John's Blog

I delude myself that I can roll with the punches, but in reality I dislike change as much as the next person. And sometimes I'll let little unimportant things "bug me" disproportionately. But knowing you have "issues" doesn't always make it easier to deal with them.

After ignoring repeated pop-ups telling me "There is a new version of iTunes available" I ignored their invitation to upgrade. I've learned the hard way to avoid any "beta" or "dot-zero" software. But when I tried to use iTunes recently it wasn't working so I realized it was now time to get the new version, because if I didn't I'd miss out on the weekly "free download" song. Great, I've got "issues" AND I'm cheap, a nice combination.

Luckily, the new version works just fine. The problem I have is that they went and changed the icon from the old familiar green to a blue one, which just doesn't cut it for me. Apparently, this isn't the first icon change as this iTunes Icon Timeline illustrates. And yes, I know I can change it back to the green one, but I won't bother. It just seems odd that with all the serious problems in the world, I'd be worried about the color of a desktop icon.

And speaking of music, I see that McSweeney's Lists has posted the Band Names Rejected by the Smashing Pumpkins:

Eating Candy

Wearing Costumes

Carving Pumpkins

Smashing Mailboxes

Egging Houses

TP'ing Front Yards

Drinking Schnapps

Razorblading Snickers

Shitbombing Principal Reynolds' Beemer

Riding in Squad Cars

Calling Stepdad for Bail

Doing Community Service

Tags: humor, pointless rambling, internet culture