Posts Categorized iPod

Twittering Apple

In Apple, iPhone, iPod on 5 September 2007 with 3 comments

Things I twittered during the Apple event today.

I can’t believe Apple expects me to pay another buck for the privilege of using a song I already bought as a ringtone.
“iPod Classic” is a braindead fucktard of a name. Especially for a company that’s mocked Windows for all its versions.
It’s clear to me that Apple’s heart […]

Don’t Be Poopy, Apple

In Apple, Business, Design, Interface, iPhone, iPod on 2 August 2007 with 6 comments

I am an Apple fanboy, and I have been for almost 20 years. But even a fanboy has to take a break every once in a while. Recently there have been two examples that have me worried about worms in my beloved Apple.
Example 1: iPod Hi-Fi

There are lots of iPod speaker docks out there, but […]

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

In Life, Music, Stories, iPod on 4 February 2006 with Comments Off

I’m 32 years old. That means I missed reel-to-reel. I never owned an 8-track. But I remember vinyl. In this modern world of MP3s and iPods, there’s something romantic about records.
It’s the ritual that I miss. I remember flipping through my dad’s albums until the immense cover art of one drew me in. I remember […]

iPod nano’s Pleasant Surprises

In Apple, Geek, iPod on 16 September 2005 with Comments Off

It’s been a week since I got my new toy, and besides being magnificently dainty, I’ve discovered a few wonderful surprises about Apple’s newest piece of consumer gadget goodness.
Surprise 1: As lovely as the new gadget is, it still has the same annoying problem as every other iPod and Walkman ever: headphones. They stick […]

The iPod nano: So perfectly tiny

In Apple, Design, Geek, iPod on 8 September 2005 with Comments Off

On the Cartoon Network there’s a brilliant show called Harvey Birdman that recycles old Hanna-Barbera characters into a modern courtroom setting. One of the wilder side characters is Reducto, a little green man with a passion for all things small (voiced by none other than Daily Show’s Stephen Colbert). Reducto is known for obsessing over […]

Love in the year 2005

In Apple, Geek, Photos, iPod on 8 September 2005 with Comments Off

His and Hers iPod nanos. (Mine’s the black one, natch.)

Let the iPod backlash begin!

In Apple, iPod on 5 February 2004 with Comments Off

With the iPod love-fest that’s been afoot in the mainstream media for the last year, the backlash was inevitable. It’s just too bad it’s taken root in a paper I usually respect.
Bleeding-heart Bay Area rag, The San Francisco Bay Guardian, has a cover story this week on our beloved iPod: What-why-where Pod. The story is […]

Apple’s Revisionist History

In Apple, Geek, iPod on 6 January 2004 with Comments Off

Apple showed its classic 1984 Macintosh ad today at MacWorld San Francisco, but with a twist: they digitally grafted an iPod on to the runner. The result is strangely disturbing, both because they’re revising their own history, and also because, well, isn’t infiltrating a militaristic compound with a huge mallet while listening to music kinda […]

Geeky: iPod Composting

In Apple, Geek, iPod on 9 October 2003 with Comments Off

Here’s a post I’ve been meaning to make for a while. A new site finally inspired me to write it down. If you’ve got an iPod, it may be of interest. If not, well, you can just read it to see what a nerd I am.
When I first got my iPod, all was well, but […]