Published: November 8, 2007
A FEW months ago, Stephen Ironside, a student at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, confronted a minor but modern tragedy: the iPod that filled his life with song stopped working.
Dave Ember
The device was out of warranty, and Apple would not fix it free. So he left it in a drawer until he happened to read a blog posting on CrunchGear.com
that described how he might fix it — with a small, folded piece of
paper. Mr. Ironside celebrated by posting thanks on the blog: “I’ve
been on CDs for months. You saved my life (and my iPod).”