Eric Mills

educator, researcher, internet test-pilot

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iPod Hacks

A few weeks ago, my aging 5th Generation iPod Video stopped playing video. I decided, therefore, to start messing around with it out of spite. Using this file, placed in this program, you can mess with some fun stuff. You can also completely destroy your iPod. Today, I learned a new button combination never before encountered: hold down the middle button and the play/pause button, after plugging in your iPod to the computer, and it will boot into disk mode directly. This enables many other options, such as reformatting (which I’m doing as I type this). It’s also great news for when you bork the iPod trying to install the classic theme.

Teh Internets

One evening while wondering along the streets of Dubrovnic, Croatia, my friend Chris happened upon a sign and took a picture of it. As you can see, they really do have “internets” in Croatia.