Portable Karaoke

Among all the features of my Powerbook, two that I find very useful as a karaoke-loving Filipino are the dashboard widgets called Sing That Tune and Harmonic. These widgets are little boxes that appear on your desktop, and they display the lyrics of whatever song is playing on ITunes. Then you can synchronize these lyrics with your IPod, so you can sing along with your favorite songs on the go.

You don't have to look for the lyrics on Google to cut and paste anymore, these widgets do the job for you. Amazing how we can channel the immense powers of technology into really trivial albeit fun uses. This widget was tailor-made for Filipinos. Expect people wearing those white earbuds to belt out Madonna or Air Supply throughout ENTIRE songs now (not just during the memorized refrain).