Anyone else get an awful earworm from the title?
As I previously mentioned over here, I’ve opted to start off small in the world of mp3 players and bought this wee shuffle . . . mostly because it was on sale for only 45€ but also because it’s perfect for taking to the gym (I can clip it on my t-shirt sleeve) and meanwhile I can also see how much digital music I have, or have access to, and can better judge what size ipod nano I’ll eventually need/want. Though I’m already thinking that even 8GB is going to be smallish.
And so, after spending almost half an hour getting the damn thing out of the factory-sealed packaging , and then figuring out how to get a few tunes on it, I tried out my cute silver shuffle for the first time when I went out to a class late yesterday afternoon. And . . . OMG! It’s a whole other world out there! I had no idea how wonderful it would be. Though there is a tendency to half-walk half-dance down the street and I have to take extra care looking out for traffic, as well as not singing along. But it’s very cool!
Later on today will be the real test. I’ve downloaded a podcast of the News Quiz , which I love and haven’t heard for ages, so we’ll see if this keeps me going on the Dreaded Elliptical Machine for half an hour.
Ah, welcome to the world of being “plugged in.” I took Sansa off to the gym this morning, and it makes such a difference in an otherwise tedious half an hour.
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Congratulations! I’m glad you’re enjoying it. (I can’t imagine going without an iPod anymore. The hardships! Oh, fine. I can imagine, but I’d miss it. A lot.)
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A shuffle seems so tiny, you could forget you’re carrying it. One thing I would like to know: if you download a podcast to it, how do you find it again without a display?
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Well, at the moment I only have about a dozen songs on it so I’ll just have to click through them till I find the podcast. Not ideal, and if the price hadn’t gone down so much (two weeks ago they were selling for 80€) I wouldn’t have bought it. So this one is going to be mostly for ‘gym use’ and short walks to classes, etc. As my gym clothes don’t have pockets, it really is a perfect design for that. And I reckon I’ll keep switching the music on it and so will probably never get up to the 240 song maximum, which will make finding podcasts easier.
Next purchase is definitely going to be the matte black 8GB ipod nano.
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With regard to the earworm in the title – yes thanks!
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Yes thanks? You must have got a different earworm to mine, Johnny.
Anyhow, it worked! 🙂
Spent a half hour on the ellipsis trainer (after my pilates class) this morning, happily listening to the News Quiz. Though I’m sure some of the other people there were wondering about this crazy woman with a huge grin on her face who kept laughing out loud . . .
The only ‘problemita’ is that this was the last News Quiz of the most recent series and I don’t know the programme that is replacing it this week. Also, it’s only one programme a week and I’m going to need three to keep up my training, as I’m planning to do three days on the bike with my book after yoga (M-W-F) and two on the ellipsis after pilates (T-T) as well as bike + ellipsis on Saturdays (no classes on Saturday). I seriously doubt that music will see me through a half hour on the ellipsis.
Got any other good podcast suggestions for me?
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Where’s that tounge-in-cheek smiley when you need it?!
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Not to mention where’s that spell checker when you need it. Tounge? 😛 Was it ‘Do the Hustle’? Gaaaa! I can’t get it out of my head now. Bleh.
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Damn – I had got it out of my head – but now . . . .?
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Ah yes, I use my shuffle for runs and walking to work in the morning, then I use my ‘big’ iPod Video to hold all my music and photos and videos – and I plug it into speakers in my flat and use it as my main stereo system.
I’m sure purists would be horrified, but the sound is more than good enough for me. 🙂
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Awww you didn’t get the nano? I got the shuffle too. Mint green with an engraving that says “For my ears only”. The shuffles are more practical for the gym though.
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Congrats! I just bought the nano for my runs. I’m so pleased to see all my blogging buddies getting their fit on!
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