Nick Dominguez

One of the main reasons I stopped subscribing to cable television was the inability to pay for the channels that I only wanted to watch. I’ve always disliked the fact that the major cable companies (Comcast, Adelphia, Time-Warner) have had a grip on the content that I wanted to watch.

Now some people think that Apple will be announcing this iPod video device coming up September 7th at the Apple event in San Francisco. I certainly hope this will be the case, because if it is, I think we could finally see somebody giving the cable companies some competition.

My sincere hope would be that current television shows and movies would be available through the Apple video store either on a pay-per download or subscription basis. For a reasonable fee I could log into my Apple account and browse video clips of any currently running show, documentary or movie and have it available for purchase.

I think networks are also really going to love this here’s why. I could be misinformed on this, but I believe one of the reasons HD has taken so long to take off is because the major networks have been afraid to lose their revenues from their syndicated shows currently running on smaller networks. See, the older syndicated shows weren’t filmed in this format and therefore will be obsolete when everything goes HD. Voila! The Apple on-demand video store! All the old shows you used to watch and love, now available on your video iPod.

If Apple is going to start offering up video content downloads through the iTunes store, I would imagine it would happen this way. First music videos and live music performances would be available and then movies and sometime in the near future, and then network shows would be available.

I could be way off base on all of this, but it’s certainly fun to think about the possibilities that could arrive with the advent of a video iPod.

Also, don’t forget about the predictions of the Apple Home Media Center and how it could potentially play into all of this.

If you have any passing interest in Bono and the kind of person he is, you definetly want to head on over to ChristianityToday.com and read “this article”:http://www.christianitytoday.com/music/interviews/2005/bono-0805.html.

It contains excerpts from the recently released book called “Bono: In Conversation with Michka Assayas”:http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1573223093/qid=1125116256/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-2924890-4288956?v=glance&s=books&n=507846. I’ve often wondered about the faith that Bono is always rumored to have and reading this was pretty revealing. “DATA”:http://www.data.org, his fervent campaign to end debt and aids in africa, this latest book, his passionate appeal for help to America’s churches, all these things make you realize that something is stirring spiritually inside of him and it’s truly inspring to watch, read and follow along to.

It seems like I’ve been getting caught in these little rat races in my head lately about various things. Sometimes the things in your life that you think need to be improved or “upgraded” just don’t. It’s hard living in this culture where people are always out to get the best of everything. We think we need the better job, the bigger house, the newer car, but I think we just have to step back sometimes and just be satisfied with what we have and concentrate on living our lives.