Everything happens in threes…
- January 22nd, 2011
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At least for me, the “three’s| have to do with technology. So here are the three events that happened within days of each other:
o1. So my 3 year old iPod had been giving me trouble since about October, November of last year. I wouldn’t be able to hear out of both sides of my headphones or earbuds and chalked it up to the normal wear and tear when it comes to audio wear. Over the holidays I went out of my way to buy a nice pair of earbuds to wear with earmuffs and still couldn’t enjoy my music properly. I decided that I would visit an Apple store and see if the ol’ iPod just needed small repairs and hoped that things would be back in order. So yesterday evening, I decide that I want to start building up my music library, see if I can actually go past the 720+ songs that I currently had. Big mistake. First it was that iTunes would sync every song save for one, no matter what I did, including uninstalling and reinstalling iTunes, rebuilding my playlists and all that, the song wouldn’t sync. I added 200-300 or so songs, iTunes just wouldn’t sync. So it’s safe to say this thing is on it’s last legs. Real shame, I wanted to add the Macross Frontier OST’s and the recently released Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt one. Guess I gotta save up…
o2. While taking a short break(for anime) from fighting with my iPod and iTunes, I noticed that my beautiful wireless keyboard and mouse set wasn’t working just right. So I fiddle with the little connect button, next thing I know, the actually button gets shoved inside the receiver, and I’m franticly trying to fish it out with a safety pin. Now I don’t know if I might have scrapped something with the pin or the receiver just conked out with age. What I do know is that the mouse and keyboard are currently useless…good thing I kept the original wired keyboard and mouse that came with the computer. Luckily, Logitech claims that you can order a replacement receiver. Here’s hoping what is essentially a USB flashdrive doesn’t cost an arm and a leg.
o3. My bluetooth headset for my phone just didn’t want to turn on today. Turns out the battery was dead *facepalm*
I get the strange feeling that technology just isn’t my friend this week. Also using a wired keyboard after 10+ years of being spoiled with wireless ones is AWKWARD!
Oh no! That sounds really frustrating and I hope your technology woes end soon.
I hope so as well. Thank you! One thing I notice though, stuff today doesn’t last as long as 10, 15 years ago. Case in point, my intuos4 tablet(don’t worry, it still works!) I’ve had it from October and the pen nib has worn down pretty quickly. Given I’ve been using it a lot for that “special” art project, but comparing it to my past tablets, I used to be able to go a whole year before the nib would start looking a little worn. I guess if things laster longer all the stores would be out of business.