A glimpse of Athens

Here are some pictures of the Acropolis from my recent Athens trip.  I was a little bit disappointed at how broken it is.  The Greek ruins in Paestum near Naples, Italy are much more preserved.  Embarrassingly, I was so unprepared for my trip to Greece that I even forgot to take a good camera! I did not see much of Athens because I was busy working.  Well, I was there for work and not tourism.  All these pictures are taken using my iphone.

 The picture below is the view of Athens from the Acropolis.  I was quite surprised how big it is.

 This one is a view of the Acropolis from Athens.

Unfortunately, I think what they say is true, Athens is not a very charming city.  I liked it personally because it felt real and not like "Disneyland". 

I like: Itrip

You might laugh but one of my main problems in life since getting my iphone is how to play the iphone in the car. The problem is we have one of those cars without an aux plug.Anyway, while whining about this problem to a friend she told us about the itrip.  This device have existed for a long time and nobody I have ever whined this particular problem have proposed it to me as a solution.  Well, I am happy to have it now!

The itrip works by converting the sound from your MP3 player, iphone, or ipod to radio signals so all you have to do is tune your car radio to the frequency you set on your itrip then you can magically listen to your ipod in the car.

The sound quality is perfect (we got the Belkin universal one)!  I can't see the difference between the itrip and the CD player in the car.  Great device!  Wish I'd known about it sooner.

I like: Logitech Squeezebox

If you also have all your music in your computer and you want to listen to it in another part of your house without turning the volume so loud that your neighbors would start to complain then like me you need a Squeezebox.  This device is so cool because it allows you to listen to your music away from your computer wireless.  I hate wires!  This is the perfect solution for me. I am actually thinking of buying 3--one for the bathroom, living room and the bedroom.  If you have high performance speakers already, there is also a model that you can just hook up to it.  Funny, I did not even know Squeezebox existed until recently only to find out that 70% of people I know have it!  Better late than never!


 Squeezebox wireless music listen to music wireless wireless speakers

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Iphone blogging

Just trying to attach a photo....

Iphone blogging

Just trying out blogging using my iphone. Seems to work. Hmmm, the possibilities! I hate the keyboard though. It's taking me forever to write a paragraph. Attaching photos does not seem to work. Not cool! Another annoying thing about BlogWriter app is I had to choose only 1 blog. I still did not figure out how to update another blog using the same app.