Canada ships a tremendous amount of timber to Japan. Much like other vermin, some flipped collar people probably went along as unintended cargo.

The collar observation is interesting. It’s clear that our friends, the patiently-waiting-for-iPod-minis Canadians, are behind the US flipped collar problem. Just look at the comments in this thread. Vancouver leaked to the US West coast, and Montreal leaked to New England. I’m not sure yet where the Japanese fit into the picture.

Tonight, in Portland, Oregon, I saw a young man walking about with his collar all flipped up, as if to imply that he was all hip n’shit. He was wearing a polo type shirt, although I wasn’t able to get close enough to observe whether or not there was a crocodile on the breast.

I will update you as more information becomes available…

You know, I am a big fan of creative when it comes to the cheaper prices and whatnot, but I dare you, no, double dare you, to try and get a little tech support with your problem. Really, give it a try, and then when you do, say I didn’t warn you, because, well, I didn’t.

And for my money I would get the 20 gig iPod for $50 more than the iPod mini.

But that is just me.

Splurge, the USB might be slower, but who cares about firewire if you have to be on a waiting list to get it?

Ok, I concede to being pissed about the battery, but I didn’t really give it a full charge ‘cuz I was too excited to use the player. Also, I was using my work computer to play the files (trying to annoy the boss), and I read about how that sucks up power.