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How to almost brick your under-a-week-old iPod

Take 4th gen 20gb iPod black and white
Install latest firmware (2005-10-12) onto iPod
Decide you would like to install iPodLinux on your iPod
Ignore the “The page you are viewing now is two months out of date.” message on the top of the iPodLinux wiki
Ignore the “Warning: The iPod firmware update […]

co·in·ci·dence (ko-in’si-dens) n.
   1. The state or fact of occupying the same relative position or area in space.
   2. Going to Hartford for your MIT application interview and running into your English teacher while walking between buildings with your interviewer.

I have been working on my college essays quite diligently for the last several weeks. However, due to the number of times I have revised them, I am absolutely sick of working on them. Frankly, I think an essay question like “Write about a significant experience in your life” does little to reveal a person’s […]

Today’s blog entry takes the form of a post in Swespañol, my sweet new non-English language blog. If you want to join and post or comment, give me your e-mail address and I’ll invite you.
"Lluvia, lluvia, lluvia"
The parish harvest fest went well, and tomorrow looks like Apple store action.

So Apple has a new video iPod, which means the iPod is finally smart enough to decode some video and do a fair bit of math. What Apple should do is harness the power of one of the biggest 1990s fads combined with one of the mediumest 2000s fads.
Tamagotchi + Last.fm
You monitor what genre music […]