Ipod Problems Again

About four months ago I started having problems with my Ipod. AGAIN! It would not sync and after a wile would not connect to Itunes. I was not that bothered as it was full but about 40% of the stuff on it I would like to have replaced with new stuff. It got to the point where I was using my backup 1GB MP3 player fulltime and the pod was gathering dust. So about two weeks ago I decided that I was not paying all that money for an Ipod and have the thing just sit on my desk. I started battering my way through forums and FAQ’s and started hacking away at the pod but anything I tried didn’t work. In the end I took it to a friend who eats Ipods for breakfast. He played with it for a bit with one hand wile juggling chainsaws with the other and balancing a pint of beer on his head. He then told me it connected fine and he can add and delete files. This gave me a little hope and I looked forward to putting my new music on it. Saturday night late I decide to plug in my now apparently working Ipod. To my complete surprise it connected. I did a restore which took about 20 min and of course the battery ran out. After a bit of a charge it carried on and told me to connect it to the mains charger to complete the restore. It restored, connected and I even put two LP's on it. I put it back on for a full charge ready to fill it up and set about stacking up Itunes. I did about 30 LP's then went to bed. So, Sunday night late I plug the Ipod in and the computer crashes. Then it was not recognised. Then it connected and Itunes locked. To cut a long story short I got a long string of problems. The last LP I tried to put on it seamed to go through the motions but nothing appeared in the list. Odd, I thought. When I checked my MP3'3 I found 90% of them had gone and the ones that were there didn't have a bit rate. I have a little program that changes the icon to the bit rate of the mp3, why I install this I'm not sure. Funny, I was not angry or upset just kind of numb. Anyway, I digress. All the folders were still there but no MP3's. The pod was forgotten and my attention turned to what the hell happened to my mp3's. The HDD showed the same amount of files and free space but the recycle bin had no mp3's in it. The internet lock went on and I started a 2 hour full virus scan which found a few tracking cookies and nothing else. I rebooted the PC then decided to have a look if any other files were missing. All else looked OK and once I returned my efforts to the MP3's I found that they were all still there and unharmed. My bed was calling so after checking another 5 times that my MP3’s really were ok I hit the sack. This morning I've had three hours on the Ipod and got the same story along with the invisible MP3's. I just give up. It's not worth the hassle. Everybody I know that has had an Ipod has had hassle of some kind with it. For me considering the amount of money you pay for an Ipod it’s just not worth what you have to go through to keep it working. To be fair I have an old Ipod but even the new models are not 100% reliable. I have a 1GB MP3 player, it connects, you can copy and delete stuff from it as is your want and it doesn’t need drivers or a program that you need a degree to use. OK so it’s not 20GB but then again at the moment neither is the Ipod. You can get a 16GB micro SD card for £37 why in the hell would you spend £145 on an Ipod that may or may not work properly. It’s not a device for playing music, it's a full time hobby that eats large amounts of time and if you’re not careful your mp3's as well. I don't think I will ever waste my money on an Ipod ever again. So it's getting stuck in with the rest of my old and half broken crap until I find a wobbly table of its thickness. I JUST GIVE UP!!!!!

London Trains

Trains are something I find myself moaning about quite a lot. More so now I have to use the tube as well. The trains are getting worse and more overcrowded. I can't believe that more people are using them due to the large amount of people that are being given the boot. Maybe more of the people who start work at 5, 6 or 7 are now doing 9 to 5. Whatever the reason is I don't care, I want them off my train so I can sit down and read my book. I would also like a bit of quiet to read my book as well. So all you people who think that it's acceptable to use the train as your personal office and start a phone conversation asking Emma to reschedule your 11am and if David could cover for Sarah who has phoned in sick today, I got news for you. Everybody in the carriage hates you and Sarah phoned in sick because she can't stand working for you as your too stupid and lazy to get into work on time and conduct your business from your office where you should be. I just don't get it. These idiots can pull out there blackberry's and spout tedious drivel for 20 minutes and that's fine but if I want to drill The Misfits into my brain to wake myself up a bit I'm Satan destroyer of train journeys. I was reading some trash free paper a wile ago and some idiots were moaning about certain ladies on trains putting makeup on. WHY! At least they ain't making any noise wile they do it. If they keep quiet they can make each other up as clowns and animals and stick before and after photos on the windows for all I care. Since I started writing this I have yet again been treated to a shining example of how low some people get in London. I was standing on a train as usual going to work and shock horror after two stops I am in the most privileged position to be standing next to a recently vacated seat. In a fraction of the flap of a flies wings I planted my gluteus maximus into the still warm seat. I was not sitting down for ten seconds when I became aware of the gimp across the aisle from me saying "try asking that guy". I was well aware that I was that guy so I turned to look who was going to ask me what. It was a short woman, so without thinking or waiting to hear what she was going to ask me I gave her my seat. It was only after I had stood up that I noticed she was very pregnant. It took about 10 minutes for what happened to sink in. A heavily pregnant woman made it known that she needed a seat, which I was not aware of I hasten to add at this point and this low life scum across the aisle from me told her to ask somebody else. If you have ever done anything like this guy then you are worse than the lowest scum on earth and deserve an acute and recurring dose of external haemorrhoid's. Trains in London are bad enough without the people on them making it worse. Do everybody a favour and chill out.

Call Of Duty

I finished Call of duty one yesterday. It finished the same as C.O.D Two did. The last but one level was well tough and the last level was a walk in the park. I installed the expansion pack (C.O.D United Offensive) for C.O.D One this morning. It is well hard. After a bit of messing around the first level is a big battle field with stuff going on all over the place. One rifle, 8 spuds and no machine gun. First thing I did after holding off the entire Nazi party with a machine gun so big it could decapitate an elephant was to knoble a Nazi and nick his machine gun. Tanks, Nazis and artillery left, right and center. Its a good job you get health packs, mind you, you have to stay alive long enough to pick them up. The bit I'm stuck on at the moment is getting right up my nose. I gotta take out tanks with a bazooka with yanks fighting Nazis hand to hand all round me. Three shells per bazooka per fox hole. Two shells to spank a tank. Can I get the bazooka to fire straight? Can I testicles. First hit tells the tank where you are, if you miss the second your dog food. I started on hardest setting and died so quickly I thought I had a virus on the PC. Even on easy it is well tough. Excellent stuff, second best shoot um up on the PC. C.O.D Two being the best. I have not played four yet. Gears Of War 2 for the Xbox 360 is out in November 2008. I better start saving my money and get on line for that sucker.

Now, Where's my MP 44.

Dull day for a blog

Not much in the news today. The farmer from Derbyshire who has got four transport for London parking tickets for his tractor that had not been 6 miles from his farm gave me a bit of a giggle. A pubs boss hit out at the binge culture in Britain and blamed heavy-drinking. No poop Poirot. Apart from that it’s the same old same old. Bit of a let down really. Where are all the morons today? Never mind, Iggy Pop is on TV tonight. That will cheer me up.

Hello Again

I've decided to jump start the old blog. It needed a bit of a tweak here and there but I think I got it firing on all cylinders now. I had a bit of a redecorate as well as the colour writing on a black background was freaking my eyes out. Every time I was done reading something it left screen burn on my eyes. All I need now is something to write about so I'm going to read the news. I can generally find something to moan about in the news.

Contracting 2

OK I admit it Contracting is crap. Well, it is for me. I now have to suffer a continues stream of idiots phoning me up scabbing money for training I don't want and even bigger idiots asking me if I want to clean toilets for tuppence a week. I have no idea what these people do for a cut of my wages, but I look for the jobs, I set up interviews and I do the work. I think I'm doing something wrong.

Contracting

Contracting is great. I don't advise anybody do it as that would leave less work for me. The downside is that it leaves even less time for me to do my blog. The upside is that when moron managers act like complete idiots and get on my wick, I just leave. I will say this to all mangers, people only pretend to like you so you don't pick on them. They all talk about you behind your back. This has been the case on every site I have ever worked on. Enjoy work tomorrow. Nobody who works for you does.

I'm Alive

I'm still here. I have now quit my crap job and work for myself. This means I can sit at home on my lazy arse when I want. This also means I get payed twice as much for doing half the amount of work. Before you ask no I haven't got that tenner I owe you.