It's been nine months since version 1.0 of the new site was originally launched back on New Years. Since that time a number of bug fixes and other improvements have been made based on feedback from users and the my general urge to write some Ruby code. When I began developing the new site, I knew little about Ruby and even less about Rails. Looking back through my 5,284 lines of production code and 11,330 lines of test code that currently make up the site's codebase, you can almost see a pattern of improvement in my Ruby kung-foo as time progressed. Had I to do it all over again, I'd probably make some significant changes to the underlying plumbing and would better utilize some DRY principles that I didn't fully understand when this all began. Do you see where I'm going with this? Yes, that's correct, the site is getting re-written from the ground up.

In case you missed the memo, Apple recently released the next generation of their iPod lineup. One of the big annoucements was the release of their iPod Touch. The touch incorporates coverflow and touch navigation pretty much identical to the iPhone. It also has wireless baked right in so you can take it with you and use Safari to navigate your way around the web. Did I pick one up? C'mon, that's a given, but the better question is how long did I hold out before ordering? Amazingly about 6 hours. Yeah, I'm slacking.

On the day of the annoucement, I really wasn't paying much attention and had forgotten Apple was holding a special event. Once I got back home and realized they had put out the new iPod line, I decided to investigate. I must say, the iPod Touch is pretty much what I expected, it's an iPhone without the "phone" piece. One thing I was somewhat disappointed with was the storage capacity. Maximum is 16GB. While that won't come close to holding all my music, I decided it was worth it anyway to have a device that incorporated touch functionality with wireless built-in. They also refreshed all their other iPods with a fresh new look and incorporated some new user interface functionality into the video iPod, now called "iPod Classic".

Anyway, with my new iPod set to arrive towards the end of September, I now have an 80GB video iPod to sell. Get ahold of me if you are interested.