Old Hardware

I think I tossed out all of my old iPods when the boards died, but I’m gonna have to dig through the bins in the basement to see if there’s anything left: there’s a new project promising a modern, easily swappable motherboard for old iPods with Bluetooth, WiFi, 2TB of space and a 40-hour battery for 3G, 4G and Mini models. I had a 3G model at one point, and did try to swap in a new board for it almost ten years ago. That’s a long time to be hanging on to old broken tech, even for me, but there’s a slim chance it’s still downstairs. I’ll have to go see. The other option is to have the battery replaced in one of our old iPhones, which is usually about $70, but then there’s the frustrating issue of having it linked to my Apple account and trying to sync with my actual working phone, which messes both of them up. [scratches beard] …now that I’m thinking about it, I could just create a new Apple account for it with its own email address so that it’s separate. I’m going to try that. There…