Today, at a special event, Apple announced the iPod Nano (and the death of the iPod mini). This thing looks amazing.






iPod Nano





The iPod nano will sport a color screen and will be available in 4GB or 2GB starting tomorrow.






choose black OR white


thin





The thing is tiny and incredibly thin.
In other Apple-related news, they also announced the ROKR, a phone that will be manufactured by Motorola and will be able to hold 100 songs from iTunes. Also, iTunes 5 will be out soon with a more intuitive interface.

All these announcements are good. The ROKR left me slightly disappointed, but the iPod nano made up for it. This will most definitely be the most popular item this Christmas... I have a 30GB iPod Photo and even I want one. They are so small...


check out the iPod Nano at the Apple Store

download iTunes 5.0

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So, I put together an official soundtrack to my life today. Up until now, this list has only existed in my head. Each song of this list represents some event in my life or has a memory attached to it. I can listen tto the entire list and go from when I was about in 5th grade to present day...

iTunes link to my Life Soundtrack iMix Part 1

iTunes link to my Life Soundtrack iMix Part 2

i copied this list from my iMixes on iTunes so some songs have been left out that are not available on iTunes... i.e. andy davis.

Song Name        Artist

Jesus Is Just Alright        DC Talk
The Hardway        DC Talk
Big House        Audio Adrenaline
Never Gonna Be As Big As Jesus        Audio Adrenaline
Hey Jealousy        Gin Blossoms
Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)        Green Day
End of the Road        Boyz II Men
Ironic        Alanis Morissette
Always Be My Baby        Mariah Carey
Free Fallin'        Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Hold My Hand        Hootie & The Blowfish
Let Her Cry        Hootie & The Blowfish
Jesus Freak        DC Talk
In the Light        DC Talk
Some Kind of Zombie        Audio Adrenaline
I Believe I Can Fly        R. Kelly
How Bizarre (Mix)        OMC
Brick        Ben Folds Five
I Hope You Dance        Lee Ann Womack
Name        The Goo Goo Dolls
Slide        The Goo Goo Dolls
Lightning Crashes        Live
Desperately Wanting        Better Than Ezra
Semi-Charmed Life        Third Eye Blind
Save Tonight        Eagle-Eye Cherry
Tubthumping        Chumbawamba
Californication        Red Hot Chili Peppers
Otherside        Red Hot Chili Peppers
Scar Tissue        Red Hot Chili Peppers
Under the Bridge        Red Hot Chili Peppers
Learn to Fly        Foo Fighters
Hangin' Around        Counting Crows
Iris        The Goo Goo Dolls
Last Kiss        Pearl Jam
Everything You Want        Vertical Horizon
Pardon Me        Incubus
Shimmer        Fuel
Black Balloon        The Goo Goo Dolls
If You're Gone        Matchbox Twenty
Broadway        The Goo Goo Dolls
Crazy for This Girl        Evan & Jaron
Here Is Gone        The Goo Goo Dolls
Hey Leonardo (She Likes Me for Me)        Blessid Union of Souls
December        Collective Soul
One Headlight        The Wallflowers
Lullaby        Shawn Mullins
(Everything I Do) I Do It for You        Bryan Adams
Real World        Matchbox Twenty
If I Am        Nine Days
Bittersweet Symphony        The Verve
Hanging By a Moment        Lifehouse
So Blue        Downhere
Calmer of the Storm        Downhere
Wherever You Will Go        The Calling
Could It Be Any Harder        The Calling
Stigmatized        The Calling
Sadie Hawkins Dance        Relient K
Dare You to Move        Switchfoot
On Fire        Switchfoot
You        Switchfoot
Learning to Breathe        Switchfoot
Screaming Infidelities        Dashboard Confessional
Why Georgia        John Mayer
My Stupid Mouth        John Mayer
Comfortable        John Mayer
Mayberry        Rascal Flatts
These Days        Rascal Flatts
Complicated        Avril Lavigne
In Love With the 80's (Pink Tux To the Prom)        Relient K
I Am Understood?        Relient K
Into the Dark        The Juliana Theory
You Always Say Goodnight, Goodnight        The Juliana Theory
With or Without You        U2
Ever So Sweet        The Early November
You and I Both        Jason Mraz
This Is Love        Cool Hand Luke
Hands Down        Dashboard Confessional
Embers and Envelopes        Mae
Space        Something Corporate
Down        Something Corporate
(Hurricane) The Formal Weather Pattern        Something Corporate
Grace Like Rain        Todd Agnew
Ocean Avenue        Yellowcard
Believe        Yellowcard
Red Meets Blue        Matt Wertz
Lucky        Hoobastank
The Reason        Hoobastank
Times Like These        Jack Johnson
Yearn        Shane & Shane
Beauty for Ashes        Shane & Shane
Remember When        Alan Jackson
Forget December        Something Corporate
Collide        Howie Day
Bless the Broken Road        Rascal Flatts
I Just Don't Think I'll Ever Get Over You        Colin Hay
Obstacle 1        Interpol
NYC        Interpol
Such Great Heights        The Postal Service
Such Great Heights        Iron & Wine
New Slang        The Shins
Do You Believe Me?        The Juliana Theory
Deliver Me        David Crowder Band
The One I'm Waiting For        Relient K
When I Go Down        Relient K
Sitting, Waiting, Wishing        Jack Johnson
God Will Lift Up Your Head        Jars of Clay
My Sundown        Jimmy Eat World
Nashville        David Mead
What If        Coldplay
Speed of Sound        Coldplay
Trainwreck        Mat Kearney
Orange Sky        Alexi Murdoch
Best of You        Foo Fighters
Marvelous Light        Charlie Hall
Move Along        The All-American Rejects
Bruised        Jack's Mannequin

You should make your own soundtrack list...

So, right now I am blogging from the middle of Sheep Meadow in Central Park. It is amazing to me that I can sit in the middle of a HUGE field and have access to the internet... sure I had to pay an independent wireless ISP $9.95 for 10 hours of access, but hey, that is better than paying $20 per month at Starbucks. Anyways, I need to relax like this more often. I usually fill my time with work, PhuseBox stuff, or small side-projects. I find it hard to just sit sometimes. Anyways, I am out, but first some photos of me relaxing evening in the middle of Central Park:




sheep meadow in central park


me relaxing in central park


my powerbook

The Gallery Church of Manhattan has finally launched their website at GalleryChurch.com. The Gallery Church is a church that I will be working with closely as they plant a church in the heart of New York City.




The Gallery Church will be a place for the young creative and artistic community in New York City to come and experience God's glory.

Visit the website and sign up to receive information by e-mail as we progress with the church planning.

The Gallery Church of Manhattan

-Nathan Moore

Textamerica has just launched a site, Missing Katrina, to allow victims of Hurricane Katrina to post photos to try to find missing friends/family.  If you have a website or blog, please take a few minutes to post a link to Missing Katrina.   

"This site is here to help you try and find your missing friends and relatives from hurricane Katrina. You can post their pictures here by uploading them directly from your PC. You may also enter details like your phone number and email address."

They've also set up a toll-free number if you need help uploading photos and posting information - 1-800-774-0512.


MissingKatrina.com

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PhuseBox is different from most blogging sites in that it attempts to be extremely creative and innovative while creating the online community experience. We are always moving forward and trying to make things better.

PhuseBox has only been around for 3 months so we are still improving things. In fact, we are working on a new version of the site with more advanced features and a completely new redesign.

Take time to register for a free account and start using PhuseBox. The site only gets better from here.

Craigslist.com has been notorious for helping people find great apartments and jobs for years, but now it is being used for a new purpose. In lew of what has happened in New Orleans, the lost and found section on Craigslist is now being used by friends and family members to post information about missing people in hopes of reconnecting with loved ones.

This is the first time that I can think of where a service on the internet has been used to help locate friends and family after a natural disaster. Who said technology was bad?

Craigslist

This photo is AMAZING! High-Res...

Here is a clip from CNN of a weatherman that is a little "tense" during his coverage of Hurricane Katrina.


Video of CNN Weatherman

Way to lose your cool on CNN...

I found an extremely interesting article written on the Popular Mechanics website back in September of 2001 about the devistation that faced New Orleans if it ever was hit by a Category 5 hurricane, such as Hurricane Katrina. Basically, since New Orleans is below sea level, the article introduces the fact that the water will have no place to "leave" and New Orleans will be submerged in water for good.

You should definitely give this article a read.

New Orleans is Sinking

Watching all of this coverage of hurricane Katrina on CNN makes me think of the movie The Perfect Storm. But seriously, this will probably turn out to be one of the worst hurricanes in years. Keep the people of New Orleans and surrounding areas in your prayers.




I just heard a report that this hurricane will still be a Category 4 hurricane when it moves into Alabama. Wow.

Keep track with Hurricane Katrina on CNN

Today marks the 3-month mileston for PhuseBox.net. As of right now, we have 832 users and that number grows everyday. It is exciting to see the site grow with new users. The huge success in just a few months has really taken me by surprise.

I am continuing to work on the greenbox project. The new design and features are definitely worth the wait and should be ready soon, probably within the month of September. Hopefully this will coencide with our 1,000 user.

Thanks to everyone that has made PhuseBox what it is and continue to spread the site. I will always make effort to take into consideration the thoughts and suggestions from users to make PhuseBox even better.

I hope everyone has a great week and feel free to let me know if you have any suggestions.

-Nathan Moore

PhuseBox user lauraebeth has created a Xanga BlogRing called PhuseBox Is Better. Thanks Laura!

Of course, this is just a public service announcement to the PhuseBox community.  ;-)

Tonight, I had the opportunity to attend the world premier of Little Manhattan. I had never been to a world premiere of a movie before, but now that I live in New York City, I guess I have to do these things. And to make things even better, the premiere was in the midddle of Central Park.





The movie is a simple love story between a young 10-year-old boy and his friend in the heart of New York City. Here is the short summery from Yahoo Movies:

"New York City is the most romantic place in the world - even if you're
only 10 years old and falling in love for the first time. That's what
young Gabe discovers as he pursues the object of his affections, his
classmate Rosemary, in LITTLE MANHATTAN. The romantic comedy is about
life, love and the Big Apple, as seen through the eyes of a
fifth-grader."

The cast a production team was there for the premiere including Bradley
Whitford (of West Wing fame) and Cynthia Nixon (from Sex in the City). It was a great experience and a great movie, and very clean. It is defintely a movie to see with the family or a girlfriend (definitely not good for a guys not out). And, what makes it worthwhile is the fact that it is not a cheezy kids movie... it is a true, down-to-earth young love story that brings back memories of that crush in elementary school.

It was fun to see scenes from the movie set around 72nd Street, a block from where I work. There was also many scenes from Central Park, and we were right there. Awesome. I love this city.

I give this movie two thumbs up and a recommendation if you enjoy "cute" movies. It hits theaters September 30th.



Click here to view the trailer.
Click here to visit the Little Manhattan page on Yahoo Movies.

And here is the visualness  of the night:



me and susan




Gabe and Rosemary


Little Manhattan movie poster


Cynthia Nixon, Bradley Whitford, Josh Hutcherson, Charlier Ray, and others


The title screen


photo shoot of the cast


Cynthia Nixon


More Movie Posters



end photo transmission

Alright. Great night. That's the recap.

In the past few days, many PhuseBox users have been posting the meaning of their names to their page from This Site.

I thought I would join in and post mine.

The meaning of "Nathan Thomas Moore":
"Your charm and confident personality assures your popularity and brings you many admirers. Your analytical mind and social concerns may draw you towards science or humanitarian projects. Idealistic and charitable you use your influence as far as possible to achieve positive change in the world. You are a generous person with pure motives always willing to share your material prosperity with others."

Seems pretty close. I also wanted to post another interesting name:

The meaning of "Adolf Hitler":
"Charming, poised and sociable you need peace and harmony around you and always seek to create a happy environment. Perceptive and with strong intuition you are able to make sound judgements. You show great flexibility in attitude being open and responsive to the needs and opinions of others. This ability gives you potential for success in business dealing with the public. Your warm personality and caring ways ensure you are loved by family and friends."

I thought that was pretty humorous.

So tonight, a few of us went to some film festival in Central Park to see The Muppets Take Manhattan. It was so much fun. It was weird because a few parts actually were shot in Central Park... and we were like, "That's where we are...."

Anyways, despite the HORRIBLE acting and the despiteful early 80's clothing, it was a pretty good movie and it made it even better by being in Central Park on a HUGE screen. I love this city.

Here's the visual recap:




Meredith never really looks at a camera... unless she is behind it.


Susan "raising the roof"


i look dead in this photo. i was really finger dancing.


The weather was perfect tonight... not too hot, not too cold... you know... the whole goldilocks thing.


big screen.


yay for marriage.


LOTS of people were there



ok. your visual recap has come to a close. We are going back tomorrow to see the premiere of some movie that hits theaters at the end of september. I hope it is as good as tonight.

-Nathan

So today, a few of us from the office decided to go to Central Park for lunch. The weather was PERF (as Meredith would say). We found a huge rock and sat and enjoyed our food whilst attempting to feed the birds by hand. Let me tell you, birds are scared of 6 ft. 4 inch Nathan whether they are from NYC or not. Needless to say, I did not feed the birds by hand...
Now for photos...



people on a rock. they are cool people. but not as cool as that rock!


ok. so Maria thinks this growth on this tree looks like a dog. what do you think? i think it looks like the tree has a tumor!


this is me after i conquered the rock.


mer. when she talks, all her words are cut in half.


me and my favorite maria.


end photo transmission.

ok. So lunch in Central Park was great, and just so you know, I still miss everyone in Murfreesboro... don't think that lunch in Central Park has stolen my heart. Have a great day!

-Nathan

Google Talk, Google's much anticipated and rumored instant messaging client was released just minutes ago. With a Jabber open-source backend, Google Talk is able to communicate not only with other Google Talk users but also several chat systems such as the highly populated AIM.





Google also is audio chat enabled, rivaling Skype networks. This voice chat feature is sure to catch on quickly and with Google's advanced R&D, it is almost certain to blow Skype and other similar services from existence.

This is yet another move that will put Google head to head with other companies in technologies other than search.

Head over to Google Talk to download the Google Talk chat client.

And if you want a stock tip, Google Stock  shows no signs of slowing down even at $279.58 per share. This stock will continue to go up until Google pulls the plug on their R&D center (which does not look like will happen for quite some time). Funny how a few college students can turn a small search project into one of the largest companies on the planet.

Tonight, PhuseBox finally reached 800 users (awesome)! Continue to spread the word about the site. I am continuing to work on the greenbox project and it is really starting to take shape. As many of you know, I am recoding the new version from scratch and so it will be much better with many more features.

One of the coolest new features that many users will enjoy is the ability to easily publish as many photos into an entry with a simple click... and you are able to preview your entry (with photos) as you type... very nice.

Feel free to continue to let me know of features that you would like to see in the new version of the site!

-Nathan Moore