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Welcome to my ever-evolving blog. It started out as a blog on Beachbody workouts and products, mainly when I was a Beachbody coach. I no longer coach, not because I don't believe in Beachbody's programs (I subscribe to Beachbody on Demand and use their workouts every day), I am just not a salesperson and hated that aspect of it. I am more than willing to answer questions about my experiences with their products and the various workouts, and I feel freer to do so without the appearance of giving a biased review of something.

I have also started adding reviews for various things I have purchased like movies, books, CDs, and other products. This was brought about by a fight with Amazon in which all of my reviews were removed over a completely bullshit allegation that I posted a review that violated their terms of service. After going back and forth with the morons in the community-reviews department (even after they admitted that my posts did not violate their guidelines) they restored my account (which took them six months to do), but I have been posting my reviews on my blog to have them preserved in case something like that happens again. And here, I will post uncensored reviews so I will swear from time to time and post reviews that may be longer than Amazon's character limit. Everything I post here on any topic or product is my personal opinion, and I take no compensation for any product reviews I post. I am a member of Amazon's vine program and because I get those products for free, I keep those reviews on Amazon only, but everything I have purchased with my own money, whether from Amazon or some other store/website/outlet, I will post here.  

I also plan to do some longer blog posts on various topics, such as how to learn physics, how to get through calculus, and longer reviews of workout programs as I do them. Basically, whatever strikes me as interesting at the time.  As you can see if you navigate around the blog, I had many years in between postings. During that time I was going back to school to get an engineering degree, and learning material that I avoided my first time through college was a different experience and one that gave me a lot of insight into how to do well in those classes, which I will try to impart here for those who are looking to get a science or engineering degree. 

Tuesday, March 8, 2022

Product Review: Classic iPod 120 GB

 


I am from the generation that grew up on cassette tapes and walkmans, then transitioned to the MP3 phase. Most of the music that is in my CD collection is available to stream through Amazon music, but there are a few things that I have on CD that are not. I managed to put my entire CD collection on here (I had somewhere in the neighborhood of 300 CDs before I stopped buying them) before iTunes stopped the ripping from CD capability. You can still use this version of the iPod on iTunes, but you have to rip CDs using a different service and then transfer the MP3 files over to it. So, getting music onto the older iPods like this is not as easy as it used to be, but is still doable. The pros of this model are that you will be able to get at least a good chunk of your CD collection on it (depending on how many CDs/MP3 files you have and if you get the model that has 160GB or more or storage space) and it has pretty good sound. And, assuming your vehicle still has an AUX port, you can plug it into that and play all your music in your car.

Some of the cons are, i) it does not have Bluetooth, so you will need corded headphones, ii) it is fragile, so you definitely want to find a case for it because if you drop it on a hard surface, it can easily break, iii) it has no internet connectivity, so to get music onto it you will need to plug it into a computer.

So, if you are in your late 30s and up, and still have CDs, but don't want to lug the CDs around anymore (assuming your car still has a CD player in it) and don't want to fill up your phone's storage space with MP3 files, this is a good option. If, however, you do not have a CD collection or you do not have a bunch of MP3 files on your computer that you want to be able to take with you, this is really not necessary.

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