An epic adventure

Saturday, March 28. The day of the much hyped, entirely underwhelming blizzard. I had been out with a friend, getting sushi and coffee. On the way home, I was listening to the new Decemberists album on my iPod Nano. I parked my pickup on the street in front of the house, consciously thinking to myself, “Hey, self. You should take your iPod inside so it doesn’t get too cold.” Since I often listen to me, I unplugged it from my stereo and headed into the house.

The next morning, I was getting around to go help with Sunday school at my church. I’m not the model of a morning person by any means, so mornings are always tricky for me. On the way out of the door, I looked for my usual travel-with-me-wherever things: my keys, wallet, iPod, and phone. Finding all things except for the iPod quickly, I thought, “Huh. Three out of four is pretty good. Maybe my iPod’s in the car.” So I headed out. Finding no iPod right away, I shrugged it off. NPR is a decent alternative.

So after coming home while listening to Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!, and parking in the street as per usual, I thought, “Hmmm, I could have sworn I took my iPod out of my car.” So I looked under my vehicle, hoping not to find it. But there it was. Laying face down in the snow, right behind my front right tire. I picked up the cold, wet iPod, knowing it had spent the night in the snow and I had run it over at least once.  “This is most unfortunate,” I thought. Or something to that effect.

But then, I wiped it dry, and pressed play. It was alive! A good percentage of the screen was shot, but enough was visible to make out what was playing. Pretty good for being ran over by a truck and spending about ten hours in the partially melting snow.

Needless to say (although I never understood this saying, since everyone always says it), I was amazed at the ruggedness of my iPod. Big ups to Apple for their awesome, surprisingly robust product. When I finally get tired of the mostly dead screen, I’ll definitely get another one.

I’ve always been a Mac guy – but this blew me away.  I can’t believe I still have a usable iPod after it sat in the melting snow for 12 hours and getting run over by a pickup.

Here’s the carnage. Click through for lighting details.  Not bad for being hit by a truck: