–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 …
Author Archives: Jonathan Sterne
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 …
Cold Update
So today the streak of cold looks like it’s breaking. That’s a good thing. Locals have grumbled at and/or made fun of my perverse enjoyment of extremely cold temperatures, but I don’t want to romanticize it too much. The cold is hard on machinery as well as people: –after leaving it for a week, the …
update
Strangely enough, this morning’s cabdriver was even more upset about the Steelers’ loss than I was. And he’s never even been to Pittsburgh.
Steelers Letdown
Now THAT was a disappointment. Time to watch a movie.