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lolaraincoat ([personal profile] lolaraincoat) wrote2007-04-11 12:00 pm
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in which my worst impulses are thwarted

Why are all the other iPods so elegant and the stupid new full-size iPod so very, very hideous? Why?

I wanted to spend my tax refund on a shiny new iPod -- the 80-gig kind that would have room for all the music currently jammed onto my hard drive instead of only about a third of it at a time -- even though my beautiful 6-gig mini works just fine and is pretty. But the new, 5th-generation iPods are even uglier than the full-size iPods used to be. They've now in two shades of gray, black and white at a time, rather than just white-and-chrome, which was bad enough. And the grays are in diagonal blocks, too, in some kind of misguided tribute to that retro '80s aesthetic. Couldn't they just sell them with preloaded Bananarama and Scritti Politti?*

Fuck it, I'm just going to donate my damn refund to Amnesty International then. Bastards.



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* Yes, I still love Scritti Politti. Shut up.

[identity profile] jackoweskla.livejournal.com 2007-04-11 04:19 pm (UTC)(link)
The grey's not actually in diagonal blocks -- that's just the light in the pictures. With the black iPods, the click wheel is a less shiny black than the shiny black of the covers, whereas with the white iPods, the clickwheel is a more grey color. But it's not as though the iPod is two-toned -- that's just a bad picture.

[identity profile] pinkfinity.livejournal.com 2007-04-11 04:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Of course you still love Scritti Politti!

It's because Wood Beez is the first musical example of netspeak, isn't it?

[identity profile] executrix.livejournal.com 2007-04-11 04:36 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't have an iPod so I can't explain my own practice in this regard, but I believe they are quite commonly carried in attractive cases so it doesn't really matter how ugly the underlying critter is. Hey! If you provide specs and aesthetic preferences, I can even needlepoint you one.

[identity profile] elphaba-of-oz.livejournal.com 2007-04-11 05:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey! Point me to the person who told you that you have to outgrow Scritti Politti. I will personally kick thier dried up, irrelevant ass on your behalf. I will even photodocument it for you.

Grrrr!

[identity profile] amelia-eve.livejournal.com 2007-04-11 06:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh my dear, I have just given up the Silicon Flamingo 6Gb pink Mini as featured in my icon above and graduated to a shiny new full size 5th-Generation Video iPod. In a complicated deal, I got the recently discontinued 60Gb for just a wee bit more than than the 30Gb version, and I am all swoony. Also, I got a transparent plastic case for it so I can still see the all-important video screen. To decorate the back, I cut out a luscious stick-on BVM from the cover of a book of Christmas stamps and stuck her under the clear case. (No engraving on close-outs, but now it is personalized.

It's not only big enough for all, all, all my music, I am planning to load it up with a photo album and also use it as back-up drive. I can also use it to carry files between work and home without schlepping a laptop. It's divine.

This very moment, I am ripping the Goblet of Fire audiobook to it, thanks to a generous coworker. ¡Viva la 5th-Gen!
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[identity profile] idlerat.livejournal.com 2007-04-11 07:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Even *you* can't find a reason why anyone needs to *apologize* for Scritti Politti. Arty arty art art art!
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[personal profile] femmequixotic 2007-04-11 09:43 pm (UTC)(link)
You know you can get pretty, pretty, pretty skins for your iPod, yes?

http://www.gelaskins.com/

I have Boticelli's The Birth of Venus on mine...