Some things that I want, please

[rhyll]

One of the reasons that yesterday was Not Awesome was that J's ipod broke. It now just entirely fails to turn on. I was using it because my music player broke. This means: no podcasts for me! (*gasp* *shock* *horror*) I really don't want to buy a new one, because there is so much Electronic Stuff floating around the world from when everybody upgraded their Thing. So, what I am saying is:

a) does anyone have a music player of some sort sitting in a drawer that they're willing to sell/give me? Or
b) can anyone recommend a good place to buy second-hand music players, or alternatively a model that I should look for on Ebay or something?

Also: Ms S from work who has a SmallChild who has developed a deep ambivalence about computers. She watches the other children play, but is too scared to play herself because she's not allowed to touch computers. So Ms S would like to get her a play-computer. Does anyone have an old laptop lying around the place that they're willing to sacrifice?

Yesterday I went to the beach with Miss C and Klaus. It was windy, and I spent most of the time trying hard not to drown. My favourite part was when about forty teenagers ran past us into the waves, lemming-like, and starting swimming through the enormous waves towards Somewhere. I imagine by now that some of them have reached Antarctica. Miss C suggests that perhaps they curl up, pod-like, and float on to colonise new continents. I had the best sleep I've had in days last night - perhaps going to the beach should be a more regular feature?

Comments

[conradin.livejournal.com]

Hmm, there is a 1 gig ipod shuffle sitting in my draw not getting all that much use, and I did have another usb stick mp3 player radio that Siobhan was using (but I am not sure if she actually is usng it), but it might be packed up with her stuff.

The stick had a tiny little lcd dispay, the shuffle is of course a "one big playlist" type thing, so, navigating to what you want ot listen ot can be a little tedious...

[flyingblogspot.livejournal.com]

I have an ancient lappy with a version of Ubuntu on it. There's something wrong with the battery, so it only worked when plugged into the mains last time I tried it. Would this be too crap?