In which I looooooooooooooooooooooove gadgets, omgwtfbbq!!
While I was in Portland my bro-there, Jay-rob, and I exchanged iPods. He gave me his 5th gen iPod Video, and I gave him my older iPod Photo (plus Firewire cable, charger, and FM transmitter) because I didn’t need it any more after he gave me his. (Because I guess he’s in love with his PSP and basically quit using his iPod. Plus he’s way fuckin’ cool.)
Additionally Jay-rob forced me to watch Serenity. (Let me tell you: it totally rocked out with its cock out. The fact that I only got five hours of sleep because I stayed up late watching it is totally irrelevant: THAT’S how much it rocked. Dude.)
(I know, I know, how can I call myself a card-carrying sci-fi geek when I haven’t watched Firefly? Well, it’s like this: NO FUCKING CABLE TV FOR YEARS, MMM’KAY?)
Anyway! (Focus, would you?) The result of all these things is that today, I used the $10 in my PayPal account (thanks, Amy! *smooch!*) and bought five episodes of Firefly from iTunes and synched them to my video iPod.
And then I laid in my bed and watched one of them. And then I sat on the porch with a cocktail and watched another.
AND I’VE STILL GOT THREE LEFT.
This is a totally true story.
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Ya know, I can give you some links where people upload tv shows. Then a software you can use to convert them to make it playable on your iPod.
Jerri Blank has kept me company, so did Earl Hickey. Will have to check Serenity and Firefly out. Heard about it but just never looked into it more.
iPod videos rock!!
They do! What converter software do you use? I’ve been trying to find some freeware to rip DVDs for iTunes… -m
umm… Firefly was a fox series…. so, you can’t pull the “no cable” card. and, i’m afraid YOU’RE NOT MY SISTER ANYMORE!
Are you serious? Well, I didn’t have Fox at the farm ’cause it was supposed to be available with an antenna, which we didn’t have. And GOOD LUCK GETTING A BETTER SISTER!!! -m
You are just now seeing Firefly?! Ohhhh, it’s so good. We actually have a Serenity role-playing game going, how’s that for geeky? 😉
Geekalicious! -m
I am incapable of geeking out on the things you do, dear. Luddite girl here. Cable I get; hi-def tv? Turntables I get; iPods? Last week I learned how to use my DVD machine. Did you know you can watch movies in those?
Have a helluva time tonight at your party, Mushlette! I’ll lift a few to you when I get off work from George’s. **smooches, hugs ‘n stuff**
“DVD machine”?!?! LOL! You’re so cute! -m
What’s an iPod? We just started getting Fox on our TV with rabbit ears (no kidding that I have tinfoil at the ends to get better reception!) Haven’t had cable TV ever…’cept at my parent’s house and then its 300 channels of home shopping network and reruns of Mork and Mindy (yea!)
Rabbit-ears are so retro they’re the new pink! I like satellite and/or cable for these reasons: the BBC, the Sci-fi Channel, and Comedy Central. The rest of it I can generally live quite well without, thank you. -m
Use these:
Sweet! Thanks. -m