{"id":2695,"date":"2020-11-17T19:56:22","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T01:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colianni.net\/aj\/?p=2695"},"modified":"2020-11-17T19:56:22","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T01:56:22","slug":"the-ipod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colianni.net\/aj\/archives\/2020\/11\/17\/the-ipod\/","title":{"rendered":"The iPod"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been spending some time cleaning up all my old junk in the house. Old papers, boxes. Shoes that are worn out, clothes I no longer wear, etc.<\/p>\n

As you might imagine, I have a lot of old technology lying around as well. Old computers, chargers, cables. (Just in case I need them!) The pack-rat genes run strong in my family. I really have to take a moment with each thing before put it in my tech recycling bag.<\/p>\n

I have several old iPods laying around. Most of which, I found, no longer worked. The battery won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t take a charge, or the hard drive (when pressed up against my ear) goes, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153click, click, click\u00e2\u20ac\u009d when it tries to boot up.<\/p>\n

But one still did fire up. A 30GB iPod from around 2006. I had loaded music onto it a several years ago, before I finally signed up for Spotify, and then Apple Music (and then back to Spotify).<\/p>\n

I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been trying to put my finger on this feeling for a while. What is special about this collection of music? Why does having all of the millions of tracks available to you on Spotify somehow feel less special.<\/p>\n

This article from back in 2016 pretty much nails it – An Ode to the iPod Classic<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0– I guess the author would put me into the music nerd category. I still love kicking back and listening to an album straight through. Call me old fashion, but as much as I enjoy Infinite Indie Folk on Spotify – I probably couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t name a single track off the top of my head.<\/p>\n

But for the meantime, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m planning to pass along this working iPod to someone who I know will appreciate it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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