Comments on: technophobe

By: Dave of the Lake

Dave of the Lake — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 23:15:42 +0000

LOL!!! A wonderfully written post. Regarding your recalcitrant iPod: Up until recently, I had a part-time job in retail in a large chain here in the U.S. (Which I also refer to as Dante’s lesser known 10th circle of hell.) Not Wal-Mart, but think of a red bullseye, and you’ll know. (Folks here like to pronounce the name with a faux French accent.) We heard of many an iPod having this same problem, and indeed, it was a faulty interface card.

Until then, keep a close eye on Tadpole’s feet, and on your red wine bill.

By: nrg

nrg — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 13:05:22 +0000

Have no fear, Petite… after putting in 27 hours of overtime in the last 3 days and getting home from work in the wee hours of the morning and peeking in on the little vikings, my powers of auto-pilot are also not what they should be. At least Tadpole told you about the slippers… I tried to put a onesie (body) on my 18 month old this morning before putting on the diaper and only my 5 year old seemed to have a problem with the chronology in that process… Once you are technologically repaired (and I actually think the red wine helps for the personal repair sometimes…but man that recycling gets heavy…and vast…), you will once again have all your ducks in a row (or is it frogs) and the slipper incident will fade into your memory. Of course, if Tadpole is anything like my little Viking girl, she will remember and remind you at just the time that you are trying to convince someone of your incredible organizational skills and multi-tasking talents…

By: Philip

Philip — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 12:22:29 +0000

Something similar happened to my daughter Kate’s U2 iPod. Apple accepted it without proof of purchase which I think they say just to give you the heebie-jeebies. I think what you’ll find is that they just replce it with a new equivalent iPod as they’re not really worth repairing.

When we reloaded all the iTunes and iPod software and updates to reformat the new iPod, which you have to do unless you are using a Mac, all her music was still there in iTunes on her pc. So there may be some hope for you after all (fingers crossed)?

By: Twisted Chili

Twisted Chili — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 11:16:42 +0000

So it isn’t just me! See my last post – iPods are one of he most stress-inducing pieces of technology on the planet. I’ve been through three of them and I’ve finally learned my lesson – I’m staying well away from now on!

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 11:09:49 +0000

In this family we make back-ups of all our music, and store it on each others computers. This has in the past saved many hours frustration. :)

I have lived out side the UK for more than 40 years, and I still miss the taste of Marmite.

By: P in France

P in France — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 09:55:26 +0000

I’ve never gone out of the house in my slippers but something even worse and much more embarrassing!

Here we go:

You get to work to find that there is something strange and lumpy in your trousers. Shake your leg to disengage said object, and feel it slowly make its way down between your leg and trouser and land on the floor.

Only to find that it is yesterdays knickers that have inadvertently been left in your trousers, because when you get undressed your so lazy that you pull them off together!

Please tell me that I am not the only one that this has happened to?

By: Parkin Pig

Parkin Pig — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 09:35:14 +0000

Could have been this:

By: petite

petite — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 09:23:50 +0000

Oh believe me Jean, I’ve tried everything on the Apple sight, on ipodlounge forums… My ipod is refusing to communicate with all computers and all software. I’m told it may be a faulty interface card.

But, so far it looks as though Apple are sending me packaging to send it for repair without any proof of purchase. My fingers remain crossed.

By: Jean François Porchez

Jean François Porchez — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 09:11:42 +0000

Do you tried to restart the ipod and few others things there?

http://www.apple.com/support/ipod/

There is couple of softwares on the web for Win and Mac users to let extract music from ipod, without iTunes, perhaps trying to connect the ipod on another machine will help?

By: Bluegrass Mama

Bluegrass Mama — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 01:48:04 +0000

It’s been at least 16 years now, but I still vividly recall the day I got my son out of the car at his preschool and realized he still had his slippers on. It was too far to go home, so he just wore them all day.