as in the show sold out before we got there. We got what we deserved for trying to do too many things in one evening and not getting out of the apartment soon enough. Still, it was a great evening between the party and getting Carrie her consolation prize — a smoked meat sandwich (lean) …
Author Archives: Jonathan Sterne
A Very Angry Horsehead
After reading Michael Berube’s blog entry on uniform determinism, I have nothing to add on the subject of the Super Bowl, except of course, “Go Eagles!” And now, I’m off to a party and then to catch a band whose very name will no doubt raise the rank of this lowly blog in search engines …
Oh, and this
I’m a February 2005 book of the month over at David Silver’s Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies. That’s cool. Hope I didn’t overdo it with my author’s reply.
A quick one
–back from Pittsburgh: mission accomplished, one more Dr. in the world. –wondered at the majesty of Pittsburgh’s gothic beauty at dusk. Enjoyed seeing people. –received very cool 1904 Czech silver pocket watch as a gift from said new doctor. Will blog about it shortly. –used airplane rides to catch up on student prose and journal …
iPod: IT LIVES
I have no idea what happened. I get it to work today, all ready to install it in the museum, and behold, it turns on. Reboots itself. Starts all over. Works like a charm. Maybe I can defer that big replacement a few more years after all, or maybe I have an intermittent piece of …
The Collection is in Disarray
A move always disrupts your life in countless ways that won’t necessarily be apparent until months after the fact. When we packed up to move, I was only about halfway through sucking the souls of my CD collection onto the harddrive for iTunes management and iPod portability. Our collection was already a bit of mess …
iPod update
I’m doomed. The cost to repair my iPod is MORE than the cost of a next-generation unit with 20gb storage. What a racket. When I told the tech on the phone that I was simply following their directions on the reinstall she said “maybe it was a bad download.” Buyer beware! As usual, Apple tech …