I bought an iPod today. There are a few reasons that I did such a thing. I do already have an iPod (I named him “Smacky”) and I like it a lot. I spend lots of time on it every day. In fact I’ve used it so much over the past 18 months that I’ve worn out the ear buds. I haven’t worn out the battery though (still 10+ hours last I checked).
So reason number one was that I was looking around at getting new headphones. I thought about just getting the Apple ones again, and I briefly looked at really high-end headphones. Then it occurred to me that the iPod shuffle comes with ear buds, and I know I like those. And hey it comes with an iPod too!
The clincher was last night when I offered to lend my iPod to my father in law who is wanting to record some speeches with a voice recorder. So I went down to the Apple store and picked up an iPod Shuffle and an iTalk. Anna named the shuffle “Mr. Bones.” I’ll send off my iPod to him tomorrow and I’ll be putting the Shuffle to the test for my daily walk to and from work.
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Fun! I hope you really enjoy it! I will be interested in hearing the way you end up using it, since you haven’t been a big fan of the whole “party shuffle” thing. And how you feel about the lack of screen after using it for awhile.
I like the name. Makes me curious-how many other people name their hardware?
Put me in the catagory of hardware namers. My G4: Bring Your Own Meat, my iPod: Lunar Module, the powerbook: Airstream. (And while we’re on names, our wagons are Lily and Attila.)
§ #1 By Casey Letellier at 12:13am on May 05 2005
Don’t tell me… references to “Get Fuzzy”? The best comic out there?
§ #2 By JohnH at 12:13am on May 05 2005
Brilliant! Cue Brian making mental note to write blog entry about how he and John were separated at birth…
§ #3 By Brian Warren at 12:13am on May 05 2005
Okay, Mr. Apple Representative! What is an iPod shuffle? It sounds like something the Greatest Generation would dance to try and look hip. How is it different than a plain ol’ iPod? Is there such an animal? If I had an iPod, I would name it. That’s probably why I can’t work my mp3 player, it’s souless and nameless. Our computer is Delvis, because it’s a Dell and because no one knows it’s Elvis. It was funny at the time…
Really like the graphics on your site, BTW.
§ #4 By AmyH at 12:13am on May 05 2005
must resist….posting….
§ #5 By mykidisgollum at 12:13am on May 05 2005