Recently there has been a lot of chatter in the blogosphere about the new Zune 3.0 firmware (but just small frys like Crunchgear and Engadget). Some guy over at Wired even went so far as to say that “Zune’s Recommendations Make Genius Look Average” right in the title. However, Lord Mac has a few words for these Rebel scum.

1. The Apple recommendation engine is called Genius for a reason - because it’s as smart as you can get. So what if Zune Mixawhatever looks better and makes finding music you like easier, Apple has the Genius.
2. Nobody listens to the radio any more so why would you put an FM tuner in an MP3 player? Stupid Microsoft.
3. Who needs a Zune pass that lets you download unlimited amounts of music for just $14.99/month? Loyal Apple subjects have been perfectly content to pay the low price of $0.99/song for years.

The opportunities for me to comment on style and fashion are few and far between. First, there just isn’t a lot of time in between destroying competitor’s companies and manufacturing zillions of iPhones. Second, some have dared to accuse me of having a bad fashion sense because I wear a black cape, black helmet, black facemask, black ventilator, black boots & black leather all the time. They just don’t recognize my obviously classic style and we all know that black goes with everything.

However, today the fellows at Gizmodo have pointed out a couple real gems. First is the replica Emperor Throne. Of course, only Emperor Steve has one with the ability to fire the Death Star tether an iPhone, but for five lucky imposters, this is a must have. Also, if you’re more into the Tatooine scene you could pick up this replica Land Speeder for a speedy cruise around the system. At a top speed of 25 miles you won’t be winning any pod races, but you’ll be the geekiest guy in town.

While perusing the intergalactic web I noticed a change to the layout of a prominent blog, TechCrunch.com. What happened? Did Michael Arrington decide that he didn’t have enough garbage on the front page? I had already come to terms with the fact that the whole right third of the blog was advertising before. Now there’s all this other junk like archive, TechBoard, etc. that pinches the actual content down to less than half of the page. I don’t know if you realize this Michael, but I come to your blog to read posts, not look at ads and get distracted by old posts and your other TechCrap initiatives.