Further Proof...
Ever since I've been in France, whenever things seem to be going really well, something really annoying gets thrown in my face. For example: I get an apartment? My laptop breaks. I think I can get my residence card? No, won't be ready for another week. I finally finish all the administrative crap? I start getting letters from the CAF asking for more documents before they can grant me my housing reimbursement. I go on some nice vacations to Nice and Rome? Of course I can't go karmically unscathed.
This is to say that my iPod spontaneously died in Rome (just in time for my train ride!) and if I were to send it away for repairs, it would cost almost as much as a new iPod. Of course this wasn't surprising, since I've had it since 2003, when iPods were still in black and white and 20GB was a lot of storage space. But still. Gahhhh.
And of course the enormous January sales have just ended - again, my cosmic timing always seems to work -great-. So, can anyone recommend a good replacement mp3 player? I'd start looking for iPods, but I get the sense that other brands are cheaper and equally good.
This is to say that my iPod spontaneously died in Rome (just in time for my train ride!) and if I were to send it away for repairs, it would cost almost as much as a new iPod. Of course this wasn't surprising, since I've had it since 2003, when iPods were still in black and white and 20GB was a lot of storage space. But still. Gahhhh.
And of course the enormous January sales have just ended - again, my cosmic timing always seems to work -great-. So, can anyone recommend a good replacement mp3 player? I'd start looking for iPods, but I get the sense that other brands are cheaper and equally good.