Month: October 2003

Can someone explain how it works please, specifically why I keep being told I have a banned URL from a site I commented on last week!

A couple of people prompted me to revise my opinion of iTunes, so I installed on my laptop (at work) which only has a dozen or so albums on it.

OK, so aside from the “ohhh let me re-organize your files” fascination (is this official a bug yet?), I guess it’s pretty smart. A couple of extra features and I’d be sold, in fact, I may already be sold as it hooks up nicely with the iPod, allowing the track rating to be transferred to and fro, meaning even better smartlists.

As has been pointed out elsewhere (an excellent sumary by the way), I think my initial reaction is down to ‘PC control syndrome’. I’m anal enough about keeping my filesystem neat and tidy, and especially so when it comes to ID3 tags in my MP3s, so I’m guessing it shouldn’t be too bad to let iTunes control the folder structure…. maybe….

Or maybe I should buy a Mac. I’ve actually been seriously considering this for home use (not in the near future but next ‘upgrade’ time). I use my home PC for internet access, email, website stuff, a few games and the like, nothing ties me to the PC world particularly… and I DO like the design… hmmmmm

A nice take on David Blaine’s… er … deadly dull spectacle.

Broadband restored at home. It was the upgrade to XP Pro that broke it (and just about every other USB connection on the PC).

I think I need to remove the USB connections from the PC, remove their drivers, and start again. I think. I also think it might be the 4-way USB hub that isn’t helping things as the USB connections listed in Device Manager add up to more than I actually have (now there’s an annoyance, why doesn’t it show WHAT USB device is connected, rather than just listing them ALL as “USB device”…)

In other news, I got a nice little package from Amazon yesterday, containing Raging Bull on DVD (Special Edition) and Alec Guinness’s Biography. Don’t ya just love late birthday presents.

And finally, we spotted snow on some cars this morning. SNOW!!

Crashing computers. Busted Broadband. Wonky Wireless. Useless USB.

I did sneak onto the PC yesterday to download and install iTunes for the PC(no link for a reason).

Not hugely intuitive, and has a rather major bug. It re-organises all your music, even when you tell it not too. Thankfully I only pointed it at one folder to start with but that was annoying enough. Back to EphPod for me I think…

Prol spotted the bug too (although with several thousand files… ouch).