{"id":237,"date":"2002-08-04T15:19:14","date_gmt":"2002-08-04T10:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/addlepated.net\/blog\/archives\/237"},"modified":"2002-08-04T15:19:14","modified_gmt":"2002-08-04T10:19:14","slug":"thats-more-like-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/addlepated.net\/blog\/archives\/237","title":{"rendered":"That&#8217;s more like it&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\">Amazon gold box<\/a> &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Riedel Vinum Single Malt Scotch Glasses, Set of 6 (cool, but $70, sheesh)<br \/>\nSanDisk 128 MB Cruzer Data Storage Device<br \/>\nSimply Calphalon Nonstick Anodized 10-Piece Cookware Set (I love our Calphalon cookware, but wish we had more nonstick.  If this stuff had the stay-cool handles I&#8217;d be all over it.)<br \/>\nOneida Satin Accent 20-Piece Stainless Steel Flatware Set, Service for 4<br \/>\nWest Bend 79586 6-Quart Capacity Electric Wok<\/p>\n<p>All stuff I&#8217;m much more likely to buy than a $1000 table saw.<\/p>\n<p>Well, I went and did it.  I bought an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/ipod\">iPod<\/a>.  Now before you go calling me an Apple flunky, let me explain.  I actually did not plan on buying an iPod.  I didn&#8217;t want one &#8211; I thought they were too trendy and\/or too expensive.  I researched MP3 players for days, trying to see what player to get that 1) had a large capacity, 2) used Firewire and not USB, 3) had a good price, 4) worked on both PC and Mac, and 5) wasn&#8217;t too heavy.  The only one that met all the criteria was the iPod.  The Rio Riot is nice, but USB, which means that it takes about 8 minutes to transfer a CD as opposed to Firewire&#8217;s 10 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>Now I don&#8217;t have to haul my CDs to the gym, and when we go on our marathon holiday drives (Thanksgiving: 3 hours plus 4 hours plus 3 hours, for example) we don&#8217;t have to take a stack of 15 CDs if we want to listen to an audiobook.<\/p>\n<p>After a week of trying, I finally got an account over at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metafilter.com\">Metafilter<\/a>.  They open up 20 slots at noon PST daily, and I could never get in until today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon gold box &#8211; Riedel Vinum Single Malt Scotch Glasses, Set of 6 (cool, but $70, sheesh) SanDisk 128 MB Cruzer Data Storage Device Simply Calphalon Nonstick Anodized 10-Piece Cookware Set (I love our Calphalon cookware, but wish we had more nonstick. If this stuff had the stay-cool handles I&#8217;d be all over it.) Oneida [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/addlepated.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/addlepated.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/addlepated.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/addlepated.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/addlepated.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/addlepated.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/addlepated.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/addlepated.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/addlepated.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}