Something I Like: Sleep Cycle

Sleep Cycle is possibly my new favorite iPod app.  This innovative app works like this: before you go to bed, you place the iPod on the corner of the mattress under the sheets.  As you sleep, the iPod's accelerometer monitors the movement on the bed, and uses that to calculate which stage of the sleep cycle you are in (for those that aren't aware of what sleep cycles are, basically you alternate between being really asleep and just kind of asleep).  You set the alarm for a certain time, and if you end a sleep cycle anytime after half an hour before that time, it wakes you up.  Sounds like a load of bull right?  But mark my words, this thing works perfectly (unless you set the alarm for 6:30 PM instead of 6:30 AM like I did).  I wake up every morning feel extremely refreshed, even if I didn't get as much sleep as usual. It's freakin' awesome.  Get it (it's only 99 cents). Also, the App Store says the app only works on iPhones, but it works fine on my Touch.  Also, there's some new music out today and some from yesterday, but I'm not gonna post it because I want all of you to go to the post below this one and listen to Chiddy Bang.

How it works

Lifehacker write-up

Something I Like: Jamble

I was up late last night downloading free apps for my iTouch when I stumbled upon Jamble.  I'm just gonna throw it out there: this is my favorite app ever (sorry JellyCar and Paper Toss).  Jamble allows you to create seamless mashups on the fly.  I have experimented with mash-ups before, always failing miserably, but Jamble made it extremely simple to create an awesome sounding mix.  If you want you can check out the lite version for free, but I don't think you'll be able to resist ponying up $2 (price reduced for a limited time) for the full version (it took me about 2 minutes to decide to buy it). As of now, the app is somewhat limited by the amount of loops available, but free loops will be released every Monday.  Check it out here, download it from the app store here, and have a nice time.

Bonus: Listen to my first mix!