I really need to start going for runs in the morning. I went for a run yesterday afternoon, and it was a tiny weeny bit warm really. Once again, I only did the short course of about 2-2.5km. It is good to get out, and just relax, and think. I find it is really good for me. I just need to keep at it.

I was looking for a program to do random slideshows of the files in the MY PICTURES directory of my main laptop from my 2nd laptop so I could display them on the flat panel. I found Picture and Slide Show which gets set up as a screensaver, but can be run in preview mode. It runs in full screen, and has a LOT of options as to audio effects, transitions, everything. And it allows you to play your pictures in random order. And even for a random time. I am very impressed. And it is free.

The Register has a story how Apple and it’s iTunes store is now the seventh largest music retailer in the USA. Also on the same site is information on the Hauppage USB TV Tuner that can receive digital TV, and is in a can a bit bigger than a memory stick. And also news that Microsoft is to open it’s file formats. And finally, Apple is paying companies about US$1.2b to ensure supply of flash memory devices for iPods until 2010.