The complete iPod toolbox
- Article 32 of 53
- iCreate, June 2005
We tasked Rob Buckley with unearthing the best iPod utilities. But rather than just sending him to cruise the web's download sites, we set him a different kind of challenge altogether...
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SUNDAY: MIND, BODY & SOUL
12pm: Sunday is a day of rest for many, but with an iPod, there’s no excuse for rest. Let’s hit the gym. I need some exercise after spending all week hunching over my iPod. But if Steve Jobs takes a flotilla of iPod minis with him to the gym, there must be all sorts of ways to augment my gym routine and be like him.
12.10pm: iWorkOut (www.helmesinnovations.com/iWorkout.html) has 42 (!) workout regimes that you can download to your iPod and take with you to the gym. If you have an iPod Photo, you can also take the accompanying pictures with you. I decide not download “Rear Delt With Good Mornings” and “Butt Lift And Balance” to my iPod: if it looks strange and I just downloaded it off the Internet, I’m not doing it.
2.15pm: I’m back from the gym. My body is purified. Now, I must cleanse my soul.
2.30pm: I’ve found something extraordinary: a Tibetan Buddhist radio station that offer podcasts of its teachings (www.lamrim.com/podcasts/rss.php), including one on impermanence. These I have to hear.
2.35pm: I’ve downloaded iPodder (ipodder.sourceforge.net) and set up my feed. What will Tubten Pende have to say on the ephemeral nature of consumer electronics?
4.05pm: Wow.
6pm: Time for dinner. I could really do with some ideas… Oh wait, what’s this I’ve installed on my iPod? Why it’s a set of Vegan gourmet recipes from www.enriquequinterodesign.com/podgourmetve.html. What a coincidence.
7.30pm: Turns out, I hate vegan food. Who knew? Still, my wife liked it, so clearly its my pallet at fault, not the recipes.
11pm: iPod week is over and it’s time to go to bed. I’ve been psyched up by all this iPod experimentation and I’m full of exciting ideas. Will I be able to get to sleep? You betcha. I have Ocean Waves (www.katsurashareware.com/) installed on my Mac and that’s generated some tranquil wave sounds for my iPod to play me to sleep with.
11.15pm: I have to face facts. I’m obsessed with this iPod. Curse you Paul Newman!
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