6.28.2004
musings on the nature of lightning
So it has been said by some that lightning does not strike the same place twice. It has not been said by me; I know better than to taunt lightning. And so it has happened again. Not another short circuit, as far as I can tell, but all the same, another of my beloved technological accompaniments has met its at least partial demise - my iPod.
For those of you who saw me roaming the halls this year or had me in class, I own an iPod. In fact, I love my iPod. So when my younger brother was having trouble with his, I stepped in to help. Now, it's been a while since I sync'ed up my iPod, since I no longer have a Mac in my no longer apartment (it belonged to school). It's run out of batteries several times so the time was never set quite right: I figured I'd sync it up with the G4 Tower we have here at home and all would be well; and I could fix my brother's problem.
The problem has been that while the G4 has no issues beginning to recognize the iPod, it gets kind of frozen about half-way through. This happens every now and again, not often, but enough to aggravate. Software update indicated that my iPod could use some updated software, so it proceeded to install said software, at which point, the computer froze. So now it's overwritten half of my iPod operating software and hasn't replaced the other half. Now my iPod can't be recognized by the G4 at all, and in addition, I think I lost all of my music.
Now, I have a 40GB iPod. And I'd used up about 15GB already. So to lose about 1/3rd of my CD collection is difficult, not to mention all of the other songs I'd had since Napster was legal. So the list of damaged goods now reads:
1) my TV
2) my cordless phone
3) my computer (back to life, sans original hard drive)
4) my cell phone (back to life, miraculously unharmed)
and introducing...
5) my iPod.
Of all of these, the computer is probably the most costly, information-wise, but the iPod is the most heartbreaking. Wish me luck when I call Apple tomorrow... :(
For those of you who saw me roaming the halls this year or had me in class, I own an iPod. In fact, I love my iPod. So when my younger brother was having trouble with his, I stepped in to help. Now, it's been a while since I sync'ed up my iPod, since I no longer have a Mac in my no longer apartment (it belonged to school). It's run out of batteries several times so the time was never set quite right: I figured I'd sync it up with the G4 Tower we have here at home and all would be well; and I could fix my brother's problem.
The problem has been that while the G4 has no issues beginning to recognize the iPod, it gets kind of frozen about half-way through. This happens every now and again, not often, but enough to aggravate. Software update indicated that my iPod could use some updated software, so it proceeded to install said software, at which point, the computer froze. So now it's overwritten half of my iPod operating software and hasn't replaced the other half. Now my iPod can't be recognized by the G4 at all, and in addition, I think I lost all of my music.
Now, I have a 40GB iPod. And I'd used up about 15GB already. So to lose about 1/3rd of my CD collection is difficult, not to mention all of the other songs I'd had since Napster was legal. So the list of damaged goods now reads:
1) my TV
2) my cordless phone
3) my computer (back to life, sans original hard drive)
4) my cell phone (back to life, miraculously unharmed)
and introducing...
5) my iPod.
Of all of these, the computer is probably the most costly, information-wise, but the iPod is the most heartbreaking. Wish me luck when I call Apple tomorrow... :(
