i.e. prompt me instead of deleting them all first). Another huge feature request will be answered with IChat 4, the ability to sign in to multiple AIM accounts at once. Yea!

New businesses should make sure their phone numbers are readily available online. Especially if they depend on call-ins for any portion of their business. Such is the case for Down-N-Out. burger in Big Bear, California. It would have been a lot easier if we'd known their phone number was (909) 584-1300. Fortunately the folks at the pizza joint across the street were nice enough to give it to us.

We humans like to see ourselves as the king of all the beasts. On this Sunday afternoon as I head off to the office, having spent the morning working at home, I look around and not that there are two cats and two dogs resting quite comfortably. I wonder who the smart ones really are?

Sandy Valley is celebrating Mexican Independence Day with a Sandy Valley style parade and party. A great time will be had by one and all. Everyone should plan to come to Sandy Valley for the noon parade and party afterwards on September 16th, 2006.