I Don’t Like Mondays
Posted on | February 4, 2008 at 9:14 pm | 1 Comment
Edds and Onds:
- As I figured would happen, I didn’t win anything in the SuperBowl pool. And I have mixed feelings about the Giants winning; although maybe I just didn’t care that much. Didn’t even pay much attention to the game until the 4th quarter, and I didn’t even see many of the commercials. Sounds like it wasn’t much of a good commercial crop this year anyway. One thing I noticed is that when halftime started and the sports guys were giving their first half recap, you could hear Tom Petty playing “Free Falling” in the background. When they were done with the recap, they went down to the field and the Petty concert was just starting, and “Free Falling” was like the third song he played. So that makes me think that the concert wasn’t really live. The people who were there saw the show right when halftime started, while those of us watching TV saw it delayed until after the recap. I guess that’s one way of avoiding another NippleGate. So am I totally out there, or is that what happened? Maybe Petty played “Free Falling” twice, and the first time was as a warmup?
- My first iPod, the 3rd Gen 30GB, has a dying battery and is down to around two hours of play time on a charge. I was thinking that the new headphones I was using were draining the battery faster because they supposedly use more power. I’m not even sure if that’s possible or a valid concern – I’m sure you hardware engineering types out there could edify me. But I did my own tests and determined it didn’t really matter whether they were hooked up to the headphones or not – the battery still drained at the same quick rate. So I’ve ordered a replacement battery kit from one of those online battery retailers. I’ve watched the installation videos and I don’t think I’ll have any problem replacing it myself. This is the iPod that I primarily use for listening at work or at home, and in my iHome alarm clock. (The 4th Gen 40GB is the car iPod, and the 3rd Gen video nano is for exercising.) I suppose I could just keep it plugged in while using it, but I don’t like having to worry about carrying an adapter or dock around. So we’ll see how well this replacement battery thing works out.
- We got another snowstorm today, and I decided to try something different. The storm started midday and the roads looked pretty slick by late afternoon. So instead of driving home and getting stuck on the roads-as-parking-lots, and risking my shiny rebuilt Prius, I decided to leave the car at work in the parking garage and take the bus home (including Light Rail for part of the way). I think that was a pretty good decision, seeing as how everyone, including the bus, was really sliding around out there and traffic was moving slowly. Plus, it looks like the commute tomorrow morning is going to be just as bad. Hmmm, this mass transit thing is actually becoming a viable alternative.
Pet Peeve of the Day: Dying batteries. The one in my cell phone also isn’t holding much of a charge these days either.
Latre.
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One Response to “I Don’t Like Mondays”
February 4th, 2008 @ 10:47 pm
Maybe your iPod is just weighed down with the KFC Bowl residue?
And hey – how about a spoiler alert next time you reveal the Superbowl winner? Y’know, for those of us who don’t care, and basically ignore it…