hbgold (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} hbgold) wrote,@ 2006-09-22 13:18:00 |
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The Curse of Technology
I am a software junkie. There, I said it. I am always on the lookout for new software (generally business or productivity oriented) or add ins to existing software. It is a perversion that is a cruel mistress. I know that upgrades are buggy and I shouldn't touch them. But I am lured by the siren song of newness and being one step closer to software utopia.
While I have an iPod, which my wife and daughter generously gave me as present, I am not glued to it. After all, it is hardware, not software. However, I recently embarked on the task of moving most of my CDs onto iTunes. One day, while firing up iTunes on my laptop, I got the message that there was a newer version. I happily clicked on upgrade and installed the file. While probably not the rush illegal substances would yield, I was satisfied by the technology high. I quickly realized though, that I had overdosed on upgrades.
Since I was importing CDs into iTunes, I needed it to provide the names for the tracks. It automatically does so by connecting to the CD Database maintained by Gracenote. Yet, often I would get an error message that a connection could not be made. I knew the CDs were in the database (you can check the database independently of iTunes.) After searching through Apple support, I went into the discussion groups (I am shy, so mixing with a group, even a virtual one, is not my first choice). I quickly found posts by the disenchanted with version 7 of the iTunes software. While it took some deleting, uninstalling, renaming, copying and finger crossing, I got rid of the upgrade and put back the older version. Oila...connection re-established.
I tell myself again and again not to immediately get those upgrades and betas....but as I check my mail in the beta of Outlook 2007, I know I am weak and will fail.
I am a software junkie. There, I said it. I am always on the lookout for new software (generally business or productivity oriented) or add ins to existing software. It is a perversion that is a cruel mistress. I know that upgrades are buggy and I shouldn't touch them. But I am lured by the siren song of newness and being one step closer to software utopia.
While I have an iPod, which my wife and daughter generously gave me as present, I am not glued to it. After all, it is hardware, not software. However, I recently embarked on the task of moving most of my CDs onto iTunes. One day, while firing up iTunes on my laptop, I got the message that there was a newer version. I happily clicked on upgrade and installed the file. While probably not the rush illegal substances would yield, I was satisfied by the technology high. I quickly realized though, that I had overdosed on upgrades.
Since I was importing CDs into iTunes, I needed it to provide the names for the tracks. It automatically does so by connecting to the CD Database maintained by Gracenote. Yet, often I would get an error message that a connection could not be made. I knew the CDs were in the database (you can check the database independently of iTunes.) After searching through Apple support, I went into the discussion groups (I am shy, so mixing with a group, even a virtual one, is not my first choice). I quickly found posts by the disenchanted with version 7 of the iTunes software. While it took some deleting, uninstalling, renaming, copying and finger crossing, I got rid of the upgrade and put back the older version. Oila...connection re-established.
I tell myself again and again not to immediately get those upgrades and betas....but as I check my mail in the beta of Outlook 2007, I know I am weak and will fail.
