breakfast special
It took a typical drive to work and a rising sun with the intensity and glaring angle of Phoebus’ glorious approach for me to suddenly have another odd moment when everything finds its distinct place. I assume the lingering jovial spirits from the Super Bowl party may have been present, but I just sensed a wonderful order behind life. As soon as a group of cars rounded a corner, with the onslaught of a commandeering sun, each driver put his/her sunvisor down into position; the same response from every single individual, thousands of possible reactions, but only one outcome. However, waiting at a stoplight, individualism was taken with a liberal attitude. Some sang to their choice music (me included) while others sat and pondered, perhaps even dozed; from the trafficking of minds to a workplace come both supreme order and control to expressions of apparent solitude.
There are several background factors that brought these thoughts to my attention, or rather created an overwhelming attentiveness to the world around me. None of which I have the time to divulge in at the moment, but all of which will one day be revealed, I suppose.
On a more cynical note… Is it any wonder that I just, as in yesterday, realized that if I press play twice while on my iPod’s uppermost menu that it begins to use the famous “Shuffle” feature present as its own button on the newer generations of iPods? I’ve owned my iPod for well, well-well-well over a year and just found this out. Now, Shuffle is all I use (it’s been all I use in iTunes, more or less). I must be a complete moron; or, in the least, attentive to odd aspects of life while being blithely ignorant to what’s in front of my nose.
February 12th, 2005 at 2:23 am
Hey, nice iPod tip. I’ve got a fourth-gen iPod and it seems that it shuffles with just a single click for me.
February 12th, 2005 at 8:47 am
The Shuffle feature first appeared on the 4G iPods after Apple noticed the success of that sole ability. Apparently, there were ways to access that feature on the earlier models (my serendipity showing just that) but it was never added as a button on the upper menu until the 4G released.
Now they have an entire model designed after the Shuffle feature. ::envious of iPod shuffle owners… ::