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[Omnis]

Perhaps now I can quit hearing about how Rock Band lacks any country (she didn't like any of the songs in their DLC pack a couple of weeks back).

Yeah, when are they gonna make Bluegrass Band? Can't wait to play the jug.

 

[TB]

Yeah, when are they gonna make Bluegrass Band? Can't wait to play the jug.

Don't forget the washboard!

 

[FoolKiller]

I would like to point out at this point that any scores seen on my profile in SingStar should not be attributed to me. Even if I were doing the singing I can guarantee, judging by my Rock Band performances, that I won't be getting any scores worth noting.

I was thinking of setting my wife up a separate account on the PS3 for herself, but realized that if we bought any DLC for the game that it may be account locked. I'll have to test it first and then go from there. But I have already gotten the, "I can't wait to play, but I have to wait for my own account to be setup first (we lack a pouty face smiley)."

 

[TB]

we lack a pouty face smiley

Take your pick.

 

[Omnis]

We do have a grumpy.

 

[FoolKiller]

Take your pick.

I don't know if it is more disturbing that you had that ready to go or that I bookmarked it for future use.

 

[TB]

I don't know if it is more disturbing that you had that ready to go or that I bookmarked it for future use.

You never know when you might need to whip out a

!

 

[G.T]

My next spree...

 

[ExigeEvan]

Argh, lumberjack!

 

[MarinaDiamandis]

My next spree...

Topman FTW. Snapped up loads of bargains there today.

 

[Sage]

Does anyone know an easy, legitimate way to copy everything from one iPod to another?

You don’t use iTunes to sync your music?

Anyway, if you go to VersionTracker and type in “copy iPod”, I’m sure you’ll find several results – then it’s just a matter of finding which program has the highest number of stars and the latest update date.

[edit]: Do be careful if any of your music is DRM’d though.

 

[ExigeEvan]

It is possible to buy iPod-to-iPod connectors which feature a switch allowing you to transfer music.

 

[CyborgGT]

I use Tune Tools 2. I'd attach it here, but it contains multiple files, so I don't think I can.

 

[FoolKiller]

You don’t use iTunes to sync your music?

Long post ahead: Long story short, I have way more than 16GB of content and I am too lazy to make iTunes behave when it syncs.

No, especially not now that it plays videos and iTunes detects all the TV shows and movies I have recorded on my tuner card. I reserve videos purely for my PSP as that screen is much, much larger and nicer than the Nano's.

Auto-syncing wants to add every chapter of every podiobook I have. I have dozens of books, and weekly short fiction podcasts like Escape Pod have been going on for close to three years now. iTunes wants to sync all of it and the only full books I keep are a few of my favorites, like The Rookie, or any current books I am listening to. I save them all on the hard drive when I am finished.

And this doesn't take into account all the old-time radio drama podcasts I have also downloaded over the years. I have nearly every episode of things like Suspense, Dragnet, and The Shadow. Years of radio dramas that I only pull out when I specifically want them.

These podiobooks alone would fill a 16GB iPod, not to mention that I am now a subscriber to Audible.com and the seven or eight full unabridged audiobooks from that would take up a large amount of space as well. As you can imagine, Atlas Shrugged is quite a large audiobook. In fact, I think it spans five files.

The other issue is that my old iPod spanned multiple PCs and while all the music is backed up on data discs, it is not on my hard drive. It would be a pain to dig them all out and copy them over. I would have to sort through it to get what I want and what I don't. I mean, there are like five Led Zeppelin songs that aren't good.

Basically, I have a nearly full internal 80GB hard drive, an external drive used for mainly recorded movie storage, and a couple dozen data discs full of music. And I still haven't ripped all of my CDs. As the iPod is mainly used for listening in the car I have the songs on it narrowed down to mainly just what I would listen to while driving. That is why I only want/need a 16GB model.

I am sure there is a way to sync just what I want, but at one point an iTunes update reset my settings and it auto-synced my 15GB iPod without asking and that was a nightmare to fix. I was busy fixing the meta-tags on my podcasts (book or podcast? Pick one!) when I got an error saying that the iPod was full. You can imagine my shock when the last time I had checked I still had a few gigs free.

As often as Apple puts out new iPods I was thinking they had a way to port over from one to the other that I just hadn't discovered yet. Looks like it is not so. It is actually odd as it automatically updated the name on my new iPod to match the name of my old one, and even loaded up the proprietary Audible DRM info and codecs. All I had to do was register it to my iTunes account.

OK, looks like it is time to start the hunt for reliable third-party software.

Don't let the small size of my iPod fool you. I have enough content to make the 120GB model blush.


After typing all of this it occurs to me that I should just get a 1TB drive and put everything on that and only use my internal drive for stuff I currently want on my iPod. 💡

 

[Klostrophobic]

I got one of those iPod Touches and now I'm almost as cool as Sage.

I just sat outside someone's house and checked my email. Cool.

 

[FoolKiller]

I got one of those iPod Touches and now I'm almost as cool as Sage.

I just sat outside someone's house and checked my email. Cool.

I so that with my PSP and don't have to pay for a data plan. Granted, WiFi isn't everywhere, but when even McDonald's has it I have very little trouble finding it.

 

[L_Hamilton]

Case Closed #'s 23 and 25.(I'm getting #24 tomorrow at an Mizu-Con)

Blue Submarine No.6 the movie.(Amazing)

And my Logitech G5 Mouse.

 

[Syntax error]

In two minds about this... has some distinct older tracks mixed into the background in certain sections of this, which I found to be a little disappointing but not the end of the world... however it is a little strange and kind of ironic from the prodigy.

 

[Joey D]

Four Yokohama AVID TRZ's for the Cooper, thread update later.

 

[Perfect Balance]

Whatever happened to buying another set of wheels and getting a set of snow tires for the stockers?

 

[TB]

Whatever happened to buying another set of wheels and getting a set of snow tires for the stockers?

That's exactly what I'm considering doing for my Civic. I just need to get it past the financial department...

 

[Joey D]

Whatever happened to buying another set of wheels and getting a set of snow tires for the stockers?

I ran out of money and my tires were damn near bald. I needed something.

 

[tfujiwara]

 

[nick09]

Purchases are sorted by cost from high to low.

Armored Core: For Answer - $60:

The Dark Knight in Blu-Ray - $28.79:

Altec Lansing BXR1121 - $26.88:

Get Smart in Blu-Ray - $25.19:

Vantec NXP-201 Nexus Multi-fan controller - $19:

A great steal for a fan controller that I got off of BestByteInc.com and I got it before they removed it from the site. The 3.5" version is still on there for 19 bucks though. I mostly needed the fan controller for my two 80mm Vantec Tornado and my 120mm Scythe Ultra Kaze fans.

 

[nk4e]

How is the new Armor Core?

 

[nick09]

How is the new Armor Core?

I don't have it yet. Its coming in the mail January 2nd. I ordered all my stuff online. I just got the game to see how far they have progressed from the original game.

 

[TB]

Now that I have my wife convinced that the PS3 is not the devil and she's started buying Blue Rays, I bought the PS3 remote.

4.6 oz box of Skittles with a bag inside. Surely they could have just picked one?

A 16" kickball for this summer.

A 22 pack of Carnation Instant Breakfast to fatten my son up.

A sit-on Triceratops similar to this one but without the obscene price tag.

And I'm currently on the hunt for a decent sled (that doesn't come with, again, an obscene price tag) for my kids but as of yet have struck out completely. The hunt continues...

 

[Perfect Balance]

Memory Fab seat rails. Still need to figure out a few things before buying a seat, but those rails should fit any of my possible choices.

The most likely seat at this point is their Memory Fab S68 seat, which looks like this.

 

[F1GTR]

A pair of black skinny fit tapered jeans from Uniqlo. Love that shop.

 

[Keef]

I mentioned in the Christmas thread that I got this Seagate 320GB portable HDD for Christmas:

Tonight it got the ol' one-two from the asphalt in the parking lot and it's still spinning just fine. It's not making a single noise that it shouldn't, lol. Thank goodness for high build quality!