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October 01, 2004
song for a dying ipod
so i've had my ipod now for... a year and a half? it seems like longer. i guess because i use it every freakin' day. i've replaced the hard drive once, after i'd had it a year. now the battery is clearly in its death throes. i can't load it with the latest ipod software; i lost the a/c adapter, and the d/c adapter for my car is dicey. i can't get a an iTalk, because they don't make them for old-school ipods like mine (i'm thinking it would be a cool way to do some aud-blogging).
But.... last night i spent a lot of money on the spacepod, money that i don't currently have... and the van is going in to have the clutch repaired (hopefully not replaced), and the cooling system completely refurbished, before i try to venture into the mountains of Va with it in late October.
so the timing sucks. i could a) live with the ipod the way it is, maybe seek a used a/c adapter on ebay. or b) i could send it back off to the amazing guys at ipodmods.com to replace the battery for $40 + shipping. but c) is the most likely option, buy a pink mini and worry about paying everything off over the course of the next few months. cause that's the way i usually work. and i went through all of this six months ago when the hard drive died, and now i kind of wish i'd just bought a new ipod then.
so, given the likeliness of c); i) does anyone want to go to the mall with me this weekend? and ii) does anyone have suggestions for uses of a 10gb ipod with a mostly dead battery? anyone want to buy it fer cheap?
oh, and tangentially, in looking for the iTalk link, i discovered that Griffin is finally shipping the radioSHARK!!!
Posted by lisa at October 01, 2004 02:19 PM | TrackBack
ok, so a) your comment won't post right away because i have to approve it first and b) you might get a server error but your comment probably posted anyway and c) previewing doesn't work so i've removed the preview button.