Today seems to be dragging on and on, and I can’t seem to make this interface look like anything other than puke.
On the other side, looking through iPodlounge, I’ve found a few resources for running the iPod on both the Mac and the PC (which for me is good because getting music from the iMac to the iPod is a pain in the butt.) And the alarm I set for the Brass Elephant tasting tonight in iCal just rang off on the iPod. Sweet. And the included earbuds sound about 200% better than the Sony ‘sport’ headphones I bought before Bimini—there’s much more bass in these.
Yessir, That’s My Baby! Jen sent me an email with the subject line “The Utz Guy honked at me!”:
“On my way in to work there was this semi truck driver who was honking and I didn’t know why. It turns out that he was honking at me!! He was just a-waving and a-honking like a fool.”
As if any red-blooded American male driving isn’t going to a-wave and a-honk at a hot blonde in a blue sportscar!
D’oh. Yesterday I missed the third anniversary of our first date, when I made an admittedly poor dinner for Jen and then took her to the BSO; this also marks the second year in a row that I’ve missed that particular anniversary. So I had her lay in front of the TV and did a full-on Billatsu massage until my fingers started to cramp; hopefully that will make up for about a quarter of the dumb-osity of forgetting the date.
Presents for Me. Yesterday the iPod showed up on my desk (Todd called my cellphone during the meeting yesterday in a high-pitched voice and said: “This is your iPod. I’m on your desk at work! Come and get me!”) and I was somewhat dissapointed to find that Apple doesn’t pack it in the original square box. I got a brown old-school Apple box (“Reconditioned Product”) with all the gear in original packaging; the iPod itself is almost flawlessly clean. I updated my software and plugged it in to the Powerbook, and within about two minutes all my music was on the drive. Then I updated the calendar and address book with iSync. I have a lot to learn about using this, but I’m thrilled with it so far.
Missed. I also missed the FedEx guy by about ten minutes this morning (I was in the shower.) The helpful fellow I mentioned last week sent me two items for my class, which is a huge help. Now I have something to look forward to tomorrow.