I am rich in friends, but poor in cash flow

+I bought an iPod. I've wanted one for a while, but considering their expense, had put it off regretfully for a possible Christmas present. A mini, a shuffle, or a nano would simply not do me any good; my library is 16 gb now and only that small for space constraints. However, an offer recently came over the student mailing list for a 30gb iPod (retail price $500) for $200, I decided that was a nice enough offer to take, even if I will be sitting tight on gas and groceries for a while. Let's just hope it was taken good care of in its former life.

+I recently went shopping with windandwater and aoi. The only notable purchase was a gorgeous, gorgeous light sweater that I fell in love with as soon as I saw it in the window. ( Getting it was more of a hassle. )

Also, all I can say is, if this sweater is a plus size, I'd hate to see what that store considers a small. @_@


+Finally, food. Since I took about an hour typing this up for zalia, I thought I'd share. This is how the college student eats.

( Simple and quick stovetop meals: now with completely useless directions such as 'adjust to taste!' )

ipod woes

Will somebody please offer advice as to how I can get my new second-hand ipod to do something, that doesn't involve stringing up the guy who sold it to me by his balls for fraud?

[edit] My ipod is on this chart, the second of the iPods that has "30" in the name -- iPod (30 GB dock connector), 2003-04, touch wheel, 30 GB, ipod software version 2.3.

iPod Updater 2005-09-23 (which I just downloaded and installed) includes: iPod Software 2.3, for iPod with dock connector. However, although my iPod is plugged in, there is nothing showing. The computer does not think it's there.

I think the problem is not the software. I think it's that, as this FAQ provided warns, that the older iPods (it says, the iPods without click wheels, which describes mine) won't charge through a USB cable. They need a Firewire cable, which I don't have, so I'll have to beat it out of the guy.