Neither my wife nor I have a good record of checking pockets prior to laundry time, and my nano is the latest victim. What’s worse, we recently got a fancy new LG washing machine, which sounds like a 777 starting up. It’s a beautiful machine, but it’s not good for electronics survivability. The startling thing [...]
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So I got the shiny new U10 a couple of weeks ago, and all were amazed by the wonder and beauty of it. The dock is a near-perfect implementation, and my only gripes with the player are the sort of sluggish menus, no album art (I like album art, sue me), and the small [...]
iRiver U10 mp3 Player en route to Zach’s house
Published by April 20th, 2006 in Gadgets and mp3. 0 CommentsI’m the impulsive type. I got reading a bunch of reviews of the iRiver U10, and got thinking that it seems like a cool little player. So I trolled eBay for a while, and lo and behold, I was able to score the 1gb version with a dock for $200. The dock [...]
RockBox… The Firmware Of The Future!
Published by March 16th, 2006 in Gadgets, Software and mp3. 4 CommentsFirmware flashing is not for the faint of heart. Especially when upgrading to a 3rd party open source firmware that is not supported by the manufacturer of your device. By doing so, you potentially run the risk of ‘Bricking’ your beloved peice of electro-gadgetry, as well as the fact that you’ll definitely forfeit [...]
iPod Nano to be swapped for Creative Zen Vision:M
Published by March 15th, 2006 in Gadgets, Tunes, iPods Suck and mp3. 5 CommentsWell, I’ve had my little iPod for a few months now. So naturally, I’m sick of it and I want a new mp3 player. The nano is great player, taken by itself; throw in iTunes, however, and it really causes me headaches. For one thing, all my media is stored on a [...]
PEZ - Is there anything it can’t do?
Published by October 17th, 2005 in Case Mods, Geek Fun and mp3. 0 CommentsPEZ is probably the most overpriced and delicious candy you can find at your local Wally-World. Who knew, however, that it could be converted into music as well? Engadget posted this neat item this morning.
PEZ, of course, holds a special place in eBay lore (see here. Maybe that PEZ player could be this year’s corporate [...]
Ok… I’ve been on the MP3 bandwagon for quite a while now. I’ve been ripping and downloading MP3’s since way before Napster ever came on the scene. So when I decided to purchase a portable MP3 player, I decided to go with a player that could handle my vast collection of tunes. [...]