My love for my iPod, ebay and Google
by Sherra on June 1, 2009
in Little Lessons, Raves
I love, love, love my ipod.
PhilBillPaul bought one for my birthday five years ago before the kids decided they were cool. It took me several days to load our large and diverse CD collection on to my iMac via iTunes and have all my music in one place.
I love, love ebay.
We’ve shopped on ebay for almost 10 years. I love to find ebay bargains and we’ve even sold a few things on ebay through the years.
As a matter of fact, I bought the big kids their first ipods on ebay.
I love google.
More information than I could ever absorb. There is rarely a day that we don’t “google” for something.
Put my three loves together in the same room and I had a very happy Sunday afternoon. 
My iPod battery wouldn’t hold a charge. Then it started freezing while it was sitting in my iHome charging dock/radio/alarm clock. I know that my 2nd iPod which is considered *old* and uncool but it suits me just fine and I didn’t want to buy a new one.
I went to ebay and bought this for $6.49 with free shipping…
I got the cute little kit complete with new battery and three tools from everydaysource, a great ebay store that we also buy all our printer ink from at a very reduced price!
Then I googled and watched this video so I could do this…
Disclaimer: Attempt repair at your own risk. But I do wonder how many people just toss their iPod when it stops working and it was only the battery?
And now my iPod works again.
WOO-HOO!
My technical skills have vastly improved as direct result of all the great DIY instructions I find on google.
Remember how I fixed my laptop earlier this year?
Maybe I should apply for a job at Apple.
What did you do this weekend?
Yeah, I hear Apple may be in the market for a new CEO with Steve Jobs’ reported illness (he is the Apple guy, right?). I spent my Sunday working for the San Jose Giants on the Courtesy Crew at the ballpark. We had a 21 year old woman who had a seizure in the general admission section. She fell down between the benches, was attended to by the EMT, and came around fine; however, she was very obese and during the seizure became so wedged between the benches that she couldn’t be extracted. The fire department was called and six firefighters were dispatched to remove her. They eventually were able to rescue her by unhinging one end of the bench. She then took her medication (which she had forgotten to take) and decided to stay to see the end of the game (we lost 9-6 to the Stockton Ports, the Oakland A’s minor league club). Had I been in her situation I think I would have headed home, as her screaming during the incident could be heard throughout section A. I guess the life lessons are to 1) always take your required meds, especially if you are going to a public venue, and 2) when the churro man comes by, let him go by. Wait for the Diet Coke man instead. I liked your weekend better
I don’t care who you are – that was funny. I think you need to start blogging your observations