John Gruber on why $15 is not less than $1,000. John Gruber dissects Napster’s shtick regarding “Napster To Go,” their $15/mo. music download service. The upshot (once you get past the “Magic 8-Ball” silliness) is this: Napster’s math is based on hypothetical, worst case numbers that will never apply to the vast majority of iPod owners.

Wait, What Did His Family Do?. I love this site.

NYT on the “iTins” phenomenon. Hey, look, I found a meme.

Scosche announces Bluetooth interface for iPod. This would be brilliant if any more car stereos supported Bluetooth.

Creative Zen Micro case from a mint tin. Very cool–now do it with an iPod.

Open and honest communication. And then there are the cases when people want software to step in with a solution instead of just politely explaining the situation to their clients.

WordPress 1.5 Sweet Like Sugar. I’m using a pre-release version now for a new project–details soon (via Matt).

D&B Reports Strong 2004 Results; Expects Continued Strength in 2005. As a result of these re-engineering initiatives, the Company expects approximately 400 positions will be eliminated globally. The Company anticipates that some team members will transition out of the business, others will move into new roles within D&B and some impacted positions will be eliminated through the normal course of attrition.

Gmail for Firefox. Gmail, reproduced in XUL for Firefox–something to keep an eye on.

Tom Coates weighs in on our kludgy weblog designs. And I’m beginning to think that the thing we have to do is start to reconsolidate and refactor the weblog concept itself. We need to take a step back for the first time in years and re-ask the question–what is it for?