Thursday, April 01, 2004
Music and Caffeine
So Starbucks is planning to install stations where people can find music they like and burn them into CDs! On-the-spot customizable CDs?--it's just what I've been wanting record stores to do for, oh, I don't know, the last 15-20 years. I'm not a coffee drinker, but I have to admit, I'd check out a service like that. I still prefer CDs to downloads.
Then there's the company that's making mini-CDs and DVDs (containing music, movies, video games) to sell in soda lids at movie theaters, NASCAR races and the like. This is already happening. You pay a buck or two more and get the mini disc. This is certainly a good idea from the big companies' point of view, but it obviously encourages kids to supersize their sodas which, duh, isn't good for them. I know they're doing it already, but seriously, not good. Come on, we're fat enough. Maybe they'll sell them with popcorn, too.
