I hate iTunes updates

I really do hate iTunes updates. Now don't get me wrong, iTunes itself is great. I use it exclusively for audio files. But whenever it's time to update I feel like I'm working with an anti-virus program or a new OS. The updates take friggin forever. This morning I installed the 6.0.2.23 update. It took forever and made everything else on my computer die.

I'll try to stay on point here, though I may stray in my ranting.

I use windows. Still, a small update (that I won't notice) shouldn't take 15 minutes to install. Moreover, why does QuickTime have to bundle itself anew. QuickTime is a nice program, for some things. But every time I update iTunes, I end up with QuickTime in my quick launch bar, on my desktop, in my program list and on my processes bar. Not only that, but it has decided to elect itself mayor of all the media on my computer. This is the behaviour I would expect from malware.

Every time I update iTunes I get more and more excited about Songbird. This thing is in a "proof of concept" version 0.1, and it is still far superior to Windows Media Player.

Danny Brown - Balancing Point

I saw this video at the Banff Mountain Film Festival in Barrie. Really cool. It was just six minutes long, but was easily my favourite part of the festival.

http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2677576

The video seemed especially cool in light of Cairn, my new place of employ. We should hire Danny to do some rock balancing for us.