iPod geekery

[annathepiper]

So I went and downloaded the most recent iPod Updater software today, the updater that gets you the Shuffle Songs option on the main menu. I also took the opportunity to try to do another hard system restore on the thing in the hopes of giving the battery another kick in the head, and I ripped a few of solarbird's CDs to add to the ones I already had on my hard drive: Tom Lehrer (because there's nobody, NOBODY like Tom Lehrer), the other Deep Forest album of the three that we own between us, the Elfquest CD, and a Wang Chung and a They Might Be Giants of which I actually own copies on tape.

I'm grooving on the Shuffle Songs option. I'm most likely to do one of two things listening to my iPod at work: hitting my known favorite playlists, and listening to stuff at random. This makes it really easy to hit all the stuff I hardly ever listen to, without having to think much about it. Yay!

Now, after having fully recharged, I'm doing a full run with Shuffle Songs on to see how far I can get before the battery dies. As of this typing, I'm about an hour and 40 minutes in. Last time I paid attention, I was getting maybe a couple of hours before it'd die--then, I'd be able to futz with it a bit and get another burst of energy out of it. Then it'd die again, and I couldn't resurrect it. It'll be interesting to see what happens now, and how many times I can get away with kicking the battery in its little head before I have to buckle down and get a new one.

Comments

[otoselkie.livejournal.com]

You've got the Elfquest CD? As in Wolfrider's Reflections? Do I get to be insanely jelous? :P

[annathepiper]

I do! Though we bought it a long, long, LONG time ago. Or rather, Dara did. Me, I've got two copies of the tape--one copy of the original release by Off Centaur, and one copy of the second release that was put out later with everything remixed (and which is the release on the CD).

Tom Lehrer..

[(Anonymous)]

I have a Tom lehrer LP..(That Was The year That Was..I think) and no turntable..Scott

Re: Tom Lehrer..

[annathepiper]

That's one of his album titles, yes. The others are An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer and Revisited. That Was The Year That Was does, in my opinion, definitely have the highest amount of funny. ;)

If you liked the LP, you might consider going to get the CD copy. Or the Tom Lehrer boxed set that came out a few years back, which is all three albums plus a few extra tracks, as I recall.

Tom Lehrer CDs

[(Anonymous)]

A friend of mine has that set..I think. I'd forgottten Tom Lehrer had done the Silent E song for the kid's show "The Electric Company"..Scott

Re: Tom Lehrer CDs

[annathepiper]

Yep, and he did the L-Y song too.