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Last night some combination of my iPod, gtkpod, and the rest of the computer got into some kind of an argument and the iPod lost. Fsck fixed the filesystem, but the database the iPod uses to keep track of everything was trashed. So I manually rm-ed all the audio files and refilled it the usual way with gtkpod, and it’s working fine now.

I found a discounted used/returned cable for the iPod at the Apple store and I bought a cheaper version of the power supply with USB connector gadget than the one Apple sells, so now I have a dedicated power supply for the iPod set up at my stereo. No more dragging in the car adapter and setting up the 12V supply.

More ice skating today, then some time drinking coffee and finishing reading an article in Foreign Affairs en Español. I’m always amazed that my marginal Spanish is good enough to make sense of that sort of thing, but it is. Now, to get the German up to that level....

I wandered around by the lake, and took some photos of icicles. I had Mussorgsky’s Pictures At An Exhibition playing on the iPod, as transcribed for organ by Jean Guillou and played by him on the organ at the Tonhalle in Zürich. You really need something better than cheap ear buds to appreciate that organ. It’s a wonderful recording.

I bought more chocolate-covered hazelnuts. $27.50 per kilogram, but worth it! I also bought some fancy coffee beans at the Cederburg Coffee Roastery. Very nice smell! Flavor yet to be determined.

Tonight’s plan? Snuggling!

I think...

Date: 2006-01-08 06:11 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] anach.livejournal.com
you need to throw a gastropod, and maybe an arthopod, into the mix, just to see what happens...

Re: I think...

Date: 2006-01-08 09:59 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] beige-alert.livejournal.com
Well, next weekend maybe we'll go to the Cajun place for crab legs, and maybe crawfish or oysters, too.

Date: 2006-01-08 03:12 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] legoline.livejournal.com
*alert* Off Topic *alert*

You wanted to hear one of my songs, right? Here's your chance! :o) I uploaded one of them for [livejournal.com profile] allisona because it's her favourite of mine and Silke recently did a violin arrangement for it so I figured you might want to hear it as well? (I'm super brave here as I actually only post music to close friends who must swear on -well- something they'll never let anyone listen to it so :o) )

Anyway, here it is: my first filk song ever. Me playing the guitar and singing. Silke on the violin. Enjoy :o)

Remember Me (Frodo's Poem) with me singing and Silke's violin arrangement









Date: 2006-01-08 05:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] beige-alert.livejournal.com
How nice! Violin is always great, right? Got to put that with the rest of the filk on the iPod....

Date: 2006-01-09 12:10 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] legoline.livejournal.com
Hehe - yes it's great. I did a happy dance when Silke asked me whether I'd like to have a violin part for my songs :O)

Date: 2006-01-09 08:43 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] beige-alert.livejournal.com
*imagines you happy-dancing* :)

Date: 2006-01-09 07:12 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] dragonbane.livejournal.com
Per kilogram, eh? More proof that Canada is just north of the Illinois border! *grin*

Date: 2006-01-09 07:47 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] beige-alert.livejournal.com
Unfortunatly, the store uses weird American units, but I converted for the sake of clarity. 23 Euro/kg for the Europeans in the Euro zone, or for the British 15.75 pounds to the kilogram, for maximum unit confusion.

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