Google announced Google Music (its answer to Apple iTune + Amazon Cloud) last week. I immediately started uploading all our music files to the massive google cloud. (It by the way took almost six days to finish). This plus my existing music drive in the Amazon cloud means that when the Apocalypse comes? I am all set on the disaster recovery front for my music files. Way to go, me! Because it is very important to keep a record of Air Supply and Petshop Boys for the resistance army while they fight against the aliens zombies (fine!) for human survival.
Then we received the Amazon Kindle Fire, and all hell broke loose. I have been “forced” to listen to Spotify, Pandora, Amazon Cloud Player, Google Android player and iTune. This is Big Love – Digital Music Edition.
(Yeah yeah yeah. There are more music services such as the old standby Rhapsody, last.fm, and the very intriguing turntable.fm. But I would like to be able to sleep once in a while so thank you very much…)
Hilarity ensued.
I did learn something though: Right before you get on the highway with your kids in the backseat, do NOT start streaming your music and hit Shuffle All IF Cee Lo Green is in your music collection. Just sayin’
At one point I caught myself listening to music from Amazon cloud, checking my Google Music stash on my Android phone and tweeting and Facebooking from iPad.
I felt like Lord Voldemort with my soul being divided into seven parts. Yeah, I need a strong shot of Ritalin.
And a break from trying to organize my digital life.
So I went and got a 10-plus-lbs honeybaked ham today.
Have a wonderful and relaxing Thanksgiving!
It took a good four days for Mr. Google to accept all of the music that I uploaded too.
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Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family. I hope you stuffed your belly with good food. The 10-lb ham is considered good food (smile).
If I was suddenly disconnected from my technology-not sure what would happen. Not sure I could handle it. I am trying to limit what I am connected too…I got the iphone, ipad and find that there are bursts of time when the whole family is busy on their iphones at one time. All sitting in a row together, focused solely on our technology. Not sure we would notice an apocalypse.
Cheers.
Velva
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I hope twitching has stopped! 🙂 xxoo
and the silicon chip inside her head was switched to overload…
I’m glad I’m not the only one suffering from technology induced post-traumatic-stress disorder.
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You are also a road warrior right? So how do you bring all those gadgets with you when you are on the road?!
I hope you had a great Thanksgiving! I actually put away all technology for last week and though it was great this morning I am a mad rush to touch all things tech!
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YUp. Withdrawal is a bitch. 🙂
Isn’t it amazing? So much technology, so little time.
Yes. For each new technology they give us, it should come with more time in the day!
Hope your Thanksgiving was great!
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Thank you. We finished the ham!!! Hope yours was great too. And now off to the holiday frenzy!
I was one of those horrible parents who bought my kids Green Day CDs and sang along loudly, so Cee Lo Green would be small potatoes, comparatively speaking.
I have Pandora and iTunes and that’s about all I can deal with.
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I am listening to CDs now. And NPR. I cannot take anything more. LOL