{"id":149,"date":"2007-07-26T18:39:50","date_gmt":"2007-07-27T02:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mike.peay.us\/blog\/?p=149"},"modified":"2007-07-26T18:39:50","modified_gmt":"2007-07-27T02:39:50","slug":"you-talkin-to-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mike.peay.us\/blog\/archives\/149","title":{"rendered":"You talkin’ to me?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Of course everyone has seen Bluetooth headsets that you can get for most cell phones these days. Jabra BT200I have even been using mine shown t the right for years. One of my favorite books is Ender’s Game<\/em><\/a> by Orson Scott Card and in the second book of the series, Speaker for the Dead<\/a><\/em> the main character, Ender Wiggin, speaks to a computer (Jane) through a gem he keeps in his ear. Every time I see someone walking around with a headset, I can’t help but think of that.<\/p>\n

While at CostCo<\/a> returning a broken fan set, I saw a woman in the checkout lane who had two different headsets, one in each ear. I can only presume she is some \u00fcber type-A person like a realtor, but when you’re not in your car, those headsets just look funny and that looked worse than usual.<\/p>\n

Since my current headset is getting a little weak due to a severly aging battery, I’ll probably have to pick up a new one sometime soon. The one Apple made to compliment the new iPhone is quite nice and really<\/em> small<\/a>. I’ve also heard really good things about the Jawbone<\/a> (the demo on the site is very impressive), and the noise cancellation would be useful in the car, but I’m inclined to go for something more compact (and presumably lighter).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Of course everyone has seen Bluetooth headsets that you can get for most cell phones these days. I have even been using mine shown t the right for years. One of my favorite books is Ender’s Game by Orson Scott … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[12,3,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-apple","category-geek","category-thoughts"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t