steven n fettig's Jitterin' Thoughts

I haven't posted for ages, but with all the word traveling around the streets about the new iPod Shuffle and the Mac Mini, I figured I would put in my 2 cents.
1) iPod Shuffle: you are a really cheap, easy-as-can-be-to-use device that will store up to a gig of data and will play some of my music in iTunes to boot. One thing others seem so quick to miss is the fact that those of us with an iPod already who want something a bit smaller and for quick trips, this is the cheapest way to get a second iPod. Any other iPod users who are going to consider this?
2) Mac mini: thank you for a machine that I can use as a true test station without blowing another 1k. Plus, you will be so much easier to convince people to try. I know of only one person (who already has a computer) who doesn't have an extra keyboard, mouse and monitor hanging around.
As long as Apple is still making the bucks on the margin, then I see the two as a huge success. Now if we could just get Apple to donate some of its profits or machines to the OpenBSD project. (See thread.)