Make me feel good about my new iPod

i have also increased my cd purchasing habits because i know i will listen to the cds a lot more now that i can conveniently take them everywhere i go, so i'm expecting my music knowledge to increase exponentially. and smart lists rock my socks!! it seriously is the best toy purchase i've ever made. also shuffle!! constant excitement when it comes up with random songs.

anyway perhaps i'm a bit sad. also i did not share your secret pride thingy, i've been yearning for one for ages.

I'm not being flippant. I've lusted after one as well, and this is the rational argument against buying oen that I keep telling myself. I mean, just why do I want this fucking thing? It's not like it's going to do anything that I already can't do (in one manner or another) with my portable MD player, which I do use a lot and am perfectly satisfied with.

But, still, although logic and reason tells me I have no need for the damn thing, I STILL want one. Shit.

The "iPod guilt" is two-fold, I think: 1) Those of us who want one don't really NEED it, and 2) We've been secretly smug for ages, believing we are so above manipulation and commodity lust fostered by capitalism. And yet, well, guess we are manipulated after all.

as for me, my ipod is more or less the *only* place I listen to music now because I'm never at home. I'm really glad I have one and have never had hip anti-ipod delusions of cred.

What thread are you referring to? I'm not following this. Do you have a link?

I'm happy that you are happy with your iPod, mrjosh. No need to get defensive of hostile about it. I'm not begrudging anyone their iPods. It's a very cool device. As I said, I want one for myself, but, for me anyway (what with my MD and all), I can't reasonably justify such an expensive (I'm not rich) purchase, particularly one that would, well, play music just like my MD does. So, yeah, I know I would feel guilty if I did bought an iPod right now. (That was the question I was responding to.)

Also, mrjosh, don't assume you know what I do with a portion of the money I do get. I try NOT to buy "a bunch of crap". I do give away at least 20% (that's about what I can afford) of my income (which is hardly a mid-level one) to the poor, and will continue to do so.

Maybe you should feel thankful about having such a giving person in your life. Maybe you should carry it around with pride, because your girldfriend spent her hard-earned money to buy it for you. Geez.

Does that help?

so the ipod weighs less, right?

This sounds really good, actually. But it depends on which Thorogood album.

* they are really ugly, like all apple hardware.

* they are too big. but most importantly,

* i listen to too much music already. most days when i work and
usually also when i go out at night. i'm quite happy to have an
hour or 2 of silence or city sounds

Also, I got mine instead of a car cd player, I just use the tape deck adapter. Now I don't have cds lying all over my car getting scratched and lost.

My fav. thing about the ipod is not having to carry a bunch of cd books, discman, batteries, and other assorted shit for commuting to work and vacations and such.

Normally you're restricted to 4kb text files, but with this you can split 'em up easily. It's wonderful. I load up the day's online music reviews every morning so I can read them during downtime when I'm away from the PC.

Yeah, the guilt is insane. It's a truly great innovation that is fun, time saving, exciting, and you can rediscover stuff you might never have been inclined to listen to again... there's so many reasons why iPods are excellent.

The reception definitely gets worse the more the battery runs out. I just stick mine on the dash where it faces the outside antenna. I like it because it works in the car, the office, at a friend's house, wherever there's a radio. It's my Instant Party Crasher.

Yes but do you give it a tongue bath on a weekly basis? (I do.)

The FM interference I've experienced with the iTrip is minimal, no worse than very light vinyl crackle. I've tried another FM deal with horrible results -- it helps with the iTrip that you can use just about any frequency, rather than four options that are almost always eaten up by some college or high school station.

The two cassette deals I've used have muffled the sound horribly. I'd rather have a little crackle than no treble.

And of course I'd rather have it sound exactly like a CD but I suppose that's the trade-off -- having all that music at my disposal, as opposed to staring blankly at my shelves for 20 minutes, attempting to predict what I'll want to listen to for x amount of time.

i had an iTrip for my first-generation iPod. it worked like a dream. it was especially great in the kitchen: i'd put the iPod on top of the microwave and broadcast to the crappy ghettoblaster that sat on the worktop.

one day i was cooking dinner while slightly drunk (as usual). i picked up the iPod to change tracks but didn't put it back very carefully. the weight of the iTrip caused it to TOPPLE off the edge of the microwave, BOUNCE off the worktop and SMASH on to the floor.

so either:
a) the iTrip was dangerous
or
b) i'm a total tit

Changer Bah!

Endless music in a variety I can not predict rules the school.

The other day it went from "What Lola Wants" to Closer Music to Talk Talk.

Happiness is a warm hard drive.

I hope that people like this actually exist. I really do.

And Supercub is 100% OTM. You should enjoy it because she gave it to you.

(Please don't say, "Oh, Apple can fix this with a firmware upgrade." People have been complaining about this for years, and Apple has yet to do a damn thing about it.)

does anything work properly with windows?