I like music on high density storage devices

Let me tell you a story. This story is not as 'awesome' as those told by the Awesome Squad, what with the total lack of bush-jumping or Foo/'Lexis-girl antics; however, it does have its share of ups & downs.

Somehow, on Wednesday evening, I decided that the next day I was going to solve my digital storage problem & lack-of-portable-music-player in one fell swoop. Thus I loaded my wallet with cash.

On Thursday, instead of returning directly home after school, I headed to Taipei Main Station. Then I couldn't find the electronics superstore I'd visited before... plus the street level Apple dealership seemed to have disappeared. Finally I found a place where Apple products were on sale & looked at a price list. Though I originally planned to buy an iPod, I noticed the nice price of the iPod Photo, which has more storage space & nice features for handling photographs.

As part of the reason I sought this device was picture storage, I decided to go for the iPod photo model. I had not, however, planned on this earlier, so my funds were insufficient. I thus headed back into the street, trying every bank machine until I found another which works with my HSBC card. Yes! There are now 3 I know of in Taipei... note to others: bring a credit card or one with a credit logo.

So I luckily found the electronics place & the Apple dealership, then walked in and said--without even a hello--"I want to buy that." Luckily, people working in retail are trained to sell & thus the sale went without incidence. Though of course, unlike in some countries, mine doesn't come with the dock or the case. sigh

Anyway, returning home I begun the installation process. Or rather, I laughed at the Chinese instruction manual, opened it like I was unwrapping a present (which I was, this is birthday, christmas & prize for nat'l music competition all in one) and marveling at Apple's stylish design. And then I got to marvel at how Apple & Microsoft are enemies.

My computer literally could not read the installation CD. It was like "wtf is this CD? I have no idea what's on it." I cursed for a while, but luckily could download everything from the website. Anyway, today everything is finally working... apparently my computer has USB 2.0. How sweet it is. The controls are literally intuitive... just this one wheel that you can click and scroll...

And then a random picture of me from the concert a while back:

It should be noted that I am heading off on the round Taiwan tour soon... this will last about 6 days, and then I have a 1 day event after that, plus one tomorrow. And I am moving host families. In short--don't expect posts for over 1 week. That will be all, thank you. [2 hours 45] K out