Back! Hope everybody had a happy holiday. Kicking off another year of blog posts: this cool story from Wired . The folks at Wired chose "Academy of Dreams," as one of The 10 Best Gadget Ads of 2007 . Zune actually took the number two spot, losing out to The Bourne Ultimatum , which Wired thought was the best gadget ad of 2007. On a related note, Zune also got a quick mention in the number 10 entry: Transformers , saying, "We've got our fingers crossed for a transformed Zune/iPod brawl in the sequel...

This week's episode of Paul Thurrot and Leo Laporte's Windows Weekly features David Caulton, fellow Zune staffer - and author of the Zunester site. You might remember Leo Laporte from this video , which I thought was hilarious when I first saw it . Fast forward to now: the three of them have a great conversation, talking about background on the Zune project, about podcasts, the Zune platform, the Universal deal, and more. Check it out here .

Ryan (Engadget) and Jason (Gizmodo) both post comprehensive Zune reviews. I know most readers of this site hit up Engadget and Gizmodo religiously. So do I. So you've probably seen these already. Just in case though: Microsoft Zune player and software hands-on gallery (Engadget). And Gizmodo: Zune: First Full Review Enjoy!

For everybody asking, you can now go to Zune.net . You can also go see Lion and Gazelle: (CSS rocks) Soon it'll go live at Zune-arts.net . And hey, did anyone see this poll ? Interesting. . .