Now, today was one of those crazy days...
- The Beatles: Rock Band, Part I: I went to our local Wal-Mart around 11:30 to get what they had available at Midnight. The reason I left early was to made sure I got something. I used to work at Media Play many years ago and Midnight Madness can be crazy!!! I went early for no reason... I was it. All they had available for the Wii was the Limited Edition Premium Bundle. They had no guitars available for the Wii at that location. It was late so I cam home... took a look in the box... and when to bed. After dropping Lennon (our son) to his Wednesday sitter, I proceeded to another Wal-Mart location that is close by. I was hoping to have found the guitars but I only found the John Lennon Wireless Rickenbacker 325 Guitar Controller which was good not great. I only had one more to find though. Next up, I went to another Wal-Mart location that was fairly close and came up with a big ole' goose egg. At this point it was approaching 9:00am, I decided to drive past a few places as I drive back home. Best Buy, Game Crazy, GameStop and Graywhale didn't open until 10am.
- I returned home and worked on some homework...
- Apple's "It's Only Rock & Roll" Event: As usual, if possible I follow this event through Engadget since it isn't broadcasted live. I like their coverage. Moving one to how I feel about the announcements.
(1) Steve Jobs: WELCOME BACK! Looking good! (Liver Transplant) (Organ Donor) (2) iPhone OS 3.1: App organization is working for me yet. So... moving on. (3) iTunes 9: iTunes redesign, as a graphic designer I get a little excited to see when major companies do redesigns of their websites and/or products. That being said, There are a few things that bug me (read here soon...) but over all very nice. Apple also announced some amazing new features through iTunes, most notable is the iTunes LP feature. With iTunes LP, when you purchase the album it comes with all the liner notes included in the standard disk you would receive when you purchase it along with some other materials called extras (videos, etc...) this will also be available on movies from iTunes also. (4) iPods: (a)iPod Touch: Price reduction on 8 GB, new 64GB announced. No camera... (b) iPod Nano: Video camera, larger screen, FM radio. ...Nice announcements all around. I think we were all hoping for iPod Touch camera, iTablet(?) and The Beatles in iTunes announcements. I think some if not all of these will be announced within the next year. (Apple.com - Video) - The Beatles: Rock Band, Part II: After lunch and some errands, I was back on the trail for the final guitar, George Harrison's Wireless Gretsch Duo-Jet Guitar Controller. I stopped by the Game Crazy, due tomorrow. I then returned to the Best Buy, I drove by earlier... No Guitars. They were playing The Beatles Remastered Discs. I next visited the GameStop, no luck but they called a different location who had it. The set is now complete. Back home to assemble everything.
- After doing some more homework, watching Days Of Our Lives (i really need to find a job don't I) and yardwork, I decided not to go to school. Of course I wanted play Rock Band with Sarah & Lennon. Before we did that though... We all went to Lennon's gymnastics class. He was very crazy tonight.
- The Beatles: Rock Band, part III: After a very rough start, we learned Sarah ROCKS and I need practice... Stay tuned to the MazzWiiOtti blog for updates...
