There are a lot of things to like about Apple. They make the coolest, sexiest hardware on the planet, especially their laptops and iPods. They did Unix right in a way that 100,000 Linux geeks never managed to do. They put together a suite of applications that make some of the stuff that people want to do with computers dead easy – while purposely making them limited and unpowerful enough to keep the door open for third party products that do the same things only better. When their hardware works, it works perfectly.
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Category: Geekery
Weird Call
Ok, my cell phone sucks. And it got worse when I ill-advisedly bought a fancy painted cover for it, which involved taking the guts out of the existing cover and putting them in the new one.
So getting little drop-outs during calls is nothing new. Unfortunately during the call I got a few seconds ago, from a cell phone in Maryland, it happened just when the caller said who it was. The voice was a little familiar, and when he asked if I’ve been flying recently I guessed he’s probably from the Piper mailing list. But since he’d called to ask about his problems with Windows 98, I couldn’t really help. I don’t know that much about Windows, and I’d sort of like to keep it that way.
Woo hooo for real!
I got my iPod back from Apple service. And it has a different serial number, which means they replaced it rather than fixing it. (Too bad they didn’t replace it with a 3rd Generation iPod.) I’m almost sure than this means I have a fresh zero-time battery – unless they’re hauling them out of returns to save money.
Tentative woo hoo!
The Apple web site says that my replacement iPod was shipped today and the case closed. Before you start jumping up and down with joy at the thought that my cubicle neighbours may live another day, remember that the last time Apple said my replacement iPod was shipped and closed the case, they promptly lost the replacement order somewhere on its way from service to fullfillment, and I didn’t get it until a month and a half later when Maddy and several other Best Mates called Apple to complain bitterly. Sadly, it seems that Apple wrote their own tracking software, and it sucks.
At least that time I got a Marware case and an iRock by way of apology.
I hope they remembered to engrave this one the same as the original.
Well, that was an hour I’ll never have again…
After all the worrying I did about the meeting that I posted about in Ominous…, it turns out that the meeting was called to address some whinging about the company bonus.
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