So my desktop computer is one that my ex put together for me. It has no sound card. No really. It really doesn’t have a sound card. I have checked. Now what do I need to know to buy one? Can I just buy this, install it, and expect it to work? Is there any reason to drop any money on such a thing? Seems to me it’s the speakers that matter the most.
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The Damnedest Thing!
OK, so do you remember, dear readers, that I had a dead iPod problem? I thought I’d give it one last go before tossing it out for scrap, and I came across this suggestion on Ask Metafilter:
My iPod, about the same age as yours, did the same thing a few months ago. One piece of advice that I found online was to drop it on a hard surface from a few inches (once you’ve determined that its not going to get any more dead). I ended up whacking the hell out of it on my desk and restoring the software. I was mostly doing so out of frustration, but after several whacks, it worked. According to the comments on the page that suggesting this iPod abuse, this seemed to be a miracle cure for many.
Now, it’s started to go out sporadically again. I’m sick of all my music anyway.
I was trying to take pictures of the various images the poor little screen was showing. I saw a little frowny faced iPod once that I couldn’t recapture. I decided that since it was clearly a ueless little pile of metal, I’d try the old Fonzie trick the Metafilter guy had suggested. Well damned if that shit didn’t totally work! Now I’m left with a moral dilemma. Do I sell if on eBay while it works? Or do something else all together (something else I can’t exactly imagine).
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Update:
To make sense of this picture, check the comment thread.
