Back from Albuquerque...

...but there's no time to stop and tickle the keyboard right now. I need to get organized, then I need to turn to on the current translation.

But first, I think I need a nap. The drive was scenic, but I'm still not at 100%.

Cheers...

My two cents...

When Amazon bought Audible, they made noises to the effect that they'd deep-six the Audible DRM if enough customers complained. One customer has gone so far as to create a web site to Stop the DRM. I dropped by a little while ago and, in the course of things, sent the following note to Amazon:

Hi, I'm both an Amazon customer and an Audible customer. I'm given to understand that if you hear enough outcry about the DRM in Audible products, you'll improve the customer's experience and get rid of it.

To be frank, I don't buy as many Audible books as I might otherwise buy because of the hoops I have to jump through to listen to the product. What hoops? Well, basically, figure that my decision to stop using iTunes to manage my iPod pretty much meant either acquiring a second non-iTunes player just for listening to Audible books (and not just some cheap-but-adequate player, but one that can handle the DRM), or ripping Audible downloads to mp3.

Frankly, if the second alternative were impossible, I would have quit my Audible membership ages ago. However, the fact that it is possible and that Audible persists in selling a product that is apparently designed to deliberately inconvenience me... well, we get back to my saying that I don't buy as many Audible books as I might otherwise buy.

To be utterly frank, I'm getting to the point where I'm going to have to make a decision whether to stick with Audible or quit entirely, because enjoying an audio book shouldn't involve so much bother.

Cheers...