The cycle of media desire

On Monday Ryan read a book and the book was good
On Tuesday Ryan listened to a podcast and the podcast was good
On Wendesday Ryan watch TV and the programme was good
On Thursday Ryan turned on the Radio and the show was good
On Friday Ryan watched a DVD and the DVD was good
On Saturday Ryan listened to music and the music was good

On Sunday Ryan was shouted at by his wife for paying her no attention all Christmas and it wasn’t so good

Tastes change and mine are no different to anyone elses, one day I’m really into reading while listening to music and the next day I’ll be catching up on the hours of programmes I’ve had sitting in Sky+ for the best part of a month.

Normally my main past time is listening to podcasts and audiobooks - my iPod is great because it means I can hang it around my neck and listen to its bountiful contents anywhere I like - on the toilet, walking to work, washing the dishes or reading a book - I particularly like listening to something overly atomospheric and prenting I’m in a movie with my own soundtrack.

Unfortunately I’ve been iPod free for the past week or two as I managed to overload the power or something - basically it smelt a bit burney and then stopped responding - nothing worked.

Fortunately I got a new iPod for Christmas from my parents who brought it over with them when they visited us this weekend (thanks mum and dad - it’s a great present).

So I’ve been busy filling my iPod with music, videos and podcasts to listen to while walking around - or at least you’d think I would be but first I had to work out why the bloody thing kept asking me to “Insert the Mobile Resource Disk” every time I tried to plug the bloody thing in.

I eventually worked out the problem and for anyone using Windows and having the same problem when trying to install the iPod Nano (third gen) on a Windows XP machine:

Uninstall iTunes AND the Apple Mobile Device Support - in fact the mobile support is the most important one to uninstall - I tried uninstalling iTunes without that and the problem still happened when I re-installed iTunes again.

Now it all works I’ve managed to get a few bits on it and am on the lookout for a decent AVI to iPod video convertor that won’t cost a huge amount of money and won’t fill my system with shit-ware.

This post was supposed to be a look at the cycle of media desire - the idea that what we want changed depending on mood, situation and weather but then the Smiths came on my iPod and I desided it was all too much bollocks to bother writing about.

Happy New Year

(Oh and this blog was down because I lost my password and I’m with Fasthosts).

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