The iPod Shuffle arrived en masse in Stockholm yesterday, and I stood in line to acquire mine — they were selling like semlor and looked about as delicious.
Cut to the few things that struck me about the Shuffle that I have not yet read about:
It brings back an unheralded feature from the first generation iPod that was excised in subsequent models: Click buttons. With the 1G, you could keep it in your trouser pocket and peck away at it through the fabric on a crowded commute. This might have looked slightly perverse, but I could tell which the Next/Fast Forward button was by feeling its relative position, and use it to skip tracks in a shuffled lineup. This was all I needed to do for the duration of a commute — and the Shuffle is basically that feature, productized.
The Shuffle’s size and weight are in effect negligble, which makes the wall of sound it can produce all the more shocking. I wanted to take it out jogging right away.
Oh, and today I learned that att avfukta means to dehumidify in Swedish, and not what you might think it means.
Related
Is that an iPod in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?
Given the size of it, I sure hope it’s the iPod.
My favorite Thai dish is Goong Phucket; it’s fun to order and tastes good too.
Retirement
After a short and lackluster foray into stalking, I’ve decided to retire. Rather, I’m thinking of pursuing my other interests further; birding, horticulture and pottery. Hell, let’s add basket weaving to it while I’m at it. Speaking of birds, there’s…
hasa?
I too waited in line. I love that it knows what I want to hear next, even when I’m not too sure myself.
Really, I should be in their adverts.