1: Go to wedding. 2: Fix iPod

[Michael Oltmans <moltmans@>]

This will be the first in a series(*) of GSB messages focusing on home 
repair and do-it-yourself projects.  This week's repair question was 
sent into us from a chap named Mike in Cambridge MA who had a broken 
iPod (4th Gen Click Wheel).

Well Mike, here's how to go about solving your iPod problem:

Step 1: Location is everything
While most problem shooting begins with a careful scientific analysis of 
the fault, the symptoms, possible causes and proposed fixes we have a 
better idea.  Go to a wedding.  In my experience, choosing a wedding in 
Marin County CA is a good bet.

Step 2: The Two S's: Suave and Subtle
Once you are comfortably at the wedding, hang out meet the other guests, 
enjoy yourself.  After a few drinks look for a conversation that others 
are having about iPods.  Don't bring it up yourself, you don't want to 
appear desperate.  Once you are involved in the iPod conversation, 
casually mention that your iPod just died the other day and you are very 
very sad.  Again, don't ask for help, just put it out there.  Remember, 
suave and subtle.  When they ask you what the issue is don't be 
technical, be direct for example: I turn it on, it has a sad mac face 
and it goes "Click-Click; Click-Click" over and over again until the 
battery dies.

Step 3: Enjoy the Wedding
At this point sit back and relax.  Your fellow wedding guests will be 
more than happy to tell you what you need to do.  Just be patient, pay 
attention, and wait until you get home to your iPod and follow their 
simple instructions.  In the mean time, enjoy the wedding, say hi to old 
friends, go visit your family for few days on the way home.

Step 4: Hunting and gathering
You will need a few tools.  Preferably a guitar pick but certain types 
of small metal hair clips will do, if you don't have such a hair clip, 
don't worry, your new officemate probably has one.

Step 5: Open Sesame(**)
Take the hair clip and gently wedge it between the top and bottom half 
of the iPod and once you have the tip in push it straight downward 
(parallel to the side of the iPod).  Slid it along the inside edge until 
it pops open.  Gently open it and put the top face down on your desk.

Step 6: The Squeeze Play
Now gently lift out the disk and its cozy padding.  Gently but firmly 
squeeze the top and bottom sides of the padding and the disk.

Step 7: Plug and Pray
Snap it all back together and plug it in.  Voila.  You are back in 
business.  Your iPod is just like you.  Sometimes it needs a little TLC 
and a tight squeeze.

Step 8: Sharing is caring
Write up the steps that you performed and send it to all of your 
coworkers so that they too can learn the wonders of do-it-yourself home 
repairs.

Step 9: Go To GSB
Go to GSB

Stay tuned for the next GSB Do-It-Yourself edition of...

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(*) A series whose length will be a randomly selected integral number 
greater than 0 and less than 2.

(**) In case you are on crack and think that this is actual, sound 
advice from a professional, you need to reconsider.  I take no 
responsibility for anything that happens to you, your iPod, or any of 
your loved ones, as a result of actually trying to open up your own 
iPod.  I repeat, In case you are on crack and think that this is actual, 
sound advice from a professional, you need to reconsider.  I take no 
responsibility for anything that happens to you, your iPod, or any of 
your loved ones, as a result of actually trying to open up your own 
iPod.  I repeat ... Don't worry, I won't actually repeat again.

I lied, it's too tempting: In case you are on crack and think that this 
is actual, sound advice from a professional, you need to reconsider.  I 
take no responsibility for anything that happens to you, your iPod, or 
any of your loved ones, as a result of actually trying to open up your 
own iPod.  I repeat, In case you are on crack and think that this is 
actual, sound advice from a professional, you need to reconsider.  I 
take no responsibility for anything that happens to you, your iPod, or 
any of your loved ones, as a result of actually trying to open up your 
own iPod.  I repeat ... Don't worry, I won't actually repeat again.

This time I really won't...

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