Blame it on the user
One more reason to avoid the iPod; the frustration level engendered by iTunes software. While I go merrily along with my little MP3 player, loading and unloading music with aplomb, son #2 is working on a personal version of apoplexy. Every time he tries to put order in his musical life, iTunes gets all higgledy-piggledy and then shuts down. When you hear someone swearing that he’ll forego changes to the soundtrack of his life, the state of the nation is clear. In passing, I’ve suggested that he seek a solution involving Linux.
I wish I knew how to shoot a video. Carly Simon is seeking “the” storyboard for her iconic song, You’re So Vain. Now, I watched the eclipse she mentioned in the song, so I feel qualified to speak to the subject. In Ontario, we didn’t have a full eclipse, but I did have a welder’s mask, so I didn’t go blind. I didn’t have a Lear jet either; heck, I didn’t even know what a Lear jet was, but the song made perfect sense. All I’d have to do is tell my story and I’d be a shoe-in. Something to think about.
On Friday, I received a laptop to evaluate and repair (‘cuz it wasn’t workin’). Easy; I turned it on and it worked “just fine”. Sent the machine back to its owner. This morning, the same laptop was sitting on the corner of my desk (again, with no explanatory note). I turned it on, and it worked “just fine”. My office mate ventured that this could be a classic “error 18”.
And then, I moved the machine “to the left, to the left” and it hasn’t worked since. Classic case of foot in mouth disease, I guess.
