DJDarren

Assistant to the General Manager.

The house I rent for £1100 a month would cost somewhere in the region of £250k to buy, putting it firmly out of my ability, despite the mortgage payments almost certainly being lower than my rent.

So holding on to that 2010 model with a death-like grip then?

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Parts of the US struggle to offer an adequate level of rights to its human residents.

In theory, Super Mario Bros. on the NES, because that’s the first game I really played by myself. But I’m not sure it really is, because at that time video games were just a thing you did, like watching TV. So I never considered myself a gamer as such, just someone who would casually drop in on games here and there. I was never involved in them, I’d just play for a bit, then go and do something else.

Fast forward to a few years ago, and my wife (who plays a lot of games) suggested I play To The Moon, and that got me hooked. A video game that made me cry - amazing.

Since then I’ve played more games, looking for ones with a great story. Played RDR2 last year, and nothing has come close to it since.

I remember listening to a podcast that talked of how in the Philippines (I think it was), Facebook is the internet, because Meta/FB effectively subsidised the carriers into allowing FB access to not use up any data allowance. As a result, if all you do is go on FB, you don’t pay a penny. If WhatsApp is included in this, then yeah, you’re locked in with no real alternative.

Because money.

That’s where you’re wrong.

Oh, I never used Party Shuffle. How did that work?

I’ve never worked on a 4th gen Nano, but am led to believe they’re something of an arsehole to take apart, particularly if the battery has swollen. You’ll know if it has by a black blob in the middle of the screen. To dismantle them, you have to slide the inner gubbins out of the end, which is basically impossible if the battery is wedging everything tight.

It might be worth picking up a Mini or something. They’re fairly easy to refurbish and flashmod. Mine has 128gb currently.

No, I mean the phone’s storage limits how much you can download. If you’ve only got 64gb, then that’s your lot. With the more recent iPods (5G Classic onwards) you can easily drop a 512gb SD card in. I’ve seen 1tb done, but don’t know how stable that is.

Music is a fine replacement for iTunes. I still sync my iPods via with my new M2 MacBook Air. Works a treat.

No it isn’t.

Plex still relies on an internet connection and limited phone storage though. iPods are just there, waiting for music to be put on them, music that you can still listen to even if your internet shits out.

The repair depends on the iPod you have, but as long as it’s a Classic then it’s all much the same, and all pretty straightforward once you’ve got your head around it. The Minis are decent candidates for upgrading too, but you have to really careful not to damage the clickwheel cable. I did that on my first Mini, and almost threw it through the wall…

Watch some of the early Dankpods videos to get some idea of what you can do.

My next project is a 7th gen Classic that needs to be flashmodded. I’m planning on putting 512gb in that one.

I believe it does, and you’ve shown me nothing to prove otherwise.

I disagree strongly, and this is my evidence.

I love fixing up classic iPods, and as much as I enjoy it, any mention of it comes with “but why?”, then the person asking refuses to understand why I still like using iPods even in this time of streaming music.

No you don’t.