My old iPod (first generation which played video) has almost run out of space, and I decided to get a new Classic iPod. So I went to the online Apple Store UK and ordered one, including getting my email address engraved on the back. This was less than 24 hours ago, and here is the machine on my table. Man, that's fast service!
I wonder, though, why Apple still insists on the high-gloss backside on the iPods. Sure, it looks gorgeous when it's pristine, but it only stays pristine until after you've held it once.
So will you still be using your old 30 gig or 60 gig ipod anymore or will you simply upload everything that was on it to the new classic and then still have some room to spare with the new ipod? I know some people whose ipod batteries have died use them in their home stereo or car.
ReplyDeleteAlso how is the classic for your long audiobook title needs?;)
They all suck in the long-title department, sadly.
ReplyDeleteI dunno what I'll do with the old 60GB one.
You could send it to me.
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Wait -- you've touched it with your bare hands?
ReplyDeleteThe iPod is a work of art! Don't you know you're supposed to get a supply of those white museum gloves before handling one?
I'll bet you're even the type who even sticks the earbuds in your ears. Gross!
Heh. And I thought it was a promotional picture at first. :)
ReplyDeleteCould have been a promo pic since it isn't using the UK "localisation" by using the British -ise ending instead of the American -ize ending for the word synchronize.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.avko.org/free/british_vs_american_spelling.htm#British-ise%20vs.%20American-ize
http://tinyurl.com/4ja4tm
ReplyDeleteBecause my link was too long for blogger.
Nice to have such a long list of trans-Atlantic differences, and still miss a few.
ReplyDeleteLearnt v's learned
leapt v's leaped
encyclopædia is not included in the list either.
aeroplane was omitted, and the older spelling of 'bus, as in mass transit, was missing.
I must say I like some of the localization, like trashcan v's wastebasket. I was surprised to see Ubuntu offered almost all British languages. Can you get iPods in Welsh?
According to the Oxford dictionary people, the British are supposed to use -ize too (and according to Inspector Morse as well).
ReplyDeleteYeah, and we ain't meant to use words like mun,and bain't and giz either, but we do, and often.
ReplyDeleteExample of the use of the word diesel in British.
Bloke walks into a jean bar, an' as a quick dekko. He finds a natty pair o' black un's. See's them is 'is size, and sez to bint o' back a counter, "diesel do".
You're very kind, but this was just a quick snap with my great little Canon pocketcam. I love that it can take pin-sharp pictures hand-held indoors, due to anti-shake and deep depth-of-field (because of the small sensor).
ReplyDeleteMy finepix Z10 also can!!
ReplyDeleteI made razorsharp macro image of my nice wee tootsies!!
Ounces and pounces, feet and yards - this language is a bit doolally intit?
Tata.
Man, that's one nice wooden table you've got there.
ReplyDeleteThank you. I've bought quality furniture over the past few years. One might as well spend a few hundred more on a table which one might have for twenty years.
ReplyDeleteThis is my computer desk, by the way.
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