For so long, I took pride in the fact that I did not own an iPod. Didn\u2019t need one, I told people.<\/p>\n
I have a built-in prejudice against Apple and had plenty of other ways to get my music. I could resist assimilating.<\/p>\n
Or so I thought. I finally gave in over the summer and bought one. I didn\u2019t go whole hog and get one of the fancy schmancy ones, even though I really wanted to.<\/p>\n
Since then, I have settled into a routine, using the player to entertain me during the day at work or substituting it for my satellite radio during my commute.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m not rich or anything. I\u2019m just an entertainment snob. I feel less comfortable in silence.<\/p>\n
Which is why I could not believe my eyes a week ago. I had plugged my iPod into my computer to charge and saw a very strange message.
\nAt first, I chalked it up to the early hour and the fact that I had yet to have any coffee. I only needed a few minutes to realize what had really happened.<\/p>\n
My iPod was corrupted.<\/p>\n
In these times of economic strife, that might sound like a trivial matter, but this was on a Monday morning. I had work to do; now I had to face it in silence.<\/p>\n
I do have my old non-Apple music player somewhere, but I did not have time to find it, charge it and fill it with music. Plus, I have become completely dependent on the playlists I have set up on my iPod so I couldn\u2019t deal with change in the morning.<\/p>\n
Yes, I realize how pathetic all this sounds.<\/p>\n
I tried to juggle my usual morning routine with working to fix the problem. I had heard of people having to restore their iPod to its original settings, but had no idea what to do.<\/p>\n
Finally, I just took a few deep breaths and realized I would just have to live without the thing for a day or so.<\/p>\n
I should have known all this would happen when I broke my pledge and gave Apple my money. When I had a really cheap player that didn\u2019t have any bells and whistles, I didn\u2019t care if it broke.<\/p>\n
So those things spited me and worked every time without a problem. I could drop them, step on them, leave them out in the sun for hours upon hours and they kept on chugging.<\/p>\n
But I try and recharge the fancy little Apple machine \u2013 something I have done so many times \u2013 and all heck breaks loose.<\/p>\n
So I spent all day at work wondering how my little machine was doing. I started the restoration process before I left for work and worried all day. Well, not really, but I thought about it.<\/p>\n
Thankfully I returned home, took a little more time to assess the problem and had everything back to normal in no time at all. I felt the same rush of excitement I did when I first opened it several months before.<\/p>\n
But I know the fun will come to an end eventually. Electronics always break your heart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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