Enjoying some regained mobility in my last view days on MV. The weather has bene cold and rainy, but that never bothers anyone of true island stock.
I'm going to be driving home on Wednesday. Just in time for this, my trusty Clickwheel iPod decided it was time to give up the ghost for good. It hasn't worked outside of the car for months (the moment I disconnect it from power, it forgets it's and iPod and becomes a paperweight) but it'd come back to life when plugged back in. Now it says "FU, I'm a paperweight" all the time. The iPod is ancient and doesn't owe me anything, but I'm left with fairly miserable options for the ride hope. My Fit has a USB port in the glove box and I can attach a thumb drive to it. My initial tests with that feature left me decidedly underwhelmed (the UI felt like an mp3 player from 15 years ago) but it's better than nothing.
When I get back on dry land, I have to find a replacement for my 'Pod. Dock Connector devices have long since gone the way of the Dodo, but I suspect there's an awful lot of legacy infrastructure that still uses it. There must be an aftermarket of refurb'd iPods and the like. There's basically two components that need to be replaced: the HDD and the battery. I'm not adventuresome enough to undertake that on my own, but I'd love to find an outfit that is.
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