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Dec
30
So where is the manual for my iPod?
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I must say, I was rather impressed with the packaging of my spiffy new iPod, but I was disappointed with the documentation. One slim ‘quick start’ guide.
So, after a quick search, I found this iPod Nano Features Guide. 60 pages of documentation.
There, I feel much better now 
Dec
26
Hopefully you received a few cool toys in your Christmas stocking this year…I know I did. But now the dilemma, some toys do need accessories to ‘complete’ them.
For example, the iPod I mentioned here is a very nice unit, so much so that I want to protect it from the other contents of my backpack, or my small dog.
Cue the Proporta catalogue. Yep, you can find a few nifty things to enhance and complement your technology, as I did for my iPod Nano.
The Alu-Crystal Case is a cool little unit. Once side is clear polycarbonate plastic, the other Proporta’s trademark aircraft grade aluminium. 
One great feature is these little rubber bumps, and a black friction pad on the aluminium back. They’re used to keep the iPod Nano securely inside the case, yet allow easy extraction of the Nano when you really need to get at it.
There’s one access hole at the top, to let you get to the ‘hold’ locking switch, another big round one on the front for access to the iPod click wheel.
The bottom of the Alu-Crystal Case is completely open, though flush with the bottom of the iPod Nano. To use a docking adaptor, you’d have to slide the Nano slightly out of the case. 
I was a bit concerned at that the case would make the iPod a bit more bulky. Not to worry, the unit is as sleek as ever, but now the lovely Apple iPod finish won’t get battered by the other stuff in my pack.
I know, it’s a bit hard to make the iPod Nano better (other than ditching iTunes), but the protection offered by the Alu-Crystal Case increases my comfort level.
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Dec
25
Santa was very kind to me this Christmas; a spiffy new iPod nano (PRODUCT RED)TM Special Edition. I’m amazed at how small and functional it is, and was again impressed at Apple’s attention to detail in package design and overall thought in the little details; the USB cable cover had a little clip extension that held the USB cable wires in nice and tight.
Now, iTunes on the other hand is a bit of a bear. I’ve got a few hundred MP3’s that I’ve ripped from CD’s over the years, stored on my household server. All nicely arranged by folder, artist, album, song, etc. I’ll be damned if I can figure out how to to get iTunes to understand that that structure actually means something, and that it should really read that (as well as the embedded MP3 tag information) into it’s database structure when displaying the music selections to me.
And why does iTunes need to ‘Determine Gapless Playback Information’ on every tune it scans on my system. It’s rather slow (~30 sec per tune).
And why can I not view the album information from the iTunes store if I don’t have an account, which requires a credit card?
Meh, there has to be a better way. For XP or Ubuntu. Either will do.
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Dec
21
Hug.
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Dec
20
Take a moment and think before you blog…
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Zen Blogger’s Manifesto
Do not follow in the footsteps of others,
seek what they sought and make your own footsteps.
Write not for others, as there are too many.
Write for yourself, as there is only one.
Subtract before you add.
Listen more than you speak.
Give more than you take.
Make but do not measure.
If you want to change the world, love someone.
All manifestos are dung.
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