Category: Apple

My 5GB iPod is full! What should I replace it with? A Photo iPod, a U2 iPod, or a plain old iPod? Or an old Walkman? And do I really need socks for my iPod?

A fun atricle from the New York Times about using the shuffle feature on the iPod. I know it’s random, but it’s really easy to believe it isn’t. My iPod, for instance, seems to have a thing for the soundtrack to the movie Pi. It just comes up way too often.

I’m spending a lot of time tonight on upgrades. I just upgraded my iBook to OS X 10.3.5. I also realized that I hadn’t updated the virus definitions on this thing since October 2003. That doesn’t seem possible, but apparently it’s true. Man, I have to update the virus defs on my PC about three times a week, just to keep the wolves at bay, so to speak. You gotta love the Mac — no spyware problems, hardly any virus/worm problems, easy OS updates that don’t break anything. If only I could toss my PC. I guess I could, if I didn’t make my living programming for and supporting PCs. Oh well.

The old Airport Base Station died again this morning, so I’m definitely giving up on it now. It seems to work for only a few hours after doing a hard reset and reloading everything, then it dies.

I just hooked up the Airport Express, and it’s working great. I have it sitting on my desk, so I can see the little green light. It’s small enough that I could just leave it on the floor, but I like being able to see if it’s working or not. It’s kind of hard to get it to stand up on the desk; I wish there was a little stand for it. Other than that, it’s great.

My new Airport Express showed up today. Rather than just toss the old one and hook it up, I decided to take one more crack at getting the old base station working again. And, hey, it works! I had to go through the reset instructions very carefully, but I did eventually get the firmware reloaded and the unit reconfigured. If the settings get lost again, though, I’m giving up on it. If it keeps working, though, then I’ll probably use the Express in the living room and hook up my stereo to it.

Or maybe I’ll sell the old base station to these guys and make a few bucks. (That’s the nice thing about Apple equipment. You almost never have to throw anything away. There’s always somebody that wants it.)

I picked up some Airport tips from this page, by the way.

Oh well. My Airport Base Station seems to have given up the ghost. After resetting/reloading everything, it’s gone off into la-la land again. Heck, it’s probably time to upgrade anyway. My Airport is one of the originals, which dates it to 1999 or so.

If all the lights on your Apple Base Station start blinking red, try this.

Apple – AirPort Express: I think I’ll be getting one of these when it hits the stores. I’ve been looking for a nice simple way of getting some of the music on my computer(s) out through my stereo.