’Tis another beautiful day on the beach…
Recently, I hit a technichal roadblock. Well, perhaps I’ll call it a milestone instead.
My computer’s hard drive reached full capacity. Now some people, my old self included, would have either deleted lots of files OR even started shopping for a new computer. I thought about it for a bit, but instead chose to perservere and try something new. So I picked up a 500 Gigabyte portable hard drive from WD (Western Digital). If you enjoy movies, music, or ebooks, you can have the capacity to expand your libraries and playlists a hundredfold for about $100.
For home PC users, you can purschase digital storage space in the Terabytes. Multiple users in a home or office? Go wireless. The picture below shows the “My Passport” hard drive from WD, and lo and behold, it’s actually smaller than a passport.
That’s one hurdle cleared.
Since I’m a mobile guy, I purchased an iPod shuffle because it is lightweight. It’s about as big as a piece of Trident gum.
That’s fine, but for some reason I was born from an alien race of people for which earbud earphones DO NOT FIT IN MY EAR. Even if I stand PERFECTLY STILL, somehow, the earbud makes tiny jumps at every beat, working it’s way out of my ear to bungee jump off the edge of my lobe.
I was relieved to replace my old iPod which was recently stolen. (Boy they’re gonna get an unexpected dose of education from Kevin Hogan, Brian Tracy, Earl Nightingale, etc.!) I plugged in my Nike over the top loop earphones, and guess what- you can’t even use the iPod. There’s NO buttons on the Shuffle (because it’s so small), and there’s no clicker on the Nike earphone wires. (The clicker is a thin module built onto the wire that adjusts volume and changes songs.) It allows you to operate “eyes-free”.
“Wait, Greg…think…”
I knew there had to be a way to make it work, but even the first 3 Best Buy employees could not solve my problem. It took quite a bit of poise to remain hopeful…and to refrain from compromising what I originally wanted.
Alas! They found an adapter made by Belkin (thank you, Matt with the tattoos)…but it’s out of stock, of course.
Best Buy had one at a different store, with reportedly 3 “in stock”, and I arrived just before they closed and got the LAST ONE. Victory!
So I learned three lessons:
1. If something is filled to capacity, don’t let that limit you. You can probably find a way to expand.
2. If something is lost, it can probably be replaced.
3. If something doesn’t fit your needs, invent a product that will, and then sell it to others!
The Nike hook earphones are $30, and the Belkin adapter was almost $20. Whoever combines the TWO into ONE for a LOWER price will sell a LOT of earphones, make ME happy, and make some MONEY. Happy listening! I need to go for a jog on the beach.
~Greg
I love my passport, it is an awesome product.
Robert Martin
http://www.carbuyinghq.com
Excellent! That is information I can use. Those ear buds never stick in my ears either.
Health, Fitness for Working People — Darryl Pace
I like the post!
Kind of hits at home.
Being persistent (and patient) can pay off.
James
BusinessAndMarketingMakeover.com/blog
Great lessons from adversity. I love the WD exterior drives. So much memory so cheap.
Steve Chambers, B2B Sale Trainer
Hi Greg,
Indeed this kind of support and back up is part of what I will be investing in I am sure within the next 30-45 days. Thanks for the simple picture as well.
Happy Dating and Relationships,
April Braswell
Single Baby Boomer Dating Success Expert
Exercise and earbuds just don’t seem to go together. I assumed my ears were an odd shape rather than the iPod accessory industry being incompetent! You’re right, whoever cracks this – really cracks this – should make a fortune, and justifiably so.
If you find the perfect set, I’ll put an affiliate link on my website!
martin-wright.com
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Same here, those ear buds are horrible. I can’t even get them in my ear – too big. I picked up a set of sony earbuds that conform and have 3 different sizes of plastic/rubber fittings.
Clever solutions greg!
Healthy Living, Katie
Is that a terabyte in your pocket or are you happy to see me?
Isn’t it amazing how much storage we have available now? Anyone else remember 5 1/4″ floppy disks?
How about those 13″ floppy disks . . . those stored 1/2 page of text! And you had to be worried about dust, finger prints, etc. Amazing, amazing.
I think of stuff like this any time I hear, that can’t be done. Perhaps not today, but you never know about tomorrow.
Pushing companies from good to great, Kate
Kate, I remember the floppy disks… I was working at IBM in Research Triangle Park in 1981 when they delivered us the first batch of IBM PCs.
No hard drive. Only a single 5-1/4 floppy and 64K RAM. And this changed the business world. The next year we got the A/T with a HARD DRIVE (!) and this seemed like incredible SPEED…
Seize the Day,
Rob
Sales Tactics For Small Business Owners
^^lol
I too have mutant ears. Even with the earbuds you can change sizes I still have trouble.
Keri Eagan
Anything Alternative
Greg
I’m still using my bag phone… LOL
Great stuff… I’m a tech guy
http://www.salesjunkie.net
Excellent! Great job discovering a creative solutions to your problem
Jose Escalante
http://www.JoseEscalant.com
This was a lot of good information. Thanks
Keep preseverence as an attribute and we will succeed.
Keep changing until you find another way…right on!
Terry
http://www.terrytom.com
I can’t believe you filled it to capacity!!! The big computer in my house that everyone uses is almost 6 years old and still isn’t full!
Lisa McLellan
Babysitting Services – Babysitters and Nannies
The quote is thought provoking.
Thanks for sharing this info. I’m not a techy person but it could probably simplify my life more if I was.
Vicki http://www.bridalthreadshq.com