New iPod Classic

The new iPod is in da house!

I finally made up my mind for the 160GB classic. It was a no-brainer, really, as my music collection alone was more than the 60GB of the old one and on this one I will also carry my photos, videoblogs and so on and so forth.

It is slim, grey, heavy and has a nice engraving on the back with a line from one of my favourite songs (it actually took me a while to decide what I wanted engraved in it, you know?)

So the advantages of the new iPod are:

• My car supports it (haven’t tested it yet, but it should) so now I can operate it using the standard car-stereo controls, which is way nicer (not to mention safer);
• My music collection can continue to grow at it’s own pace without me being in constant need of deleting and moving stuff around to make it fit into the iPod.

Soooo, I now have an old 60GB iPod Photo (third generation, if I’m not mistaken) with heavy, heavy use, which is still in perfect working condition (appart from the scroll-wheel which sometimes stops responding and requires a locking and unlocking sequence to start working again).
This baby has been with me through thick and thin and I was considering keeping it for the sentimental value (of which it has a lot), but then I realized how silly that would, so now I have to find a good home for it.

Can’t wait for the new one to synch up so I can start testing it! (It will take a while yet, that’s for sure…)

Diary 2008-07-28

The Kings Of Convenience concert was very good indeed. I didn’t know their songs (heard them once on my friend’s iPod and that’s it) but I am now a convert of (at the very least) their live performances.
As I already suspected, this is a friend whose musical tastes I definitely have to keep an eager eye on, she knows her stuff! ;-)

Then the Lisbon Calling show was also very, very fun. Marillion was nothing special (they’ve lost me after Fish left anyway), but they play a good, tight show. The Stranglers are still as powerful now as they ever were and they rocked the house.
And then came the B52s. Now I am known for dancing whenever I like the music, sometimes even enthusiastically, but these guys got me dancing and jumping around like a maniac. Definitely the concert of the evening!
Meat Loaf, on the other hand was… Meh… The guy can’t sing anymore (but then again, could he ever really sing? And the show was more eye-candy than good rock, even if there were a couple-three good songs (mostly due to the band who are —for the most part— really good musicians).

Then yesterday, I had the best day of beach I had in two whole years! And in Guincho of all places!
We got there in the afternoon and there was not a breeze. None. In Guincho!
And to top it off, I spent an inordinate amount of time jumping around and body-surfing on the waves. With no wet-suit. In Guincho!!
When we left, at around 19h30, there were some ugly clouds coming in, but until then, what an amazing day at the beach.