Archive for October, 2005

Oops…

Published on October 20, 2005 2 Comments


Oops…
Originally uploaded by ocellnuri.

Always be careful when you’re hooking up your electronics. The other night I decided that it would be a good time to backup my 30+ Gig of photos to my external hard drive. I grabbed my cheap external enclosure and plugged the wrong power supply into it. The plug fit, but the voltage didn’t. The LEDs flashed and a puff of smoke came from the seams of the case. I popped the thing apart and found a very small spot on the circuit board completely melted down. I’m hoping the power spike didn’t hit the hard drive, a 160 Gig. I didn’t have anything important on it, but I’d hate to lose a hard drive that large.

Just a few moments ago I ordered a black Vantec Nexstar 3.5″ USB enclosure from SVC.com. I’ve had my eye on the enclosure ever since it was announced, and I think I must have subconsciously plugged the wrong power supply into my old enclosure just so I’d have an excuse to go ahead and buy the Nexstar 3.

New iPod video? [No]

Published on October 12, 2005 0 Comments


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Originally uploaded by a2c.

This was posted by user a2c on Flickr a few moments ago. Could it be the new iPod? Next in his stream is a screen shot of the Apple Webstore, which is down right now for updates.

Here it comes!

[Update]
Well now it’s obvious that this is not the new iPod. I had heard that there would be two new models, so I wasn’t eliminating the possibility that one would be like the 5G iPod announced, and another would be a widescreen video-centric device like the one pictured above. When this picture was posted moments before the keynote, I couldn’t help but assume it may be a new design. Great mock-up though!

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