Month: March 2007

I have an iPod (generation 3 20 gb version). I won it while attending one of the conferences.

Since I was an engineer, I value function over fashion much more. That’s why I never really liked the iPod. Most of things I listen to are audiobooks, and if I don’t buy the audiobooks from the iTune or Audible.com, I’m left with MP3 files that are not bookmarked.

I have two other small flash based players, one from iRiver and one from SanDisk. They both work well, showing up as USB mass storage devices when connected to my computer. However, the SanDisk requires a music management software to put the MP3 to remove mp3 files, which is a bit of pain.

I’ve recently discovered a great use of the iPod though, to download PodCast from the iTune store.

A lot of the podcasts used to be fee-based. I had a friend telling me he pays Audible.com to download all the WallStreet Journal news on a dailly basis to his portable mp3 palyer.

Well, if you look at the iTune store now, there are tens of thousands of free podcasts now. I initially brought out the iPod so I can listen to Jack and Susie Welch’s Business Weeks podcast. When I went to iTune store though, I found so much more free podcast, I now subscribe to at least 15 of them.

My favorite one so far is still The Welch Way. My second favorite is actually David Linthicum’s podcast on Service Oriented Archiecture. I really enjoy listening to his insights. A lot of people thinks he’s kind of high-level, but as an enterprise architect, he’s speaking to me at exactly the right level.

So enjoy all the great content from thought leaders of today, and hope you learn much from what you hear.

Until next time.

最近和JY品尝了一些Michel Cluizel的巧克力。

Michel Cluizel是非常有名的法国巧克力生产商。 他们的Single Cru巧克力在世界上是数一数二的。

下面是我和JY的印象。

Los Ancones:
一开始感觉味道不浓，可是含在嘴里时间长了，味道就出来了，主要是Dark Chocolate,而且越来越浓。-JY
开始时有一种形容不出的感觉，然后又有种烟草味道。然后就是甜的水果味道。非常易溶，回味悠长，有点意犹未尽的感觉。 -LW

Marilumi：
一开始味道就非常浓。无层次感，没有上次的好吃。 -JY
开始是淡淡的。后来越来越酸，又非常强的莓的味道。回味没有上次的长。 -LW

Tamarina：
一开始味道很淡，然后慢慢开始变浓，象渗透开来一样，先是清香味，再是浓烈的黑巧克力味（清香味此时还在），我觉得是到现在最好吃的。-JY
闻起来有很强的巧克力味道，有点酸酸的。吃下去开始好几秒钟以内没有什么味道。慢慢的有青草的香味，到最后有一点酸，回味没有Los Ancones长，清香味道。-LW

Concepcion
入口就有清香味道，而且不散。后来巧克力味道越来越浓的时候清香味还是有的。-JY
问起来有浓浓的巧克力味道，不过没有象Tamarina的酸味。吃起来开始淡淡的，然后有水果的酸味，巧克力味道非常柔和。到最后有一点酸味，回味有一点苦。-LW

Mangaro Noir
和其他几种比起来，这种巧克力刚入口时没什么味道，而且味道一直很淡，可是后来突然爆发出来，很浓烈。我没有觉得很甜。-JY
闻起来有股清香的味道。味道很快变浓。有非常重的水果酸味，越到后来越甜，结束时酸甜味道为主。回味时有巧克力味道。-LW

我和JY的口味有些不同，她比较喜欢甜一点的，我比较喜欢酸一点的。

你们如果有兴趣可以在网上买到Michel Cluizel的巧克力。