Technology nerd. I love open source technology but use Mac and Windows, too. Hobbyist programmer, mostly using Python. Video games of all shapes and sizes. Music nerd. I play guitar and bass, and am learning piano. Plus I have a mandolin which languishes in disuse because I'm very bad at it. Amateur urbanist and bicycle rider. New into the world of 3d printing. Flight Sim Guy enough to have an Airbus joystick; not Flight Sim Guy enough to have rudder pedals.
Technology nerd. I love open source technology but use Mac and Windows, too. Hobbyist programmer, mostly using Python. Video games of all shapes and sizes.
Music nerd. I play guitar and bass, and am learning piano. Plus I have a mandolin which languishes in disuse because I'm very bad at it.
Amateur urbanist and bicycle rider.
New into the world of 3d printing.
Flight Sim Guy enough to have an Airbus joystick; not Flight Sim Guy enough to have rudder pedals.
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Technology nerd. I love open source technology but use Mac and Windows, too. Hobbyist programmer, mostly using Python. Video games of all shapes and sizes. Music nerd. I play guitar and bass, and am learning piano. Plus I have a mandolin which languishes in disuse because I'm very bad at it. Amateur urbanist and bicycle rider. New into the world of 3d printing. Flight Sim Guy enough to have an Airbus joystick; not Flight Sim Guy enough to have rudder pedals.
Technology nerd. I love open source technology but use Mac and Windows, too. Hobbyist programmer, mostly using Python. Video games of all shapes and sizes. Music nerd. I play guitar and bass, and am learning piano. Plus I have a mandolin which languishes in disuse because I'm very bad at it. Amateur urbanist and bicycle rider. New into the world of 3d printing. Flight Sim Guy enough to have an Airbus joystick; not Flight Sim Guy enough to have rudder pedals.
Technology nerd. I love open source technology but use Mac and Windows, too. Hobbyist programmer, mostly using Python. Video games of all shapes and sizes. Music nerd. I play guitar and bass, and am learning piano. Plus I have a mandolin which languishes in disuse because I'm very bad at it. Amateur urbanist and bicycle rider. New into the world of 3d printing. Flight Sim Guy enough to have an Airbus joystick; not Flight Sim Guy enough to have rudder pedals.
Technology nerd. I love open source technology but use Mac and Windows, too. Hobbyist programmer, mostly using Python. Video games of all shapes and sizes. Music nerd. I play guitar and bass, and am learning piano. Plus I have a mandolin which languishes in disuse because I'm very bad at it. Amateur urbanist and bicycle rider. New into the world of 3d printing. Flight Sim Guy enough to have an Airbus joystick; not Flight Sim Guy enough to have rudder pedals.
Pros:
- It looks cool. My first iPod was a blue 5th Gen nano so I have nostalgia for the color
- USB-C and wireless charging mean I will actually remember to charge it because I always lose my 30-Pin cable
- Bluetooth is nice I guess but I’ll mostly be using wired headphones
- Flash storage seems faster than the one I put in my other refurbished iPod
Cons:
- The Custom Connect backplate glues in so I hope I never have to open this guy again
- I don’t HATE that the backplate is visible from the front but I think it’s less sleek than a regular backplate
- Removing the original faceplate sucked a lot and came with some minor injury
- I wanted to avoid soldering so the USB-C is only good for charging and not data transfer. I still need my 30-pin cable to sync new music to it
Technology nerd. I love open source technology but use Mac and Windows, too. Hobbyist programmer, mostly using Python. Video games of all shapes and sizes. Music nerd. I play guitar and bass, and am learning piano. Plus I have a mandolin which languishes in disuse because I'm very bad at it. Amateur urbanist and bicycle rider. New into the world of 3d printing. Flight Sim Guy enough to have an Airbus joystick; not Flight Sim Guy enough to have rudder pedals.
I have completed my iPod classic 6th gen mod.
- Metallic blue faceplate from Elite Obsolete Electronics
- Backplate is Classic Connect 2 from Moonlit Market, which features USB-C and wireless charging, Bluetooth, and a fresh battery
- Flash storage mod with 128GB of storage
Technology nerd. I love open source technology but use Mac and Windows, too. Hobbyist programmer, mostly using Python. Video games of all shapes and sizes. Music nerd. I play guitar and bass, and am learning piano. Plus I have a mandolin which languishes in disuse because I'm very bad at it. Amateur urbanist and bicycle rider. New into the world of 3d printing. Flight Sim Guy enough to have an Airbus joystick; not Flight Sim Guy enough to have rudder pedals.
Technology nerd. I love open source technology but use Mac and Windows, too. Hobbyist programmer, mostly using Python. Video games of all shapes and sizes. Music nerd. I play guitar and bass, and am learning piano. Plus I have a mandolin which languishes in disuse because I'm very bad at it. Amateur urbanist and bicycle rider. New into the world of 3d printing. Flight Sim Guy enough to have an Airbus joystick; not Flight Sim Guy enough to have rudder pedals.
Technology nerd. I love open source technology but use Mac and Windows, too. Hobbyist programmer, mostly using Python. Video games of all shapes and sizes. Music nerd. I play guitar and bass, and am learning piano. Plus I have a mandolin which languishes in disuse because I'm very bad at it. Amateur urbanist and bicycle rider. New into the world of 3d printing. Flight Sim Guy enough to have an Airbus joystick; not Flight Sim Guy enough to have rudder pedals.
Technology nerd. I love open source technology but use Mac and Windows, too. Hobbyist programmer, mostly using Python. Video games of all shapes and sizes. Music nerd. I play guitar and bass, and am learning piano. Plus I have a mandolin which languishes in disuse because I'm very bad at it. Amateur urbanist and bicycle rider. New into the world of 3d printing. Flight Sim Guy enough to have an Airbus joystick; not Flight Sim Guy enough to have rudder pedals.
My perhaps unpopular opinion is that computers are now powerful enough. We should stop striving for more power and instead make them more efficient, cooler, and smaller for the same compute power.
Whatever tiny gains in power we’re eking out just don’t feel worth it anymore.