A Few Thoughts on Bicycling

... and bike trail, I won't dispute your right to be there, but please be very, very careful.  And don't be listening to an iPod playing Rage Against the Machine or John Denver or whatever it is you iPodders who get a mountain bike -- the better to enjoy nature! -- are listening to in order to feel more xTreem.  You really need to be able to hear the people around you. And besides, there's a rumor ...

Nerds Will Not Be Exempt In The New "Freedom"*

....  If this event needed any more nerdy signifiers, since the memorial is open 24/7, they would all meet and listen to their iPods to not disturb any late-night tourists.  That's right.  20 iPodders  in a silent dance party to honor Thomas Jefferson. (They planned no more than 20, since 25 people would make their event something that would require a permit.  Because the problem is that just ...

Two Paragraph Reflections of "Ipod-ers-A Subculture"

In "Ipod-ers-A Subculture", I wrote about ipodders and how they are a culture within American culture. I...based on what I learned by observing the behavior of ipodders.   In the essay I believe I do make a lot of good points of how ipodders form a subculture. The examples that I present explains to...One such example I use is the notion of how ipodders show such a deep connection with their ipod that ...

Out-of-class Essay #2-Ipod-ers-A Subculture

...This is one example of how ipodders, regardless how different they may be...Another way that music obsession binds ipodders together is by causing them to... way that music obsession brings ipodders together; they would probably at times... claim of oblivious behavior among ipodders, while listening to music is ... surroundings.         Seeing the behaviors that ipodders have in common and the ...

"The iPod: A Love Story Between Man, Machine"

... Houston breakup anthem that reminds you of you-know-who over and over again. It's an obsession, an addiction, a love affair, really, between a man and a machine. To the iPodders around the world, the irresistible, indispensable, irreplaceable iPod is a personal memory bank. "The iPod is a very powerful identity technology," says Sherry Turkle, director of the Initiative on Technology and the ...

O, the happiness of me

I have a new iPod! It's an 80gb iPod video. It is black and beautiful and has a leather case. His name is Toby III (my other iPods were Toby I and II; I sold each to buy a new one). It is completely amazing. I think I may actually have feelings for this thing. Merry Christmas, me! Also, for other iPodders (ha ha, how lame is that): http://www.podtropolis.com/ rocks.

For all you iPODDERS out there I thought this was really cute.  Cover an iPod with a fuzzy monster

Dramatized and podcasticized

... "That Old Black Magic" (first seen in the out-of-print anthology Bell Book & Beyond). They'll record an audio version of the story and then release it back into the world of cyberspace for all of you iPodders out there. (You'll also be able to listen to it directly on their site.) Look for it on their site in the next 3-6 months. I have always meant to write a sequel to "That Old Black Magic." ...