Regarding Ipods and my internet connection...
In order to fuel some discussion here, I wanted to ask a question for those of you who have Ipods: when on shuffle, do you notice that your machine almost always chooses the gayest songs available? I always prefer the randomness of shuffle compared to listening to full albums, since it forces some variety into my listening habits, but I'm getting a little tired of my Ipod always choosing Dusty Springfield and The Ronnettes from the plethora of options it has. At work, there's a side of me that's a little scared that someone will ask, "So what are you listening to?" and I will have to hide my head in shame. Don't ever tell that to Dusty though; oh wait, I guess you couldn't anymore anyways.
To the point: anyone else ever have this problem? Does your Ipod always choose the Echo and the Bunnymen ahead of AC/DC? Leonard Cohen (who, yes, was engaged to Rebecca De Mornay, but is still perceived as fruity by most) over Gang of Four? The Magnetic Fields over every band ever? Honestly, I kinda think my Ipod is gay, and I'm wondering whether or not that makes it returnable under the warranty.
Also, I was unable to update last night because of my faulty internet connection. Before I came here, I had read much ballyhoo over the speedy connections in SoKo, but so far, I honestly couldn't tell you the difference. Then again, the only thing I've downloaded has been an Itunes update.
posted by Cool Boss @ 11:26 AM
3 Comments:
I agree, there is something weird about the shuffle feature. Sometimes an extended session on shuffle will produce nothing but great song after great song...so good you couldn't possibly program it even better if you were in control. Other times, every single song will be a song you've never heard before and/or forgotten why you wanted to include it in the first place. And that doesn't even address the problem of hearing a good song that you don't want to hear at that time...for instance a really sad song when it's a beautiful sunny day and you're in a good mood. What I'm saying is this: in an extended shuffle session, I tend to have a great experience or a lackluster one and rarely a mediocre one.
It's not uncommon at all for me or burns to inform each other "I'm having a great Ipod day" or "Dude my Ipod sucks today" but to the best of knowledge no one has ever said "My Ipod is performing it's tasks satisfactorily today".
As for the gay song thing, that's new to me...I dunno...you may have discovered a whole new area of Shuffle Research with that.
It might just be that I listen to a lot of gay music. The jury's still out.
that's exactly what the problem is. the ipod does have a habit of picking inappropriate (but still fundementally) good songs. If your iPod is being gay, the problem is between the earbuds...not inside the iPod.
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