4+ Gigs of "Just Works"

[vakkotaur]

I recently had a birthday (well, the anniversary thereof) and one present was a 4 GB Sansa Clip+ which happens to be the device Yakko mentioned in reply to my last entry. It works as he said and as I expect: It's a USB drive that plays music.

Actually it's a bit more than that. It's also a voice recorder and an FM receiver. It's also expandable by microSD card and I have an 8 GB card for it. Supposedly the device can take a 32 GB card.

I've loaded the thing with something less than 4GB so far and that's still quite a bit. I haven't loaded my entire collection onto the thing and probably never will since that includes the less desirable (unwanted) tracks from variousCDs. I've been listening to stuff that I might not have heard for a few years. I'm enjoying it, though it's a bit weird as I have to remember that I can get up and move around and I'm not tethered to a computer or other large device. It's also something to think that some of what I am listening to on this tiny purely electronic device was originally recorded purely mechanically on phonograph cylinder.

Comments

[chakawolf.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the suggestion. I ordered one. It will be my birthday present to myself!

[dumbbum-comics.livejournal.com]

Happy belated anniversary of the birthday!!! You will also get another gift from Dumb Bum! A WAY COOLER GIFT... now let me see what I can dispose of.. hum... Ah! There we are! A SPACE SHUTTLE!!!!
Don't laugh it's genuine! The only tiny hiccup is that it's not here right now... It's undergoing an 80 year mission where no man has gone before! It was passed down from my father... It might sound like a lot, but it's already 4 years into that mission, so it will be yours in roughly 76! (If that cocky Captain finds his way back...)
I know, I know, you want it now... but patience is a virtue. Since probably none of us will be around in 76ish years to claim the space shuttle, I left instructions for it to be placed as a monument on your grave! You can choose the "engraving" it will mostly be a LED display panel. HOW COOL!!! You'll be the coolest dead ever! More people will visit your tomb than Abraham Lincoln's!!! Isn't Dumb Bum a cool friend? I guess he is! (taps self on shoulder)