ipodmini lock up

If holding down play and forcing the iPod to sleep doesn't help, oir doesn't work, you need to do a hard reset. The instructions are in your manual, but basically, you need to press and hold the menu and select buttons for about ten seconds.

Here's Apple's official word on this:

1. Connect iPod to the iPod Power Adapter and plug the power adapter into an electrical outlet.

2. Toggle the Hold switch on and off. (Slide it to Hold, then turn it off again.)

3. Press and hold the Menu and Select buttons until the Apple logo appears, about 6 to 10 seconds. You may need to repeat this step.

But if you're not near a power cable, you can skip to step 2 or go straight to step 3, which is the important step.

The Mini seems to be especially prone to this. I almost never have to reset my 3rd Gen 40GB, but I had to reset my girlfriend's mini twice on the first day I bought it (fortunately the problem hasn't come up again, because she wouldn't know what to do with it, and she doesn't have the patience for me to tell her in advance.)

I know... I'm thinking about it. But there are things I really like about her (sex and style). And I really care about her as a person well... because I tend to do that with people I have sex with. And I'd miss her style, as it's hard to come by over here.

Originally posted by rfoye
i lived in HK three years. There are lots of women with style there. I recommend keeping that chick and branching out - maybe have 2-3 girlfriends. Good luck dude.

Thanks for the advice. Actually, there were times when the local style was better. Now the twentysomethings all wear that sloppy cotton multicolor layered look and I think it's horrible. I like girls that wear Miss Sixty and Guess and Sisley and Mango. And who know how to wear a miniskirt.

And then there's swimwear. You'd be surprised that if you go to the pool or the beach, only one out of twenty women (girls) wear bikinis. And when they do, they're usually the wide hip huge padded wired cup conservative kind. Ugh! It's no wonder girls here spend billions on slimming and end up thinner than Kate Moss without the hips. The fashion they wear just isn't flattering. You want to lose 20 pounds? Lose the baggy clothes.

Nope. HK is just too conservative. My girlfriend is one in a thousand who realizes that wearing a bra is not always flattering. The only thing I don't like about her is that she really doesn't like to wear heels. Oh, well. You can't win 'em all.