Awww Mom,
Why can't I have a blog?
Everyone else is doing it...

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Friday, January 21, 2005

Soaked by Apple

Well, here's a $60 lesson that I've paid for so you don't have to:

To reset iPod mini and iPod (Click Wheel):

1. Connect your iPod to the iPod Power Adapter and plug the power adapter into an electrical outlet
2. Toggle the Hold switch on and off (slide it to Hold and then turn it off again)
3. Press and hold the Menu and Select buttons until the Apple logo appears (about 6 to 10 seconds). You may need to repeat this step

If you are still unable to reset your iPod, use only one finger from one hand to press the Select button, and one finger from the other hand to press the Menu button.

Note: The "Select" button is the center button, not on the click wheel but inside of it. Don't press the "Menu" and "Pause/Play" button like I did. It won't work. $:^(

I read tons of instructions on how to fix the previous version of Apple iPod, but they didn't map to the ClickWheel version. Only after I called Apple, got soaked for the $60 extended warranty, and got the 40 seconds of tech support necessary to get the above instructions, could I locate the instructions independently. So now you know. THIS is why their stock is above $70.

Posted by SpasticMutant @ 01:24 PM PST [Link]

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Tuesday, January 18, 2005

Jury Pool from Hell

It appears that people in Memphis have figured out exactly what to say to get out of jury duty - so take notes, all you working class stiffs...

Attorney meets Jury Pool from Hell

This is the part that gets me:

Another would-be juror said he had had alcohol problems and was arrested for soliciting sex from an undercover officer. "I should have known something was up," he said. "She had all her teeth."

And I noticed that t he name of the directory containing the article is, "shallow.jury.pool.ap". It should also reference the shallow gene pool in that part of the country as well.

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Posted by SpasticMutant @ 05:56 PM PST [Link]

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Monday, January 17, 2005

First Post of the New Year!

And wouldn't ya know? It's about butt cancer!

McDonald's Ex-CEO dies at age 44

"A charismatic leader who said he ate a McDonald's product most days,
Bell was diagnosed with colorectal cancer just weeks after being named
to the company's top job in April."

"The company's first non-American CEO, Bell had succeeded Jim
Cantalupo, who died suddenly of a heart attack after a little more
than a year on the job at age 60. He was the company's first CEO to
have worked behind the counter since Fred Turner, who retired in
1987."

The Article

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Charlie Bell succeeded a man who died suddenly of a heart attack,
and Bell was a regular eater of McDonalds food since the age of 15.
There's nothing in the article on whether he inherited the genetic
tendency for colorectal cancer or whether it was the food - a diet
high in animal fats is a known contributing factor for this kind of
cancer.

On one hand, having a genetic predisposition for colorectal cancer
means McDonald's food isn't entirely at fault - however, if such a
factor is present, he should NEVER have been eating the food since
it's known to severely exacerbate the condition.

On the other hand, if he did NOT have a genetic predisposition for
colorectal cancer, yet he died from it, then environmental and dietary
factors are in play - again, the food is suspect.

Apparently, the correlation between high animal fat diets and this
particular form of cancer is fairly well established. Frankly, I think
the food killed him. The only reason the media hasn't seized on
this is that McDonald's is a HUGE advertiser in just about every
outlet and no one wants to kill the goose that pays the golden bills.

Posted by SpasticMutant @ 04:14 PM PST [Link]

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