iPod Blues

Not two days after I wrote up my "ain't iPods great" post, guess what? My iPod died.

I mean like, completely died. Nothing on the LCD, no reassuring wheel clicks, zip when I plug it into a computer or a power outlet.

As you might understand, I was very upset. Very.

Anyway, here are a list of things to do when your iPod dies:

• Cry. Because things really are that bad.


• Gather together the box and all the accessories that came with your beloved player. The receipt is very important. Mine had almost, but not quite, faded away, so they printed me a new one.


• Be patient. Apple Malaysia, it seems, is extremely bureaucratic, which means it will take at least three working days for anything to happen. Even to just replace a non-working unit with a new one.


• Be thankful that you had the foresight to back up all that music before you deleted them from your PC. Remember, just because you transferred stuff to an external hard disk, doesn't mean that it's immune to backups.

Hopefully, by next week, sanity will have returned to the universe again.