I loves me some MP3.

[camwyn]

For $40 I bought a slightly crappy little MP3 player. It's not a skipfree device - this is a portable CD player that can also read MP3 files from CD. I'd rather have one of these, 'cos not everything in my CD collection has been ripped to MP3 and I don't feel that everying in my collection should be ripped. Even my favourite CDs have songs I'm just not interested in enough to want on my computer's play list. This CD player will run for something like seven or ten hours on a set of AA batteries; the 'crappy' part comes in the form of total inability to plug it into a wall, and in the fact that the car adapter doesn't seem to like my cigarette lighter. (Which has never been used to light a cigarette, and is probably more accurately called my 'device runner' since that's all it ever does.) I plan on getting some rechargeable batteries and a recharger from Best Buy since ordinary alkalines are going to be roughly equivalent to Tic-Tacs with this doodad.

But hey, 160 songs on a CD and no need to tie up the computer's processor at the office for background music? I'm there, man. Yes, this is an utterly frivolous entry. I've got a midterm in bio-informatics tonight. I don't want to think about it right now and I've got a full day of work in front of me. I can frivv if I want to.

Although the current song playing has some definite implications for VicMage.Asia.China. I wonder if the stars sign / the life that is to be mine? / And do they let their light shine / in hopes for me to follow? / I look up to the heavens / The night is clouded over... / To leave the trail of all time / And let it make a dark line / in hopes that I can still find / the way back to the moment / I took a turn and turned to / begin a new beginning / Still looking for the answer / I cannot find the finish...

Today's pulp survival tip is #140. "Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brain!" - Arthur Weasley

Comments

[lwood.livejournal.com]

Get at least two, if not three, sets of rechargeable batteries, and consider getting a second charger so you easily change batteries from either home or work.

-- Lorrie

[camwyn]

Turns out I have a power supply that turns 120V AC into 4.5V DC. I dunno if this came with the CD player, I don't remember seeing it, but it happens to work just fine regardless. So. Og happy camper.

[lwood.livejournal.com]

Huzzah!

-- L

[ocean-song.livejournal.com]

heck for $40 that's a great deal. I have been fighting the MP3 thang, the same way I fought the conversion to CD's from cassettes, the way I fought videotapes (which I still buy) converting to DVD's. Hell, I just got rid of my 386 last year. So I guess I may have to get one myself, now that they are so cheap.

Hope bioinformatics went well. With you, I'm sure it did. I've near heard of frivolous being used a verb. You grammar hussy you.

Enh.

[camwyn]

The test was awful, but I think everyone felt it was awful. 12 ppl. in class. We'll see how it goes. I may have to do exceedingly well on the term paper as I didn't get to do the extra credit question.

And when I use language it does what I say it does. Vocabulary is my beeyotch.