willnorris.com » ipod http://willnorris.com there's more to life than this Tue, 15 May 2012 21:57:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4-beta3-20574 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ ipod firefly http://willnorris.com/2005/10/ipod-firefly http://willnorris.com/2005/10/ipod-firefly#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2005 02:25:25 +0000 Will Norris http://willnorris.com/?p=74 I’ve taken a few friends’ advice and decided to watch the entire Firefly series before I watch Serenity. I’m on the last disc, and was surprised to see a cameo appearance by the iPod Shuffle… well, sorta. In the episode entitled “The Message”, a soldier has recorded is final wishes on a small audio device that bears a striking resemblence to Apple’s little marvel. The really interesting thing though is that Firefly aired in 2002, almost three years before the Shuffle’s release. So who really designed it, Johnathan Ives or Joss Whedon?

(and I can’t be the first to notice this similarity… anyone know?)

]]> http://willnorris.com/2005/10/ipod-firefly/feed 2 iPod Shuffle http://willnorris.com/2005/09/ipod-shuffle http://willnorris.com/2005/09/ipod-shuffle#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2005 04:40:35 +0000 Will Norris http://willnorris.com/?p=72 The local Apple Store was having their monthly fire sale this weekend, and thanks to the new iPod Nanos requiring some counter space I got a great deal on one of the old iPod Shuffle demo units. I decided to test the battery capacity by cycling it a few times, and discovered something interesting I’ve never heard advertised or mentioned before — they automatically pause if you unplug the headphones. I’m not sure how useful that really is, but is certainly doesn’t hurt anything; why would you want the music to continue if you can’t hear it? Unless of course you are intentionally just trying to drain the batteries like I am (which is no simple task by the way, it takes upwards of 12 hours!)

(Apparently most all of the new iPods do this, but I never noticed because I have a 3rd generation).

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