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Classic iPod Update: Issue Seems Resolved with Newest iTunes

I shut down iTunes this morning after it wouldn't recognize my classic iPod yesterday. This morning it got stuck on "Verifying Jeff's iPod." I thought, here we go again, but after a few minutes, it downloaded my latest podcasts and allowed me to eject the iPod correctly, so for now the issue is resolved. 

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With the iPod Gone, I May Look for iTunes Altnernatives, MP3 Device, and PC Computer

For whatever reason, I have an aversion to syncing my Galaxy Note with iTunes. When my iPod dies, I may look to iTune alternatives. This new format may lead to an alternative MP3 player and this is turn could be the end of Apple computers. I may get an all-in-one PC.

"I'm Not Prepared to be Usurped by a Disposable Lump of Metal and Plastic"

Ulysses takes pause over certain  technological enthusiasms:

I like certain aspects of technology, but the overarching trend in our society is to turn technology into some sort of idol, with legions of rabid fans for every brand and model of device. When arguing about, or waiting in line for the latest gadget takes up a significant amount of your time, then it's a problem like any other addiction. I'm thinking particularly about smart-phones that have such vast capabilities yet are mostly used to kill time on-line or gossiping.

Man went to the Moon with so much less, I wonder if we have not reached a crisis of vision; there must be better uses of our advances than launching cartoon birds at a pile of blocks or tweeting the minutiae of our lives to strangers.

This type of technology doesn't actually help us much; rather it has been proven to degrade our mental faculties. Studies have shown that the average adult today has a poorer memory and ability to focus due to the deferring of certain mental functions to technology.

I would rather spend the time others while away on smart-phones travelling and meeting real people. Needless to say I don't own a smart-phone. I'd rather be the smart one in this relationship. Like seven billion other people I am in possession of the most complex known structure in the Universe and the most powerful organic computer in the shape of the human brain and i'm not prepared to be usurped by a disposable lump of metal and plastic.

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Consumer Reports Puts the Samsung NP700Z5B at the Head of the Laptop Pack

I was surprised to find in the August 2012 issue that the Apple MacBook Pro , at $1,800, is in third place behind the $1,000 first place Samsung and the $1,200 second place HP Pavillion DV6-7014nr. 

A top eBay seller is selling a refurbished Samsung for $750. 

In other tech news, Consumer Reports gave top point-and-shoot to the Canon PowerShot G12. 

Why Do Comments Take Forever to Post?

Four readers have pointed out that they either can't post comments or that they have to wait forever for the comment box to show up. I have the latter problem. I don't know the answer to this, but I'm going to inquire over at the kind people at tyepad.

Crucial Memory Scanned My Computer To Tell Me What Kind of Memory Was the Right Match

Crucial Memory brilliantly provides a scanner that in a minute reads your computer and tells you its specs and matching memory. Thanks, Ted, for telling me about this company.

I used the scanner and it let me know my two memory slots are being taken by 1GB of RAM for a total of two, so I'll have to buy 2 2GB memory sticks. The reading looks like this for my iMac:

Your iMac (Early 2008) System Specs

Scan Id: 7126541831D926C3

Memory:

DDR2 PC2-6400

Memory Type: DDR2 PC2-6400, DDR2 (non-ECC)
Maximum Memory: 4GB 
Currently Installed Memory: 2GB
Total Memory Slots: 2
Available Memory Slots:  0

1GB

DDR2 SDRAM

1GB

DDR2 SDRAM

 

Each memory slot can hold DDR2 PC2-6400 with a maximum of 2GB per slot.*
*Not to exceed manufacturer supported memory.

 

 

20" 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (MB323LL/A), 20" 2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (MB324LL/A) and 24" 2.8GHz or 3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (MB325LL/A)

It recommended these memory sticks:

2GB kit (1GBx2)  
DDR2 PC2-6400 • CL=6 • Unbuffered • NON-ECC • DDR2-800 • 1.8V • 128Meg x 64 •   •  Part #: CT1849101

 

  (0 Ratings)

 $27.99

QTY:

2GB  
DDR2 PC2-6400 • CL=6 • Unbuffered • NON-ECC • DDR2-800 • 1.8V • 256Meg x 64 •   •  Part #: CT1849107

 

  (8 Ratings)

 $24.99

QTY:

1GB  
DDR2 PC2-6400 • CL=6 • Unbuffered • NON-ECC • DDR2-800 • 1.8V • 128Meg x 64 •   •  Part #: CT1849104

 

  (1 Ratings)

 $13.99

QTY:

SOLID STATE DRIVES

512GB  
512GB Crucial m4 2.5" (9.5mm) SSD w/ Bracket • 500MB/s Read, 260MB/s Write  •  Part #: CT2248291

 

  (0 Ratings)

 $799.99

QTY:

256GB  
256GB Crucial m4 2.5" (9.5mm) SSD w/ Bracket • 500MB/s Read, 260MB/s Write  •  Part #: CT2239684

 

  (0 Ratings)

 $415.99

QTY:

128GB  
128GB Crucial m4 2.5" (9.5mm) SSD w/ Bracket • 500MB/s Read, 175MB/s Write  •  Part #: CT2231077

 

  (0 Ratings)

 $214.99

QTY:

64GB  
64GB Crucial m4 2.5" (9.5mm) SSD w/ Bracket • 500MB/s Read, 95MB/s Write  •  Part #: CT2222285

 

  (0 Ratings)

 $122.99

QTY:

 

Dividing Line Between PC and Apple Like the Rift Between Catholics and Protestants

 

 

 

 

In an earlier post I grumbled about the apparent 3-year-lifespan of my Apple computers which brought PC and Apple defenders alike revealing their antipathy for the PC or the Apple that reminds of an Umberto Eco essay in which he posits that the rift between Apple and PC acolytes is like the passions between Catholics and Protestants. 

Is the New Closed Web No Web At ALL?

Gawker reports that Wired Magazine may soon argue that the current open web may soon be replaced by a closed web, thanks to the juggernaut growth of Apple iPad and iPhone apps, and that the new closed web may be no web at all. 

Tablets Are Squashing the Small eReaders Like Bugs

The big-name eReaders like Amazon's Kindle are still doing fine, but the emergence of the Tablet, Apple and others, is destroying the smaller eReader names, reports Wired. 

Origins of Facebook Not Pretty: Incipient In-House Squabbles Caught on Video

I'm one of the millions of lemmings with a facebook account. It's rather sobering to look at the foundation which my social network rests upon. Sounds like a bunch of tasmanian devils in a potato sack.