oh, the fingerprints

I have now returned from Mac Expo. Ms Sponge and I had a great time. Lots of lovely stuff for us to see and play with. I did manage to get myself a good deal on an iPod and an iTrip too. I couldn't wait to get home so that I could play with them. I have now charged it up and have been playing with it while. It is truly lovely. The iTrip works fine, and the sound quality is about what I'd expected - FM radio quality. Not bad and certainly something you can listen to. The iPod is even better than I had expected. The usual ease of use that I have come to expect from Apple is certainly there, and, of course, the beautiful design. The remote control is a work of art. But, the fingerprints are already driving me to distraction. I have resolved only to handle it with gloves on...Which may sound a bit weird to someone who has never handled one of these things, but to have all that beauty marred by greasy fingerprints is a sin against the design gods...Fortunately, fingerprints do not affect the sound very much.

I have already been toying with the idea of hacking it so that I can remove the volume cap. However, I am going to play with it a bit longer before doing that, because I am sure that I will muck it all up at least once, and have to reset it all. That seems to be par for the course for me.