I don't think that anybody questions whether it is hot in Las Vegas during the summer or not. It feels like this is the coolest summer that we've had since I have lived here, but that doesn't actually mean cool. We've definitely spent quite a few days above 100 degrees.
We were recently out to Gordon Biersch. We were happily sitting on the patio with refreshing misters at 10PM. After we had been there for about 30 minutes, I noticed that the space heaters on the patio had come on. I figured someone hit the wrong button and that it would be corrected soon. I mentioned it to a waitress, and she said they were looking into it.
The next thing I knew, the misters turned off. A bunch of people (mister-haters, I guess?) started clapping and cheering. So there we were on the patio on a 90 degree evening, with space heaters and no misters.
Sadly, we had to move from our comfortable, happy patio to the inside to finish our beers.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
I Hate iPod --- Or Not!
I've been really mad lately because last November my iPod broke. Well, it sort of broke. I had an old iPod Mini. It was awesome. It was my second favorite possession (after my car and not considering Henri the cat as a true possession.) And then the headphone jack quit working; the music only played from one earphone. It didn't quite sound right either.
Being as resourceful as I am, I decided that I would try to replace the headphone jack on my own. Being as mechanically inclined as I am, it didn't go so hot. The sound was much worse (you couldn't even decipher the words to the songs.) And you could no longer run with it because the endplates were loose, causing the sound to stop or the iPod to turn off whenever it was jiggled. It still works in the iHome though, so it wasn't a total loss.
But, I had to immediately replace my iPod for running purposes. I know this is horrifyingly consumeristic of me, but I couldn't survive without the running tunes. So I purchased a 4th generation iPod.
Everything was fine for awhile. It seemed like the world was right again. And then one day, I hooked iPod up to the computer and he wouldn't sync. First the computer told me that I needed to replace my device. Then the computer wouldn't even recognize that iPod was plugged in.
We called the iPod people; they advised us to do a whole bunch of stuff. It didn't work. We took him in to the iPod store for service. They reformatted him. It didn't work. He still wouldn't sync. I messed around with iPod and the computer for awhile, and like magic iPod worked again. I was so proud. It was just luck though.
The next time I plugged iPod in he wouldn't work again. Our friend gave us some advice on how to uninstall troubled ports, and for awhile that worked every time. I was able to uninstall each time I plugged the iPod in, and then when I plugged it in again it would work.
And suddenly that wouldn't work either. I tried plugging the iPod in to my laptop instead. The iPod people had advised us that probably our
PC was somehow insufficient to work with the iPod. We could "bring it in" for them to fix it to work with the iPod, if need be. Of course, I did want to just cart my Dell Dimension desktop computer around to the iPod store. But, the laptop wouldn't work either, so I figured it wasn't actually the computer. (Though at least I could have brought the laptop in instead.)
Anyway, P&AF started googling solutions for the problem, and he came up with the idea that it might be a faulty USB cord. We bought a new one.
AND!!! It was a faulty USB cord!!! All that trouble...I do wonder why none of the iPod people suggested it.
Being as resourceful as I am, I decided that I would try to replace the headphone jack on my own. Being as mechanically inclined as I am, it didn't go so hot. The sound was much worse (you couldn't even decipher the words to the songs.) And you could no longer run with it because the endplates were loose, causing the sound to stop or the iPod to turn off whenever it was jiggled. It still works in the iHome though, so it wasn't a total loss.
But, I had to immediately replace my iPod for running purposes. I know this is horrifyingly consumeristic of me, but I couldn't survive without the running tunes. So I purchased a 4th generation iPod.
Everything was fine for awhile. It seemed like the world was right again. And then one day, I hooked iPod up to the computer and he wouldn't sync. First the computer told me that I needed to replace my device. Then the computer wouldn't even recognize that iPod was plugged in.
We called the iPod people; they advised us to do a whole bunch of stuff. It didn't work. We took him in to the iPod store for service. They reformatted him. It didn't work. He still wouldn't sync. I messed around with iPod and the computer for awhile, and like magic iPod worked again. I was so proud. It was just luck though.
The next time I plugged iPod in he wouldn't work again. Our friend gave us some advice on how to uninstall troubled ports, and for awhile that worked every time. I was able to uninstall each time I plugged the iPod in, and then when I plugged it in again it would work.
And suddenly that wouldn't work either. I tried plugging the iPod in to my laptop instead. The iPod people had advised us that probably our
PC was somehow insufficient to work with the iPod. We could "bring it in" for them to fix it to work with the iPod, if need be. Of course, I did want to just cart my Dell Dimension desktop computer around to the iPod store. But, the laptop wouldn't work either, so I figured it wasn't actually the computer. (Though at least I could have brought the laptop in instead.)
Anyway, P&AF started googling solutions for the problem, and he came up with the idea that it might be a faulty USB cord. We bought a new one.
AND!!! It was a faulty USB cord!!! All that trouble...I do wonder why none of the iPod people suggested it.
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