roll with it

This is pure genius! Hell yeah, I want to listen to music or a podcast in the bathroom! It’s pretty much the one place in my house that is not set up for music: no television, no computer, no radio, no iPod docking cradle and speakers. That might appeal to some people (warm bath, good book, silence), but my Something Shiny Disorder doesn’t let my brain relax for very long. I figure that I average about 45 minutes to an hour in the bathroom over the course of a day – showering, fix hair, brushing teeth, contact lenses, peeing, etc. – so why not make the most of that time? (And I’m not a typical girl; I bet the average woman spends double that in the bathroom each day. Ladies? Am I right?)

Too bad that the thing looks so… er… big and white and plasticky. I don’t mind the control pad at the top, which is reminiscent of the iPod design. But if only they’d made the rest out of sleek aluminum or something equally elegant and subtle. This looks like a giant iPod, that had a baby iPod, hot-glued onto the top of something you’d get at a dollar store.

And then, there is this:

HP’s new in-camera weight loss program. Because, you know, the chick in the example image above REALLY needs slimming. It’s not so much the existence of the special effect mode that irritates me; it’s that all the models in their advertisements are rail-thin to begin with. Apparently, thin just isn’t thin enough.