Josh Byers

The iPod Cometh

It is finally here. I would have posted sooner, but I was too busy uploading my entire music library… now what do I do with the other 54 gb?

Needless to say it is a beautiful piece of equipment. My expectations were pretty high and I am glad to say that they have been exceeded. I don’t know what I like better, listening to it or looking at it.

The good people at Sitepoint were supposed to send me a 40 gb iPod Photo but unfortunetely they don’t sell the 40 gb version anymore so they upgraded me to the 60 gb version. Very Cool!

The sound is great and it couldn’t be easier to use. One of the best things is that I can use it in my car and its a pretty cool thing to have any song available without having to switch CD’s in and out. I also like the fact that it displays the artwork for the album of each song. Not a big deal but one of the little nuances that make it hip.

The only thing that I have been disapointed with is iTunes. The program feels very clunky and is not user friendly in my opinion. Maybe I am just used to Windows Media, but I prefer it at this point. I like the layout of WMP better. All of your choices of album, artist, genre, etc are in expandable menus along the side as opposed to iTunes at the top. iTunes is also a lot slower and uses more memory.

The music store is pretty cool and the podcast subscribing is off the charts.

So, all in all I am happy and I am really looking forward to a long relationship with my iPod.

Some New Photos

Mia and Regan at the Longs
I just finished uploading almost 4gb of photos from the past year and beyond to flickr. There are 4 new sets that were not on the old site.

The new photos include: Caleb’s Graduation, Abi’s Graduation, Our 4th of July trip to Indiana, and our Summer Vacation to Winter Park.

You can view the photos by going here.

Enjoy!

A New Era

So this is the first entry in the new blog…better make it good.

Greetings to you all! It’s been awhile since we last talked. Hope everyone is doing great. The Byers household is slowly getting back to normal. We have had a crazy July. It started off with a trip to Indianapolis to visit our friends the Longs over the 4th. There was some good golf and a crazy wait at the Texas Roadhouse (another story for another time.)

I then broke my 26 year streak of not attending a funeral by going to 2 in 3 days. Mickie’s aunt passed away so it was off to Missouri and then we went to Wisconsin for my grandpa’s funeral.

We had a few days at home but then headed to Winter Park, CO for vacation. It was a lot of fun. I’m glad we were in the mountains with the 90 degree heat instead of in the city with the 105 degree heat! Look for a video of Mia’s first Alpine Slide ride soon.

So now we are back to normal - whatever that means.

Mia is growing up faster and faster. She decided today that she needed to kiss Mickie and me (multiple times) and no, I am not complaining. She is really into the game of peek a boo as well. She will hide behind a wall, couch, or whatever and stick her head out and say “peek.” It really doesn’t get any cuter than that.

One last thing, if you subscribed via RSS to our previous newsletter, you will need to change your feed address. I was cleaning out my server and accidently deleted my entire newsletter…which contributed to the swiftness of this new design and format. Sorry for the inconvenience.

So, hope you enjoy the new site. Make sure to leave your comments below!
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