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Keep Older Hardware Useful

A personal look at keeping an older iPod Hi-Fi useful, with its physical features and a Bluetooth adapter. The original moving receipt footage preserves the purchase-date context.

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And, uh, yeah, so this is, this device is 20 years old and it still hits just like brand new. That's crazy to me. Like, and the grill comes off. I mean, this is this is just an incredible piece of engineering here. So the back you can see there with the Apple logo. It has like a key. You just open that up, screwdriver or whatever to lock the back end, but that's where the, um, the large D cell batteries go in. I actually bought this Bluetooth receiver. So I can connect my iPhone, computer, laptop, AirPods, iPad, I mean, and then, you know, just play. And so it's pretty cool. I was playing some outcast on this one. There it is. So create things that endure. That's the magic.

Recorded late 2025.

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