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greenie_breizhI just went to see on the Apple Education Store, and the 30 go iPod is 299 euros.
I really, really want it now.
...
That said, I'm not buying just yet, but I'm extremely serious considering this. Do we have any idea when Apple is going to get a new version of the iPod out and therefore probably take this one off the market?
Also, if I'm going to do this, I would really like to make sure my current mp3 player isn't just going to sit on one of my shelves getting dusty. So is anyone around here interested in a 6 Go Sony NW-A1000 mp3 player? Or know someone who'd be interested? It works perfectly, battery length is very good, you can recharge it on a wall plug (or on your comp, obviously) and it's pretty. ;) The software is a bit annoying but it works. It also comes with the Fnac warranty, which is only a couple of months old I think. Right now I'm thinking I'd sell it for 50 euros. But hey, if you introduce me to a sweet teenager who feels excluded because he doesn't own an mp3 player yet, I might very easily be convinced to sell it for less.
Otherwise I guess I'll just go on Amazon or PriceMinister or something.
Anyway, so I'm already thinking about the quote I could engraved on the back, so here is an awesome quote spam. In bold are the few ones I'm currently thinking about using, but if you have any idea, please feel free to share. :)
“What an odd thing tourism is. You fly off to a strange land, eagerly abandoning all the comforts of home, and then expend vast quantities of time and money in a largely futile attempt to recapture the comforts that you wouldn't have lost if you hadn't left home in the first place.” (Bill Bryson)
"I'm a very hard-line, angry atheist. Yet I am fascinated by the concept of devotion. (Joss Whedon)
"Remember to always be yourself. Unless you suck." (Joss Whedon)
“English grammar is so complex and confusing for the one very simple reason that its rules and terminology are based on Latin -- a language with which it has precious little in common. In Latin, to take one example, it is not possible to split an infinitive. So in English, the early authorities decided, it should not be possible to split an infinitive either. But there is no reason why we shouldn't, any more than we should forsake instant coffee and air travel because they weren't available to the Romans. Making English grammar conform to Latin rules is like asking people to play baseball using the rules of football. It is a patent absurdity. But once this insane notion became established, grammarians found themselves having to draw up ever more complicated and circular arguments to accommodate the inconsistencies.” (Bill Bryson)
"Pourquoi la notion de richesse est-elle d'abord monétaire?" (Pierre Rabhi)
"This is my scrap of nowhere. Go ahead, find your own." (Mal Reynolds, Firefly)
“My first rule of consumerism is never to buy anything you can't make your children carry."
"We have to move fast." "Yeah, he might come back and hug us in the act." (Mal and Saffro, Firefly)
"Seriously, people don't know how to kid. 'My dog of seventeen years is dead...' 'You're kidding??' 'No, no, I'm not kidding, as funny as that is...'" (Ellen)
“There are things you just can't do in life. You can't beat the phone company, you can't make a waiter see you until he's ready to see you, and you can't go home again.” (Bill Bryson)
“It's about how much freedom you can take away from somebody before they either fold or fight. It's about the right to be wrong and the nature of human beings, that they need the freedom to be wrong. That they cannot be made to be better or perfect.” (Joss Whedon)
"Think globally, act locally."
“The two things that matter the most to me: emotional resonance and rocket launchers. Party of Five, a brilliant show, that often made me cry uncontrollably, suffered ultimately from a lack of rocket launchers.” (Joss Whedon)
“Among the many thousands of things that I have never been able to understand, one in particular stands out. That is the question of who was the first person who stood by a pile of sand and said, "You know, I bet if we took some of this and mixed it with a little potash and heated it, we could make a material that would be solid and yet transparent. We could call it glass." Call me obtuse, but you could stand me on a beach till the end of time and never would it occur to me to try to make it into windows.” (Bill Bryson)
“Germans are flummoxed by humor, the Swiss have no concept of fun, the Spanish think there is nothing at all ridiculous about eating dinner at midnight, and the Italians should never, ever have been let in on the invention of the motor car.” (Bill Bryson)
“Nothing gives the English more pleasure, in a quiet but determined sort of way, than to do things oddly.” (Bill Bryson)
"If nothing we do matters, then all that matters is what we do." (Angel)
“When I was growing up I used to think that the best thing about coming from Des Moines was that it meant you didn't comefrom anywhere else in Iowa. By Iowa standards, Des Moines is a mecca of cosmopolitanism, a dynamic hub of wealth and education . . .” (Bill Bryson)
"I come from Iowa. Somebody had to." (Bill Bryson)
Can you tell I'm basking in Bill Bryson love right now? God I would do anything to be there when Joss Whedon and him meet. This would be like my personal little heaven.
How much do you love Joss Whedon? Hehe.
I really, really want it now.
...
That said, I'm not buying just yet, but I'm extremely serious considering this. Do we have any idea when Apple is going to get a new version of the iPod out and therefore probably take this one off the market?
Also, if I'm going to do this, I would really like to make sure my current mp3 player isn't just going to sit on one of my shelves getting dusty. So is anyone around here interested in a 6 Go Sony NW-A1000 mp3 player? Or know someone who'd be interested? It works perfectly, battery length is very good, you can recharge it on a wall plug (or on your comp, obviously) and it's pretty. ;) The software is a bit annoying but it works. It also comes with the Fnac warranty, which is only a couple of months old I think. Right now I'm thinking I'd sell it for 50 euros. But hey, if you introduce me to a sweet teenager who feels excluded because he doesn't own an mp3 player yet, I might very easily be convinced to sell it for less.
Otherwise I guess I'll just go on Amazon or PriceMinister or something.
Anyway, so I'm already thinking about the quote I could engraved on the back, so here is an awesome quote spam. In bold are the few ones I'm currently thinking about using, but if you have any idea, please feel free to share. :)
“What an odd thing tourism is. You fly off to a strange land, eagerly abandoning all the comforts of home, and then expend vast quantities of time and money in a largely futile attempt to recapture the comforts that you wouldn't have lost if you hadn't left home in the first place.” (Bill Bryson)
"I'm a very hard-line, angry atheist. Yet I am fascinated by the concept of devotion. (Joss Whedon)
"Remember to always be yourself. Unless you suck." (Joss Whedon)
“English grammar is so complex and confusing for the one very simple reason that its rules and terminology are based on Latin -- a language with which it has precious little in common. In Latin, to take one example, it is not possible to split an infinitive. So in English, the early authorities decided, it should not be possible to split an infinitive either. But there is no reason why we shouldn't, any more than we should forsake instant coffee and air travel because they weren't available to the Romans. Making English grammar conform to Latin rules is like asking people to play baseball using the rules of football. It is a patent absurdity. But once this insane notion became established, grammarians found themselves having to draw up ever more complicated and circular arguments to accommodate the inconsistencies.” (Bill Bryson)
"Pourquoi la notion de richesse est-elle d'abord monétaire?" (Pierre Rabhi)
"This is my scrap of nowhere. Go ahead, find your own." (Mal Reynolds, Firefly)
“My first rule of consumerism is never to buy anything you can't make your children carry."
"We have to move fast." "Yeah, he might come back and hug us in the act." (Mal and Saffro, Firefly)
"Seriously, people don't know how to kid. 'My dog of seventeen years is dead...' 'You're kidding??' 'No, no, I'm not kidding, as funny as that is...'" (Ellen)
“There are things you just can't do in life. You can't beat the phone company, you can't make a waiter see you until he's ready to see you, and you can't go home again.” (Bill Bryson)
“It's about how much freedom you can take away from somebody before they either fold or fight. It's about the right to be wrong and the nature of human beings, that they need the freedom to be wrong. That they cannot be made to be better or perfect.” (Joss Whedon)
"Think globally, act locally."
“The two things that matter the most to me: emotional resonance and rocket launchers. Party of Five, a brilliant show, that often made me cry uncontrollably, suffered ultimately from a lack of rocket launchers.” (Joss Whedon)
“Among the many thousands of things that I have never been able to understand, one in particular stands out. That is the question of who was the first person who stood by a pile of sand and said, "You know, I bet if we took some of this and mixed it with a little potash and heated it, we could make a material that would be solid and yet transparent. We could call it glass." Call me obtuse, but you could stand me on a beach till the end of time and never would it occur to me to try to make it into windows.” (Bill Bryson)
“Germans are flummoxed by humor, the Swiss have no concept of fun, the Spanish think there is nothing at all ridiculous about eating dinner at midnight, and the Italians should never, ever have been let in on the invention of the motor car.” (Bill Bryson)
“Nothing gives the English more pleasure, in a quiet but determined sort of way, than to do things oddly.” (Bill Bryson)
"If nothing we do matters, then all that matters is what we do." (Angel)
“When I was growing up I used to think that the best thing about coming from Des Moines was that it meant you didn't comefrom anywhere else in Iowa. By Iowa standards, Des Moines is a mecca of cosmopolitanism, a dynamic hub of wealth and education . . .” (Bill Bryson)
"I come from Iowa. Somebody had to." (Bill Bryson)
Can you tell I'm basking in Bill Bryson love right now? God I would do anything to be there when Joss Whedon and him meet. This would be like my personal little heaven.
How much do you love Joss Whedon? Hehe.
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Date: 2006-03-28 11:29 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2006-03-29 12:06 am (UTC)Bill Bryson is not particularly famous, don't worry. He's mostly written travel books and also a few books about the English language - the awesome thing about him though is that he's SO. FUNNY. Even when he talks about grammar or the Nigara Falls.
His best book is called "I'm a stranger here myself". I've read it like 5 times and I still laugh at some bits. *g* You should totally go and search inside the book" (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/076790382X/sr=8-1/qid=1143618628/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-3308671-2717442?%5Fencoding=UTF8) to read the first column. If you like, I'll definitely lend you the book. Ah, I'm laughing just thinking about that book. ^^
Okay to my defense, it's early in the day! Sorta.
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Date: 2006-03-29 12:13 am (UTC)Aaaah, l'attaque des commentaires à 10h du matin XD!
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Date: 2006-03-29 12:14 am (UTC)Ouais c'est plutôt les commentaires contre-attaquent ^^
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Date: 2006-03-29 12:17 am (UTC)