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October 12, 2005 iPod Update. I realized yesterday that I purchased dead iPod with American Express. Meaning I have an extra year of warranty coverage in effect. Wasted no time in filing the claim last night. Hopefully they'll just reimburse me. Regardless, I'm planning a midday visit to the Apple Store. Amex in hand of course.
09:10 AM
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October 10, 2005 As luck would have it, my full-size iPod died yesterday. Please join me in a moment of silence of the premature death of one 20GB click wheel big boy. That's better. The autopsy hasn't been certified yet but all signs point to a case of congenital hard drive failure. Crashing and assorted erratic behavior eventually deteriorated into a permanent file system error message. (Sniff.) Something tells me I'll be running to the Apple Store Wednesday morning. Wheee!
10:40 PM
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October 09, 2005 Here's a fun meme suggested by my pal Brittany (sadly another link-less friend). The drill is rather simple. Go to musicoutfitters, and do a search for the year you graduated from high school. One of the first links should be a list of the top 100 songs from that year. Copy them to a editing program then indicate how you feel about them: -Bold the ones you actually like (understand that the word "like" in this case means, at the very least, you wouldn't immediately change the radio station if it came on.) Here's my take. Keep in mind that while I am picky, 1980 was a terrible year for popular music. Top 100 Hits of 1980 1. Call Me, Blondie
10:34 PM
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October 06, 2005 I'm amused by all the twittering over Apple's upcoming product event. The grapevine seems convinced that a video iPod is in the offing. Most anyway. Personally, I'd plunk down my cash with Think Secret because if you think about it, Apple has a habit of dropping subtle clues about the products into the event invites. Take the previous one. "1,000 songs in your pocket changed everything. Here we go again," that invitation said. At the time, most pundits expected the iTunes phone to be the big news. In hindsight of course, here we go again could only mean the iPod nano. This time, our friends down in Cupertino have repurposed the line Steve J. reserves for the really big announcement just before the curtain rings down on yet another Macworld Expo keynote. Now what is Apple about to ring the proverbial curtain down on? That's right, the Power PC era will be coming to a close soon so logically the announcement on the 12th could be the last hurrah for the processor.
01:56 PM
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October 05, 2005 My husband has been known to be a bit compulsive at times. He hates running out of certain things. Or even coming close it seems. Tonight when I came back from my run, he was unpacking some groceries. I was surprised to see three packs of IceBreakers because I thought I'd remember seeing a few in the bathroom drawer where he stashes them. When I questioned his need for more, he assured me he was about to run out. Curious about whether I remembered correctly, I went upstairs and checked the bathroom door where he keeps his stash. Sure enough he only had nine packs left. Poor baby, how could I have questioned his need?
09:44 PM
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October 04, 2005 Are you wearing black? You should be since news broke this morning that Nipsy Russell will rhyme no more. I must confess that I'm a bit surprised to read of his notoriety as a standup comedian. Like most of my generation, I was unaware he even had a career outside of Goodson-Todman Productions.
03:21 PM
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October 03, 2005 Since I'm on the product endorsement roll, how about one on the opposite side of the price spectrum. P&G's aptly-named Magic Eraser is just that. For about a dollar, those scuff marks and grime that stubbornly resist conventional cleaners simply disappear. Magic indeed.
10:54 PM
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Pretend like that week plus gap didn't happen, okay? Okay, so the rest of the Passat test went swimmingly. I drove around a lot. Imagine that. Sadly, VW came to collect it at exactly 23:55 into the 24 hours. After a few questions (I had to give an opinion, imagine), they left a gift bag containing a commuter coffee mug and a $10 Starbucks card in their wake. Imagine, I'd have happily paid for my own gas and given them ten bucks to play with a brand new model for a day. So to summarize: 2006 Passat = a surprisingly cool ride. Even the nuevo Teutonic styling is growing on me. If you are in the market for a large sedan, you could do worse. |
