Downloading Porn to Your Video iPod: “You May Rely On It!”
While the rest of the world was debating whether or not Steve Jobs’ latest, greatest world-beater announcement would be about a video-version of the iPod, we at Booble knew all along. Our trusty 8-Ball had been telling us for weeks leading up to the announcement (”Signs point to yes,” “Without a doubt,” ‘Outlook good,” and, the coup de gras, “Yes, Definitely!”). As a matter of fact, our 8-Ball delivered an unprecedented string of 6 positive responses with only one iffy response (”Reply hazy, try again” was probably drawn at a time when the studios were pushing back). 
Why does Booble give a shit? In spite of the usual clap-trap from Jobs & Co. about revolutionizing the world, we all knew the video iPod would amount to another isolated, albeit nifty, gizmo from Apple that would appeal to some insulated geek zeitgeist, but fall flat with mainstream audiences. This is largely due to the lack of studio support, which our 8-Ball was spot on about (”Outlook not so good!”). They’re a cantakerous bunch. Disney’s acquiesence is suspect; they’re no doubt playing nice to renew their distro agreement with Pixar. Even if the studios were giving away content for free, in the age of Tivo and DVRs are people really going to go nuts downloading missed episodes of “Desperate Housewives” for viewing on their iPod? (”Very doubtful.” You go 8-Ball!)
Booble cares because we see two other avenues that may prove to be revolutionary in their own little way: Porn and Music. We care about porn for obvious reasons and music for personal reasons (we love music). Regarding music: Jobs insists music videos will prove to be a valuable niche, which makes sense in the absence of VH1 and MTV actually playing them. However, it’s more likely that the video iPod will complete the digital revolution for the music industry by making the old album art, liner notes and lyrics once again available to consumers when purchasing an entire new release, while also providing a valuable marketing medium (i.e. music videos, tour dates, promotional announcements). In other words, all those late-night navel-contemplating moments spent inspecting the details of album art such as Elton John’s Captain Fantastic are back.
Porn is a slam dunk. That said, it will nevertheless take the sweat and toil of the legions of porn webmasters to optimize software that converts existing porn videos to the video iPod — all so at some point in the future (8-Ball says, “Cannot predict now”) soccer moms and dads can easily create a portfolio of family videos on their video iPod to share with the in-laws. It’s always the porn guys making technology easier for Muffy and Biff (the motivated penis overcomes all!). Until such time, here’s a MacOS hack that does a pretty good job: Download porn to your video iPod. Our resident Mac geek, Kendra, found it to be a quite burdensome, but she’s lacking a penis. Will this revolutionize the online porn industry? “Outlook good!” The ball has spoken.
