Well, the entire order is finally here. The problem: the iPod has failed. I took it out, downloaded music to it, and let it charge until it said it was done. Then I took the thing jogging. After playing one song, the thing froze, so, I reset it. Play another song, freeze, reset. After about 5 resets, it only started showing a folder icon with an exclamation point on it. I took that to mean that it was a broken file system. I tried doing a reset on the thing, only to notice that I can hear things rattling around inside. I think the HD arm is broken. Going through the return procedure on the web site was no help because it said that the serial number is invalid. I had to wait the next day to call them to let me try to return the thing. What a pain. I predict at least 2 weeks before I get one back.
Screen here
Well, my new 20" Cinema display arrived. As you can see from the image, it is much bigger than my 15" powerbook screen. The first part of my new computer is here. Getting this picture lead to some fun. It turns out, the batteries in my camera were dead, so I had to try to charge them. I tried my keyboard’s in the mean time (wireless), and they didn’t work. I was starting to wonder if the camera was broken. I found some batteries, and they worked fine, so I guess I will have to replace the batteries in the keyboard sometime soon. Not too bad considering that I have not changed them for 15 months.
End of another day
Well, it is the end of another day. I am sitting here listening to cmradio after having just finished the homework for CPSC 629. It is a great time to relax and talk with friends on IM. Last night was a great time at Breakaway. We had a record number of people on the stream. That is the most important because that is the part that I run. Anyway, it was lots of fun to set up three cameras again. We just need to get the static cam in a better position or more zoom. We will figure it out eventually. The evening was topped off by seeing Jason fall over the chairs for the second time that night.