Sad iPod of death

Posted on by kylar

After taking my iPod out of my backpack today it evidenced much distress: Showing me a dead iPod logo after plugging it in, and the HD making all kinds of clicking noises. I spent an hour on Apple’s troubleshooting site trying to get it all worked out – resetting it, trying to get the computer to recognize it, etc etc. Then I came across a post that says “Hit it. Or Drop it, your pleasure.” And I did. And It worked. We’ll see now.

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AUTHOR: Rob http://www.robspain.com/blog/ [Visitor]
DATE: 06/17/2006 11:02:02 AM
mine just died last week as well. I have seen rumors around the internet that they have a so called ’13 month chip’ that goes belly up as soon as the warranty is up. I beet my warranty by just 3 days and got a new ipod back.

Maybe I should have tried dropping it before I returned it. I guess I will have to live vicariously through your ipod smashing.

Good Weekend

Posted on by kylar

I had a really, really good weekend. Got some stuff done around the house, worked on the kid’s bikes, painted Christian’s bike, cleaned and put training wheels on Caitlin’s new-used bike, enjoyed being with my family. Contentedness is where you find it.

I also read House Of M – a marvel miniseries that has been coming out, as the prelude to “Civil War” – and I’m quite impressed. I haven’t liked any Marvel books other than Daredevil for quite a while. I have about 80 X men books that I only have 6 weeks to read, so I need to get on that too.

Unconsious Mutterings

Posted on by kylar
  1. Fraud :: George Bush
  2. Cure :: Mutant Cure
  3. Slate :: Clean
  4. Pretentious :: Elitist
  5. Splendid :: Old Fashioned – 23 Skiddoo
  6. Geek :: Me!
  7. Blister :: In the Sun
  8. Pizza :: Chicago
  9. Revive :: Jerry Garcia
  10. Visionary :: Steve Jobs

First Day: Prelude

Posted on by kylar

OK So I just woke up and I had dreams all night about being late for my first day. I had two really distinct dreams about it. In the first, I had 2 things that were supposed to happen at 8:30 this morning. The first I can’t remember and the second was my Apple Orientation. In the dream, I went to my OLD job instead, and around 10:30AM someone pointed out that I should have been at apple and I freak out, tear myself out of the room and the dream ends.

The second was much more vivid. In this one I had 2 things as well scheduled at 8:30: Apple and a press preview of Clerks 2. (The preview somehow was only 45 minutes, meaning I could get to apple by 9:30.) Of course in this dream I go to the movies, then over to apple. The guard/receptionist tells me that since I’m late on my first day, they will probably suspend me for a year – not letting me start at Apple for 12 months. Gak. Then the dream-head of apple security comes and gets me. (Played in my dream by the woman who plays the nurse ‘Lavergne’ in TV’s ‘Scrubs’!?!) She takes me on a tour of the campus and then into a small conference room where she shows me a big chart of all the different groups inside of Apple and starts telling me that since I was late, they intend to punish me by giving me a different job than I was hired for – something in another department or division, and I’ll have to work there until I’m allowed to transfer back to my original hired position.