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The Wayne ([personal profile] thewayne) wrote2008-05-19 06:44 pm

Minor iPod heart attack

I go to lunch, listening to my iPod all the way. Actually listening to my Kraftwerk list most of the way. Have lunch, get back in car, iPod won't turn on. Plug in to power supply. Still won't turn on.

GRRRRR....

Definitely not good since we're going to Phoenix Wednesday evening and I MUST HAVE TUNES!

I decide that the most likely culprit is that it's overheated, even though the temperature isn't much over 90. So I throw it into the fridge at work for a little bit to cool it down.

Still nothing.

Finally I plug it in to my PC at work to charge it for a while.

STILL nothing.

So I break down and go to the Apple web site to figure out how to do a restart on it.

NOW it works.

*sigh*

Replacing it right now would not have been a good thing, so I'm very glad that it decided to return to the land of the living.

[identity profile] zentraedi-shep.livejournal.com 2008-05-20 03:32 pm (UTC)(link)
WTF happened to the good old-fashioned car stereo system??? Nowadays it's iPod here WiFi there and mobile phone everywhere, and it seems like people don't even notice how dependent they make themselves on nice but unnecessary small technology...

I admit that it's nice to plug the headset into my MotoRazr and watch an episode of whatever series I have stored on my 1GB microSD while riding the train to work, but I can also totally live without that...

[identity profile] thewayne.livejournal.com 2008-05-20 07:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, in all fairness I'm listening to my iPod through my car stereo. :-) I've never listened to my iPod through ear phones.

In Phoenix, I listened to National Public Radio when I lived there as they had news programs throughout the day that I enjoyed. Here, I have yet to find a radio station that I liked. During my work driving hours, I'd still tune in the local NPR station, but everything is on the upcoming presidential election, and I'm sick and tired of it so I don't turn on my stereo except to listen to my iPod.

The worst thing about the timing is that tomorrow night we're heading to Phoenix, and that's a 400 mile drive. Definitely want my iPod for that!

[identity profile] thewayne.livejournal.com 2008-05-22 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
I saw that yesterday, what a riot! I immediately sent it off to some of my chess buds. I considered posting it but ended up not.