Last night there was a severe thunderstorm. I grabbed a cup of coffee and my iPod Touch off the kitchen table to get them out of the way of incoming rain before hurriedly closing the window. By the time I picked up the Touch, it had been soaking in a perfect slosh of coffee inside its protective rubber sleeve for several minutes. It gave off intense heat as the circuits quietly fried.
Well. No more pretty new toys for me!
R.I.P. iPod Touch, October '09 - June '10
I've already realized that I can't live without one, though, and it can be an older, less sexy version if it has to be... so I've started trolling eBay for used and refurbished iPod Touches. If I get cheap stuff, it won't matter when I break it...!
Update, several hours later:
There was brief jubilation when the iPod Touch seemed to respond well to drying out in the sun. It turned back on, overcame a brief confusion during which it thought the year was 1969, and then came fully back online. Everything worked. I was deliriously happy.
Then I plugged it in - and discovered it will no longer take a charge. I realized that the current battery charge was only at 10 percent, and when that was gone, it would be lights out, permanently.
So we spent that last 10 percent well: one last sync to my laptop, one last Scrabble move! And then the screen just unceremoniously went black.
It's like seeing someone in a coma unexpectedly come out of it... just long enough to say goodbye!
Update, several hours later:
There was brief jubilation when the iPod Touch seemed to respond well to drying out in the sun. It turned back on, overcame a brief confusion during which it thought the year was 1969, and then came fully back online. Everything worked. I was deliriously happy.
Then I plugged it in - and discovered it will no longer take a charge. I realized that the current battery charge was only at 10 percent, and when that was gone, it would be lights out, permanently.
So we spent that last 10 percent well: one last sync to my laptop, one last Scrabble move! And then the screen just unceremoniously went black.
It's like seeing someone in a coma unexpectedly come out of it... just long enough to say goodbye!
