You Know You Have Too Many Gadgets When…
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Yep. All those devices are mine. And that’s not all of them. Those were just the ones I cared to remove from my backpack. But for a time, one of them was missing… my white iPod.
On most trips, I tend to pack the things I want/need. It’s frustrating to be away from home and not being able to find the one thing you are wanting. So it’s best to be safe and pack as much as I can. Our most recent trip was no exception. And since I tend to carry a lot of shit around with me on a daily basis, all I needed to do was bring my backpack. Problem solved.
I had added some new songs and podcasts to iTunes the other day and wanted to update all of my iPods (I have 4, including a Shuffle not pictured above). I grabbed each one out of my bag and proceeded to go through the update process:
silver Shuffle. Check
orange Shuffle. Check
blue nano. Check
30gb iPod. Uh oh… where the hell is it??
Tracing back my steps since the last time I used it, I tried to think of places it might have been. In the past, I had a habit of leaving various electronics behind when I travel, which prompted me to contact all of the hotels we stayed at on our trip.
Nothing.
I then started thinking of places inside the house I might have used my iPod.
Nothing.
At this point, I started to worry, that maybe it really was gone. I started to picture where it might be now….
Seeing my frustration, my fiance asked, “Did you check all of your bags?” Well, of course I did. I always do that. But just to rule out the option that I might have missed a bag or two, I did one last search….
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Now how long it had been in a bag that I rarely use (and one that didn’t go with me on my last trip), who knows. But it didn’t matter at this point. It was found.
But it did prompt me to consider the following… do I really need to carry four iPods with me? I mean, how many songs and podcasts could I listen to at one point? Can’t one of these things fill my needs? If I only had to keep track of one iPod, then I wouldn’t need to wonder where the other three are and can avoid time-consuming searches for a misplaced gadget.
Time to think and re-evaluate what I have and pack around with me.
Stay tuned.
To truly have my respect here… you need a Nintendo DS Lite and an iPhone added to that mix.
🙂
Well, I do have a Nintendo DS (which was still in my backpack). As for the iPhone, it may be some time before I get one, unless they release a 3G iPhone this year, at which point I may consider replacing the Treo 750. I think I’d rather shoot for a 32gb iPod touch, once a price drop happens.
My gadget pile is probably as large, but probably more diverse. There was a time when I had > 1 mp3 player in my backpack, but it was due to size. I had a 30GB PJB100 hd-based player back in 2000 (yes, old skool) AND I had the Dell DJ because it was so much smaller. But add in there a wifi finder, USB hub, media card reader, zune2, USB400 foldable stereo headset, digital camera, wimax aircard, network hub, blahblahblah.
I like your stack tho. Despite the iPod redundancy 🙂
Thanks Wayne. Quite the array of electronic goodness there you carried around.
I definitely carry enough of what I need (USB card reader, cables, hub, laptop) and then some.
Wifi finder? That’s one I don’t have. Does it work well?
I’ve freaked out in exactly the same manner when I cannot find my black video iPod. I have also been known to turn around and come home when I forget it regardless of where I’m going. I’m more than willing to leave other things behind at home or work, but not my iPod. How sad am I?
I used to be a gadget girl. Not any more. I don’t like a big purse. I like my small $175 giraffe purse. I carry a cellphone (not smart phone but it is bluetooth), a Tide pen, some lip balm, a wallet, a few papers, a very cool rubber Starbucks cup sleeve that I’ve had more than 10 years, business cards, and keys. OH! And a flash drive. HEH. Guess I’m techie after all. 😉
Even carrying one gadget makes you a techie. Of course, it also helps if you work in IT… 😉
Actually, I think the Tide pen makes me more techie than the flash drive. Hee hee. I can talk application server all day tho. Which makes the Tide pen useful when I spill lunch on my shirt because I’m waving my fork around talking about user groups in Citrix.
LOL. Good point (no pun intended).