Adobe today released a new appli­ca­tion called Adobe Light­room. It will com­pete with Apple’s Aper­ture on many fronts, though it’s still in beta stage it looks like a lean, mean and clean appli­ca­tion. It’s avail­able now for testing!

Aper­ture, a rel­a­tive new appli­ca­tion was added recently to the pro line-​up. I have already devel­oped a love-​hate rela­tion­ship with this new Apple pro appli­ca­tion! I should con­cider it just a 1.0 release and hope that this poten­tially great appli­ca­tion will evolve grad­u­ally in time. Hope­fully Apple will sup­port my Canon EOS 350D soon! In the mean time I’ll have to do with the Raw.plist hack or just shoot in JPEG.

I have added an 5G iPod (Video), to our iPod line-​up. I was a little skep­ti­cal at first, but after having played with it at an Apple Centre I was con­vinced. The video/audio qual­ity of this device is really amazing!

Okay I had to buy a new camera, a new SLR (Single Lens Reflex) dig­i­tal. I had a ‘happy snapper’ but i missed my good old Canon EOS 500. So after a little research between Nikon D70 and the Canon EOS 350D, I decided to go for the Silver Canon EOS 350D with USM (Ultra­sone Motor) lens. In the the future i’ll buy a IS (Image Sta­biliser) USM lens. O, boy what a camera! Soon I will post some pic­tures made with it…

harman/kardon today intro­duced The Bridge, a unique iPod acces­sory that con­nects a com­pat­i­ble iPod to a range of spe­cial harman/kardon The Bridge-​ready AVR 40 Series audio/video receivers, The Bride, which does not require a power adapter, pro­vides a direct audio and con­trol link between the iPod and the receiver. “Elegantly designed to match harman/kardon prod­ucts, The Bridge enables a host of advanced iPod capa­bil­i­ties, such as dis­play­ing on-​screen menus, on front panel dis­play of AVR 40 Series, on TV or video dis­play, pro­vid­ing oper­a­tion of the iPod via the receiver’s remote con­trol and charg­ing of the iPod.” harman/kardon’s The Bridge will be avail­able in Octo­ber 2005 for €100.

Today I bought the JBL Crea­ture II audio speaker system, my Apple Pro speak­ers (also harman/kardon) got a little bit out dated. JBL’s Crea­ture II three piece speaker system pro­duces high-​quality stereo sound for movies, MP3’s, movies and gaming expe­ri­ences. Fea­tur­ing cutting-​edge sci-​fi design and supe­rior sound per­for­mance, JBL Crea­ture II is a unique “plug and play” solu­tion, com­pat­i­ble with all Macs and PCs - both desk­tops and porta­bles - as well as MP3 play­ers and Walk­mans. JBL Crea­ture II offers con­sumers cool design and excep­tional sound, prov­ing that excel­lence does not have to come in an expen­sive package.

I’ve bought a harman/kardon AVR system with all the gad­gets (DVD player, and 7.1 sur­round set-​up). De sound of this system is amaz­ing! I’ve watched LOTR which is the only DVD I cur­rently own which sup­ports DTS 6.1 ES.Update: To com­ple­ment my AVR I’ve bought a second Air­port Express unit, hooked it up with a opti­cal cable from Mon­ster Cable and WHOA, this is the true Dig­i­tal Lifestyle Hub.