I may push the iPods a bit more than most, but I find all kinds of bugs in them. I could consistently crash my nano when I first got it. After one software update, that was fixed. After a few more, most of the non-crash bugs were gone. I was left only with interface annoyances - that’s how it was designed and they ain’t gonna fix it.
Now with my new iPod Touch, I’ve noticed one whopper! I thought it was only a “not updating the smart list on the iPod” problem, which plagued the Nanos when they first arrived as well. But, it’s worse. (5900584)
Any podcast that I listen to entirely doesn’t get its play count updated! How am I supposed to keep track of the hundreds of podcasts I have and listen to when they don’t get marked as being played? Podcast support - ever stepping backward. I have many smart playlists with “playcount = 0″ as one of the filters, and now they’re all screwed - or it’s back to the Nano.
They really should fix it before the June release, and do it for free. But I’d bet that doesn’t happen. Alternately, when the iPhone/iPod becomes an open platform, someone should develop an application that actually supports podcast management!
I could provide you with a lengthy list of the many ways I want to handle my podcasts, if someone out there needs some specs to build to.
(Another pet peeve of mine: Apple doesn’t maintain a publicly accessible database of known bugs.)
April 30th, 2008
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bshirley |
corporations, tech |
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This weekend I spent the weekend in Wimberley, Texas. One of the boardgames someone wanted to play was Goa - a trading game themed on the historically important region of India. But it’s a four-player game and we had five people, so it never got played. 
Another that was high on the list and did get played was Perikles - by well-know boardgame designer (yes, there are a few), Martin Wallace.
On the return trip I listened to the NPR Puzzle podcast from the previous weekend. Will Shortz had just returned from some sort of puzzle tournament in Goa. The on-air puzzle was categories in C-H-A-M-P, and plays by Shakespeare was one of them. Can you name a P- play by Shakespeare?
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April 29th, 2008
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bshirley |
friends, random, travel, weekend |
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I bought another iPod recently. An 8GB iPod Touch. It’s my fourth.
Here’s the rundown of the iPods:
- 20GB 4th Generation Classic iPod Color (model# PA079LL, serial# JQ5263A7TDU) - I lost it at some point several years ago and was so jonesing to have an iPod I bought on eBay a….
- 2GB 1st Generation iPod Nano - it served me well, but I traded it to TG who needed an older iPod to give to someone with an older Mac, and she gave me a…
- 8GB 3rd Generation iPod Nano (model# PA980LL, serial# 7J736XLSY0R) - This tiny fabulous iPod handles video and has an amazing screen. I use it daily in my commute for podcasts and watch video at lunch time at work. But, I’ve been wanting to program with the new iPod SDK, which requires and iPhone or an…
- 8GB 1st Generation iPod Touch (model# MA623LL, serial# 9C8012GU14N) - which I just received on tuesday. There is bound to be a new version comin out in June, but I just couldn’t wait. These are listing for $300, but I managed a used one on eBay for $188.50 - I may resell it if newer ones do come out.
April 23rd, 2008
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bshirley |
tech |
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Between today and the last time I was at the Continental Club, with the El Orbits, and letters and numbers, it’s been a while.
I saw quite a few familiar faces last night, some whose names I know, and some I don’t. Virginia O, Pete G, Allen H, Thomas E, Bob S, Lance, Mark & Catherine, Jennifer N, Christopher, Adrian, Squid.
Nothing used to keep us from the Satellite Lounge and the El Orbits. Do you remember Ally McBeal? We skipped out on that skinny fad. Instead we had a Lonestar and/or a martini with our lounge music and new Houston friends. I met more than one friend that I still have to this day on a Monday night with the El Orbits!
Going out on a weeknight has been a bit unfamiliar of late. It used to be my standard operating procedure. Now, I like my sleep. I have a commute.
Others need to start coming out on Monday night again, enjoying the evening. You can leave by 10:30 or 11:00 and still get plenty of sleep for that tuesday morning meeting.
April 22nd, 2008
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bshirley |
friends, houston, latenight |
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I was cleaning out my overburdened in-box and came across an old email from Kim. A photo of a rat snake they found while doing yard work at her mother-in-law’s place in Palacios, Texas. It’s a quite impressive snake.
Palacious is on the Tres Palacios Bay, a small inlet off of the Matagorda Bay, and is about half way between Houston and Corpus Christi.
April 21st, 2008
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bshirley |
friends, picture |
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Once again the Bush Administration makes me wonder if there is anyone educated in protocol working there.
Is it correct etiquette to greet a Pope, or any leader of state or leader of religion, with a 21 gun salute? I bet not.
One past slip of the protocol: official announcement of a new Ambassador to Luxembourg did not use it’s full name (as can be found in online US government documents)!
We’re sorry Pope Benedict, and Grand Duchy of Luxembourg - it’s not most of our faults, we voted for someone else.
April 16th, 2008
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bshirley |
government, inthenews |
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