Thing #7 - Anything-technology-related

My iPod died this past weekend. This, in itself, does not particularly interest me. As it tried desperately to turn on, it displayed a very moving picture of an incredibly sad-looking iPod with a warning sign and a message to go the the apple support website. All in all, I can't really complain, as it has served me well over the past 4 years, travelling through more than 20 countries with me, and lets just say it was not always treated with 'first-class' level care. Now, since I have a cross-country road trip coming up next month, I need to quickly replace my poor dead friend. I was looking at the apple website yesterday, and comparing the different models. Yes, yes, I know there are other brands that might have more capabilities, but I'm a mac-snob and I have no intention of changing. I think I'm going to go with an 8 GB iPod nano. I'll never be able to fill it up usefully with music, and I know I won't use it for video. Then it just comes down to the color. I must say, I wasn't thrilled with the choices - the green of my poor dead mini from a few years ago is much more to my liking. I was leaning toward the red anyway, and then I noticed the (product)RED logo next to it. I clicked on a link to find out what this means, and it turns out that there's a whole line of corporations that have exclusive (product)RED products, and when purchased, a portion of the money goes to a global fund to fight HIV/AIDS in Africa. I haven't had time to research this too much, but if I'm spending the money anyway, I like knowing that some of it will be going to a good cause. Neat, huh?