I recently bought a reconditioned laptop that I now use to access the 'Net via broadband wireless. It's so nice to have a far more powerful computer than the old one I used to have, a 10 year old Gateway desktop that ran on a slow dial-up connection on Windows 98. A few years ago, my family very kindly gifted me with a 512 MB iPod Shuffle, 1st generation. Unfortunately, it never worked with the old computer, nor the one at work which is new and powerful, because at work, we would have to go through our network administrator to be able to download iTunes and they highly discourage any downloading because on our old computers, we frequently got viruses from so doing, and even on these newer ones, we still get the occasional bug/virus that creeps into the system somehow, but certainly not from downloading anything. So I've had this useless iPod sitting around in its box for quite a few years now, but I can now use it on the new computer, which came equipped with iTunes already loaded, so I didn't have to do a thing but go ahead and try to learn this new technology. It's taken me a few weeks, but I think I am finally getting the hang of doing stuff like creating playlists and uploading them to my iPod. It's so much better than dragging around bags of CD's and a portable CD player like I used to. Now, I just put some music on the iPod and I'm good to go! The great thing about the Shuffle is that it comes with a lanyard that you can use to wear your iPod, which comes in mighty handy at work. It makes my music easily portable as I walk around the office doing work, so I can listen to music wherever I go. I really love this technology of small digital music players like iPods and such. I can put hours of good music on my iPod and listen away as I work instead of being tied to my computer via headphones, because I do have a CD player in my computer, but that often meant that I had to be at my desk to listen to music. Now I don't have to do that anymore. I've cut the cord and I can freely move around with my iPod around my neck and listening to music with my nice Maxell digital earphones. I hate earbuds because my ears are so small that it hurts to shove those things into my ears, so I use conventional earphones that are far easier to use, albeit larger than tiny earbuds, but still.....it IS really nice to have portable music with me all day at work. I just wish I could put music on my iPod at work if I tire of what's on there before I get home, but oh, well, that's not possible, so I guess I have to settle for what I have on my iPod when I leave the house in the morning.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Learning to use an iPod
I recently bought a reconditioned laptop that I now use to access the 'Net via broadband wireless. It's so nice to have a far more powerful computer than the old one I used to have, a 10 year old Gateway desktop that ran on a slow dial-up connection on Windows 98. A few years ago, my family very kindly gifted me with a 512 MB iPod Shuffle, 1st generation. Unfortunately, it never worked with the old computer, nor the one at work which is new and powerful, because at work, we would have to go through our network administrator to be able to download iTunes and they highly discourage any downloading because on our old computers, we frequently got viruses from so doing, and even on these newer ones, we still get the occasional bug/virus that creeps into the system somehow, but certainly not from downloading anything. So I've had this useless iPod sitting around in its box for quite a few years now, but I can now use it on the new computer, which came equipped with iTunes already loaded, so I didn't have to do a thing but go ahead and try to learn this new technology. It's taken me a few weeks, but I think I am finally getting the hang of doing stuff like creating playlists and uploading them to my iPod. It's so much better than dragging around bags of CD's and a portable CD player like I used to. Now, I just put some music on the iPod and I'm good to go! The great thing about the Shuffle is that it comes with a lanyard that you can use to wear your iPod, which comes in mighty handy at work. It makes my music easily portable as I walk around the office doing work, so I can listen to music wherever I go. I really love this technology of small digital music players like iPods and such. I can put hours of good music on my iPod and listen away as I work instead of being tied to my computer via headphones, because I do have a CD player in my computer, but that often meant that I had to be at my desk to listen to music. Now I don't have to do that anymore. I've cut the cord and I can freely move around with my iPod around my neck and listening to music with my nice Maxell digital earphones. I hate earbuds because my ears are so small that it hurts to shove those things into my ears, so I use conventional earphones that are far easier to use, albeit larger than tiny earbuds, but still.....it IS really nice to have portable music with me all day at work. I just wish I could put music on my iPod at work if I tire of what's on there before I get home, but oh, well, that's not possible, so I guess I have to settle for what I have on my iPod when I leave the house in the morning.
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I was skimming thru old comments on my blog and came across one of yours. Checking back found your statement about being a "socialist." Broadly defined when government aids and protects the common people you can count me in that category as well!
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