Today I dropped my iPod

You know that feeling of unrelenting terror? Well, scale it down to the relative importance of an iPod and a 3’ drop.

It was sitting on the desk next to me, wired in and I scoot across the floor on the executive chair I have at work. Looking back, I could just see the agonising moment in slow motion as it was pulled off the edge of the desk, the headphone jack flying out and the nooooooooo moment as it feel to the floor. It bounced (also in slow motion).

Thankfully, it’s well padded in a lovely Vaja case that Jo gave me for my birthday and it seems to be fine. The best bit, is that when the headphones detached it automatically paused the track. Plug in, hit play, don’t miss a beat (bar a heartbeat or two).

I’m not planning on pulling the same stunt with my iBook until Vaja make one of their fabulous notebook suits for it.

This is the problem with desirable technology.

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3 Responses to “Today I dropped my iPod”

  1. Comment by Adam

    August 2nd, 2005 at 12:27 am 2005-08-02UTC00:27:51+0000

    slow motion, not slow moment (line 3, paragraph 2)

  2. Comment by http://www.jonty.me.uk/ Jonty

    August 2nd, 2005 at 2:39 pm 2005-08-02UTC14:39:47+0000

    Glad all is well, Ben! Talking of notebook bags, I can recommend Booq as purveyors of fine cases and sleeves. They’re very much different to Vaja’s style, but are made of ballistic nylon, which sounds hopelessly cool and, whilst it won’t stop bullets, is the same material used in flak jackets. The straps are also made of nylon, this time to the same specifications as car seat belts. Very robust :)

  3. Comment by http://charlvn.za.net Charl van Niekerk

    August 2nd, 2005 at 4:29 pm 2005-08-02UTC16:29:03+0000

    In engineering, this is what we call “The Human Factor” and is one of the most important issues when designing something. Luckily, it seems like the engineers of the Vaja case know their stuff. :)

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