Here, let me give you my card
March 23rd, 2008 at 12:45 pmBack in 2004, I got an iPod for free and the world was awesome.
Months later, Waynus broke it, but it was still under warranty and thus replaced. The world was still awesome.
Last year, it started acting goofy and would no longer work. I then discovered that I could freaking spank it and it would magically work again. The world remained awesome.
Then last Christmas, it bit the dust and completely crapped out on me. Spanking was no use, paying to have Apple fix it was beyond absurd, and the world suddenly sucked.
A friend of mine recently pointed out that you could open up the iPod and fiddle with the insides. After searching around Google for a while, I came across hundreds of comments and blog posts by people who swore that sticking a business card inside the iPod would fix it. I was a bit skeptical, but it made sense on the surface. The iPod uses a traditional spinning hard drive and after years of jostling and bumping around, the outer casing loses fractions of an inch worth of pressure. Suddenly the drive won’t spin and the iPod won’t turn on.
So I set to opening up my iPod this morning. I worked on getting the backing off of it and despite what most on-line tutorials say, the initial removal is a bitch and a half. It’s specifically build and designed not to come off, but after a while I got it off. I ripped one of my HIF cards in half, folded it up, stuck it on top of the hard drive, put the iPod back together and…
The fucking thing works like a charm now.
Something that costs fractions of a penny just fixed a hundred dollar piece of technology. 10 years ago I never would have been able to do this. I love the Internet. I’ve gotten three or four iPods for “free” since getting this first one, but it’s held a special place in my heart since I got it for free all those years ago and now I can synch it up with my Macbook Pro and listen to it for another few thousand hours. I’ve also got an idea for a new website, though in my current state I don’t think that’s anything to be proud of.
Waynus
March 24th, 2008 at 01:18 amYou and I both know that I did NOT break your iPod! Good day to you sir.
Goob http://www.shyzer.com
March 24th, 2008 at 09:31 amHahahahaha, I knew I could bait you into leaving a comment along those lines
Fine, you didn’t break my iPod. But for the record, I’ll simply state that my iPod was working fine, I let you borrow it for a few hours, and then when it was returned to me it was no longer working.
You do the math
Waynus
March 24th, 2008 at 12:18 pmI listened to like three songs, and proceeded to gently place it back in your room. I think you dropped it or something and blamed it on the last person who used it
On another note, What’s the deal with them taking Jericho off the air? I thought they were going in the right direction with it.
Goob http://www.shyzer.com
March 24th, 2008 at 03:04 pmI think the great iPod debate of Ought 5 will forever be a stalemate. You do remember breaking your sunglasses two years ago and then swapping them with mine, right?
Thus, I rest my case!
And Jericho’s recent cancelation will be getting a post tomorrow.
Jessica
April 3rd, 2008 at 12:49 amI REMEMBER THE SUNGLASSES!
Goob http://www.shyzer.com
April 7th, 2008 at 03:48 pmYeah, I like how nobody told me until AFTER he left and took my glasses with him.