Apple store, watchmen, favorite sites

Latest Apple store trip
Went to the Apple store yesterday to pick up a skin for my iPod touch. Have to say that store still never ceases to amaze me. I haven't been by a Apple store that has ever had less than 10 people in it. I finally realized this time that I saw no check out line or registers, so I was a little confused as I was trying to make my purchase. Up comes a Apple rep who whips out a small handheld and he proceeds to check me out right there next to the Apple accessory's. Woila.

I still am unsure about how the business model for the Apple store actually works. They have a ton of staff in the store at one time so the SG&A cant be cheap and I just cant see them selling a ton of product seeing that their online store is so successful. Ill have to work this one out a little further.

Watchmen
Saw the watchmen yesterday and was relatively pleased. Pros: Film looked great, the fight scenes were pretty sweet especially the opening, majority of the cast was excellent. Cons: Wasnt terribly pleased with the changed ending, movie was plenty long, one key scene from the end of the book was missing, not a huge fan of the Ozymandias casting. I give it 3 out of 4 popcorns.

A quick run down of my favorite sites to check daily
-Engadget - Great blog that runs down the latest in all tech gadgets. Great source for all types of breaking news, reviews, and nerd alert items.
-Blogging Stocks - Daily rundown on all financial and stock related news. Has had a lot of great posts about the economic crisis since this fall. Everyone's favorite shock TV finance jock, Jim Cramer, posts on here.
-Ask MetaFilter - Great site to find answers for any random questions you may (or may not) have. Need to subscribe in order to ask or answer but you can browse free of change.
- Joystiq (for xbox) - site for the latest Xbox news. I check to find out the latest Rock Band music releases
- Slate.com - probably my favorite site to check daily. Great site for news and opinions on world events, politics, finance, entertainment and everything else. Also links to other interesting blogs and sites. Their explainer column is awesome.
-SI.com Hot Clicks - Check it once a day for all that's relevant in the internet world...introduced me to being Rick Rolled