useless ipodular trivia.
Looks like Apple introduced some new iPods and lowered prices of some of the old ones.
That first sentence was written to make this post seem timely and have a point.
Ahem. So, Tankboy informed me that he doesn't come visit my site often because I'm "good for a post about every week and a half." Then, someone else posted a meme about their iTunes collection the other day. Put these two things together, and I get a hastily thought up topic for my next post.
Now, many of you fair readers know my stance on memes. What we call "memes" are usually just pointless fads distributing useless trivia about people who, let's face it, we don't really care to know more about. I mean really, do you sincerely care to know how much music is on my iPod? Actually, speaking of pointless fads distributing useless trivia, do you really care to hear my feelings about memes?
Well, keeping Tankboy's comment in mind, I figure screw it. I'm going Wal-mart on your @$$es: more quantity, less quality. Also, I'm hiring some retired guy to stand at my home page and welcome you.
Anyway. This all leads up to the recent development on my iPod: I'm already running out of space. That's right. I have about 1 GB left.
This doesn't mean I have 39 GB of music. A 40 GB iPod actually has little over 37GB of available space, due to formatting and software and crud. Yeah, I don't get it either. Now, I rip all my CDs at a higher quality than Apple's recommended 128 mbps, so I'm not going to get the 10,000 songs it claims to hold. Then, I put a 9 GB backup image of my home directory on it. Add my email contact list and calendar, and there's one gig left. I won't even reach 5,000 songs or the fourteen days of music I once hoped for.
What does all this mean? Let's sum up. My iPod is full. Apple's lowered the prices of iPods. This is the part where my brain just starts chanting "LA LA LA LA" in order to save my bank account, so I'll leave any conclusions up to you.
This has been my attempt to turn a meme into something relevant and meaningful. Failure is not only an option, it was expected.
listening to: Squeeze.
in my sink: 2 plates.
That first sentence was written to make this post seem timely and have a point.
Ahem. So, Tankboy informed me that he doesn't come visit my site often because I'm "good for a post about every week and a half." Then, someone else posted a meme about their iTunes collection the other day. Put these two things together, and I get a hastily thought up topic for my next post.
Now, many of you fair readers know my stance on memes. What we call "memes" are usually just pointless fads distributing useless trivia about people who, let's face it, we don't really care to know more about. I mean really, do you sincerely care to know how much music is on my iPod? Actually, speaking of pointless fads distributing useless trivia, do you really care to hear my feelings about memes?
Well, keeping Tankboy's comment in mind, I figure screw it. I'm going Wal-mart on your @$$es: more quantity, less quality. Also, I'm hiring some retired guy to stand at my home page and welcome you.
Anyway. This all leads up to the recent development on my iPod: I'm already running out of space. That's right. I have about 1 GB left.
This doesn't mean I have 39 GB of music. A 40 GB iPod actually has little over 37GB of available space, due to formatting and software and crud. Yeah, I don't get it either. Now, I rip all my CDs at a higher quality than Apple's recommended 128 mbps, so I'm not going to get the 10,000 songs it claims to hold. Then, I put a 9 GB backup image of my home directory on it. Add my email contact list and calendar, and there's one gig left. I won't even reach 5,000 songs or the fourteen days of music I once hoped for.
What does all this mean? Let's sum up. My iPod is full. Apple's lowered the prices of iPods. This is the part where my brain just starts chanting "LA LA LA LA" in order to save my bank account, so I'll leave any conclusions up to you.
This has been my attempt to turn a meme into something relevant and meaningful. Failure is not only an option, it was expected.
listening to: Squeeze.
in my sink: 2 plates.
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