May 12 2009
Technology
I am by no means technology super-savvy. I can generally work my way around computers and their various paraphrenalia after fighting with them all for a few hours. This has led me to trying out the latest modern marvel available for download at my public library.
I can download audio books, CDs, and movies from the library’s website. Wow! That’s awesome! I absolutely love the library, and now I can take my books with my after I download them to my mp3 player. I can walk to work and listen to a book. Amazing, in theory.
The trick behind all of this is that the files have to be in mp3 format, which the book that I downloaded wasn’t. I had even erased all of the songs on my mp3 player so that there would be room for the book. I had tried to see if the memory card in my digital camera would fit in the player, but it was too big. So, all my music is now gone.
I got the book to the mp3 player, only to discover I couldn’t listen to it because the files weren’t in mp3 format. I tried to download a file converter. That didn’t work either as I have to pay for the service to do that. I don’t want to do that. So, I am now trying to delete the book from my mp3 player and put my songs back on. The computer keeps telling me that there is an error for each song that I try to put on my mp3 player. It’s been sweetly repeating the same message for several days now. I am about at my wit’s end with technology. I think I will turn on the radio in my car and go to the library, sink into a big cushiony chair and read a tangible book this evening.
