Currently Loving

My iPod mini. Top buy for me as it suits my needs perfectly. I generally need to charge the battery once a week but I’ll have to purchase an AC adaptor as charging through a USB2 port on the computer takes hours and hours. Added an iPod mini iSkin protecting case as it had picked up a couple of scratches. The iSkin does exactly what it says on the tin but is rather expensive for what it is. Makes the iPod mini a lot more tactile though as it removes the sharp edges of the existing metal case. The iSkin also comes with a worthless belt clip which you will never use and requires a Degree in Engineering to remove (stumped me for a few minutes and I do have a Degree in Engineering). The register gives the bigger 6Gb version a glowing review but I'm happy with the cheaper 4Gb unit which holds about 600 songs of 192kbps mp3s

Current favourite album loaded must be The Very Best of the Stone Roses. Great stuff. One word of warning though, don’t listen to this album if you have to get up and walk about as you will, I kid ye not, walk like a swaggering monkey. It’s a strange and wonderful thing. I must confess that The Stone Roses completely passed me by in the 90s but I do have a memory of a uni flatmate being heavily into them at the time. Pity I didn't pay more attention but Countdown was probably on.