{"id":295,"date":"2006-06-30T07:01:00","date_gmt":"2006-06-30T14:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/?p=295"},"modified":"2006-06-30T07:01:00","modified_gmt":"2006-06-30T14:01:00","slug":"french-apples-air-force-interview-and-the-valley-of-vision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/2006\/06\/30\/french-apples-air-force-interview-and-the-valley-of-vision\/","title":{"rendered":"French Apples, Air Force Interview, and the Valley of Vision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I love French Apple pie, but I can&#8217;t say the same for either France or Apple.  Imagine my glee to see these two getting <a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/ap\/20060630\/ap_on_hi_te\/france_itunes_law_6\">down and dirty<\/a> in a battle over iPod.  The reason France doesn&#8217;t like Apple&#8217;s business practice:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Currently, songs bought on iTunes can be played only on iPods, and an iPod can&#8217;t play downloads from other stores that rival the extensive iTunes music catalog from major artists and labels.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I don&#8217;t deny that Apple has a right to engage in highly restrictive practices designed to make them big bucks, but there&#8217;s no way I would ever want to purchase any such products.  And if France wants to bid them adieu, I have one less reason to dislike the French.  Perhaps this is the place to slip in here a small announcement: the French version of BiblePlaces.com should be up and running next week!<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, and of greater interest, the JPost has an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jpost.com\/servlet\/Satellite?apage=1&#038;cid=1150885884780&#038;pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull\">interview<\/a> with the Air Force chief.  It has some interesting information on Israel&#8217;s battle with terror, especially in light of recent targeted killings and the death of innocent civilians.<\/p>\n<p>Sovereign Grace is releasing in August a CD of songs based on the Puritan prayers in the Valley of Vision.  They have a free song for download now (with registration).  You can get &#8220;The Precious Blood&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sovereigngracestore.com\/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=M4175-10-51\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love French Apple pie, but I can&#8217;t say the same for either France or Apple. Imagine my glee to see these two getting down and dirty in a battle over iPod. The reason France doesn&#8217;t like Apple&#8217;s business practice: Currently, songs bought on iTunes can be played only on iPods, and an iPod can&#8217;t\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/2006\/06\/30\/french-apples-air-force-interview-and-the-valley-of-vision\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computer","category-faith","category-modern-middle-east"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}