A Tribute to a Tribute

Today is the 200th year anniversary of the birth of Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr; a brilliant poet, author, physician, professor, and lecturer from America.

As a Harvard graduate, he pursued law briefly before settling into a medical profession. He engaged in writing at an early age, and had many of his works published to the The Atlantic Monthly (a magazine named by Oliver himself). Additionally, he won numerous honorary degrees from many universities, comparing him to many of the other Boston's literary elites such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and James Russell Lowell of whom he knew personally.

A work of his, "Old Ironsides", is a poem he wrote on September 16, 1830 as a tribute to the 18th century frigate, the USS Constitution.

Old Ironsides by Oliver Holmes

Ay, tear her tattered ensign down!
Long has it waved on high,
And many an eye has danced to see
That banner in the sky;
Beneath it rung the battle shout,
And burst the cannon’s roar; —
The meteor of the ocean air
Shall sweep the clouds no more.

Her deck, once red with heroes’ blood,
Where knelt the vanquished foe,
When winds were hurrying o’er the flood,
And waves were white below,
No more shall feel the victor’s tread,
Or know the conquered knee; —
The harpies of the shore shall pluck
The eagle of the sea!

Oh, better that her shattered hulk
Should sink beneath the wave;
Her thunders shook the mighty deep,
And there should be her grave;
Nail to the mast her holy flag,
Set every threadbare sail,
And give her to the god of storms,
The lightning and the gale!

The ZoodleMobile!

Yes folks, it's arrived! Rolled right out of the Zoodle Factory! The ZoodleMobile! It's the Zoodles pride and joy, and they are so happy about it! It was made all by the Zoodles, with a little bit of help from Spore Vehicle Editor, and it's flowing with imagination. It runs on Creative juices, so no need to worry about gas.

Note the Pencil on the top, along with the light bulb. The propeller was made in hopes that it would fly, but alas, it could not lift the car, so it's more of a sign of the Zoodles idea. Who knows? Maybe someday there will be a Zoodle Plane? Or a Zoodle Boat? Could one day, there possible be a...Zoodle Space Ship? Who knows what the Zoodle Factory will build next? As long as Creativity, Imagination, and Motivation remain, they can build anything!

Microsoft's Zune HD will release September 15

Incredible...the incredible Zune MP3 player made by Microsoft is coming with a touch version: Zune HD. This innovative device will feature HD radio, multi-touch, pristine accelerometer (better than even the iTouch or iPhone), a 3.3-inch touch-screen OLED display, high-definition video output, internet browser, potential apps store, "mixi view" showing related artists, HD video streaming with Xbox 360 and a lot more. Some other innovative features like radio song tagging and downloading make this device a standout, not to mention it is one of the first released devices to release radio HD.

Music has never been this interactive. With a downloaded album, you will recieve an artist bio and artist-relevant infromation during play (which is an optional feature).

If you want to see a hands-on video of the Zune HD, you can see it here.

16 and 32 GB models will be available at $220 and $290 respectively. To be compared with the iTouch's prices...the 16 and 32 GB models for those Apple devices are $299 and $399 respectively.

Looks like Zune is once again trumping the iPods previous models. All of the zoodles at the Zoodle Factory are ready to sell their iTouches and get their new Zune HDs.

We're all pumped for this brand-new device!

Edit: Click here for a 360 view of this glossy new device!

Google's new operating system...well we've got Twurl.

Well, it's sure seems like it's a far ways away from now, but as you can see here Google has spilled some screenshots of their new operating system. Pretty intense. From our previous post concerning this topic, you can see (as portrayed by a cartoonist) that Google is wanting a change from Windows.

It's not Windows, Mac, Linux, nor Google Chrome OS, it's Twurl. Unfortunately, It appears as if Twurl will never be available to the public. We'll have more on this later, including sceenshots...it's fun to be part of the operating system-releasing gang. =)

Ztech is up 'n running

As the browser comparison, good upcoming alternative to Windows, and Zoodlebar posts pointed out, here at Zoodle we also like reviewing, hinting and tipping about software. That's what Ztech is all about. We'll be seeing more from this soon...please bear with us as we are working our hardest to bring you some cool new stuff...

♫ Featured Song: The Mariner's Revenge Song ♫

This is one of my favorite songs, from one of my favorite artists. If, you didn't guess, it's The Mariner's Revenge Song, by the Decemberists, on the album Picaresque. It's a gripping tale of a young boy, and how this man came to his widowed mother, and then later left them with all his gambling debts, which drove the mother mad, eventually, killing her. This is his epic story of how he seeks revenge against this man.

The writing from this band astounds me, I hope someday to use language so poetic as that, as freely as they do. They seem to know how to word things so perfectly, yet understandably. His singing style is different, and takes some getting used to, but I really have learned to enjoy it much. I hope you all feel the same way about this song as I do, it's well worth listening to all 8:48 minutes and seconds of it.

New Zoodle Press Conference: COMING SOON

Things sure are brewing here at Zoodle Inc. in Seattle, Washington. We are proud to announce that a brand-new Innovation Proclamation will be presented soon. We hope to give you the top reasons for this blog's success, adding to our previous presentation.

Of course, who knows when we will release it. "Soon", as the title states will have to suffice for now.