| | Well my undying love for electronics this past two weeks has taken a hit. It seems that my 300 dollar iPod that i bought last September has decided to take a dive off of the operational status cliff. The error it keeps giving me is the 'sad face ipod' icon, which according to the iPod support website, means its a hardware problem. After reading exactly what hardware problem they are referring to from various websites, ive gathered that its more than likely a hard drive problem. That problem also costs between 100-200 dollars to repair after its all said and done. Coincidentally, my limited warranty through Apple is only a year long, which if you do the math, expired last month! Isn't that some shit. Since i do a lot of activities here, and at home, that require music on the go, i need another MP3 player.
Does anyone who reads this have any suggestions? I really dont want to support Apple since ive never been of fan of them, but i'm really in tight space on what to get. Since most my music is through iTunes, i dont feel like converting all 14 gigs of my songs into a format that can be used on a MP3 player other than iPod. So, it looks like im stuck with another POS Apple product. If i could, i want to get the Zune (http://www.zunescene.com/) when it comes out, but like i said, that requires converting all my songs. Also, since it will be the first generation of the Zune, its probably going to have problems. Any suggestions on any of that? Let me know if so.
Also, my pair of "Logitech wireless headphones for PC" decided to die on me too. Yes, the pair of headphones i bought a month ago. No, i dont have a warranty on them. Apparently, the USB piece that transmits the signal doesnt feel like working anymore. I reinstalled all the drivers and even through it against the wall in a fit of anger and nope, still not working. Normally they are anywhere between 90-175 dollars, but i bought them out of the box from Buy.com for only 35 dollars. Since i didn't pay full price for them, i'm not too terribly upset, but now i have to go back to using wired headphones and i hate being limited on my freedom.
Also! to make this an even longer post. I'm reading a book called "Inside Delta Force." Two words to describe this book: Bad. Ass. Its an autobiography about a guy who was one of the founding members of Delta in 1978. He talks about his training through delta force and eventually goes into some missions he's done. I've only read about 100 pages of it so far, but as of now its a great book and i've heard nothing but good things about it. Definitely worth a read.
But i'm out, take care and support missile defense systems.
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| | Posted 10/10/2006 7:55 AM - 43 Views - 4 eProps - 2 comments
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