AGGGGHH! Let Go of My Music!

[thedeadlyhook]

Downloader Beware!: iTunes 7 is a big, sucky yellow LEMON of SUCK. My software updater hassled me into installing the upgrade and oh, why did I not listen to that sinking feeling I had and skip this version? The "gapless playback" function is a buggy program-freezer - it locks up iTunes on startup. Joy. Command-period to stop it from running; the only way to get out of the damn thing otherwise is to restart. And no, there's nothing wrong or corrupted about the songs it freezes on, they play just fine. It's a suck feature that currently has no control panel I can find. Do yourself a favor, don't upgrade this time, wait for the bug-fix.

Otherwise, er... yeah, I'm still being boring.

So Hey, TDH (you might ask), Why Are You Being So Lame and Not Around Very Much Anyway?: Well, about that. I am going to be a little scarce online for the short-term immediate future. Same project eating my head as before, I'm just not done yet. And somewhere between slapping myself out of a bad procrastination habit and coming to grips with the fact that this deadline really needs meeting, I'm going to have to crack down on my LJ time, at least until the end of this month. After which I'll become a whirlwind of feedback.*

*Not that I really believe anyone's holding their breath to hear what I have to say in particular, but I do hate feeling like I'm falling behind with everyone's stories. There's such an immediate, fun rush of a new post, and I do firmly believe in feedback as an important community function. Or something like that. Le sigh. I'll just get back to work now.



Stargate SG-1: Okay, was it me, or was that just a really boring episode? And I really am starting to wonder now if Christopher Judge didn't have some kind of groin injury or something that precluded him doing much of anything other than sitting and standing still getting fake-tortured, because how many episodes this season has it been? And groan, next week is the search for the Holy Grail? Ack, barf, and ack again. Let's have some more Ba'al instead. I'm cool with Ba'al.

Stargate Atlantis: Well, that was more fun. Although I'm still not seeing the Shepard/Rodney. Don't think I ever will. In my mind, everyone slashes with Ronon Dex. And hey, they used the Stargate! Y'know, like they used to on SG-1, sigh...

The Showtime Masters of Horror Series: Rocks. We've been Netflixing them, and haven't seen a bad one yet. Kudos also to Joe Dante's "Homecoming," the most pointed piece of political commentary I've seen since Team America: World Police. Iraq war casualities come back from the dead as zombies to tell us how they really feel. Ouch. If you ever wished for a horror director to take aim at political pundits, this is the one to see.

The weather is very nice today here in SF. Halloween merchandise is crowding the stores, and it's starting to feel like fall. By the time my seasonal_spuffy posting date rolls around, everything will be shiny and new and autumnal. Shiny. New. Ready-for-the-holidays. And I'll be DONE with this project, dammit. DONE.

Comments

[asta77.livejournal.com]

Okay, was it me, or was that just a really boring episode?

No, it wasn't just you.

And I really am starting to wonder now if Christopher Judge didn't have some kind of groin injury or something that precluded him doing much of anything other than sitting and standing still getting fake-tortured, because how many episodes this season has it been?

LOL. But, seriously, Chris Judge has had nothing to do this season. Can the writers be that clueless as to what to do with him? And I am guessing he won't be going to SGA where he'd have even less to do. :(

[thedeadlyhook.livejournal.com]

And I am guessing he won't be going to SGA where he'd have even less to do. :(

Seriously. I mean, Teal'c and Ronon on the same show would certainly provide me with eye candy, but he wouldn't make sense in that context - he's be redundant for muscle, and unable to fulfill a leadership role, which seems to be the arc they'd been moving the character in, toward being more influential with the Jaffa and whatnot... sigh. I'm gonna miss me the SG-1, but I can't say that this season's been their best showing, unfortunately.

Look at it this way...

[wenchsenior.livejournal.com]

....at least YOUR project from Hell has a known and definite due date that you are aware of, even if it is eating your brain.

Last week, I was all prepped for 2 days off, and (purely, and luckily, by chance) happened to sift thru a pile of papers and discover that I had a 110 page copy editing contract due in approx. 15 hours. Given that it was 7pm at night, this resulted in panic.

Not to mention an all-nighter the likes of which I hadn't seen since college finals a decade ago.

We'll all be here when you poke your head out....

Re: Look at it this way...

[thedeadlyhook.livejournal.com]

Yikes! I've had short deadlines before, but not that short. I have a much better sense of perspective now. : )

Hope you got through it all okay and have since recovered!

[prophecygirrl.livejournal.com]

Ruh-oh. I just downloaded and installed iTunes 7 because I hand to redeem a code for Dylan's new album, and it required the upgrade. Haven't tried it since. Maybe I should uninstall and re-install 6, if that's even possible.

Good luck with the project. You'll feel happy and shiny and energetic when it's done, and we'll be waiting for you.

[thedeadlyhook.livejournal.com]

The big problem seems to be the "gapless playback" function at the beginning - if you quit out of that immediately on startup (hit command-period), all should be well. Mine kept freezing up while trying to scan through my whole playlist. Too many songs from too many sources, and the whole thing just stuck. But I'm sure there'll be bug fixes on the way, because just scanning around on the 'Net, I'm seeing a lot of disgruntlement. Apple's gonna have to repair this one pronto.

[zanthinegirl.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the warning! I haven't been home to update, but would have done it when I got the chance. Think I'll wait for the fix!

[thedeadlyhook.livejournal.com]

I'm sure there'll be something soon - it sounds like there's a sort of rolling upgrade in motion, so I'd give it another week or so, and likely as not they'll have it fixed.

[londonkds.livejournal.com]

I downloaded iT7 shortly before I read your complaint, and I haven't had any trouble. I looked around, and it seems that they may have already put up a debugged version if you want to try again. That "gapless play" thing is annoying though - they really should warn you that it's going to run a scan when you start it up. I have 2800 tracks and it took about twenty minutes, I hate to think how long it would take for someone with a full pod.

[thedeadlyhook.livejournal.com]

I've got over 3400 in my library, and it never got past the 2400 mark on the scan - the damn thing kept getting stuck on tracks from music blogs. So... yeah, I'm gonna need the bug fix. But does your version have an option for turning OFF the gapless playback? I don't want my files tinkered with anyway, and right now there's no way to access the thing.