The Robots Are Rebelling
Seriously. They’re all quitting on me. I present for your perusal a shopping list of failed technology since I came to this island:
- Cell phone charger - Fortunately I solved this by getting a new phone.
- New phone - Power button got stuck after 1 day of use, making the phone shut off randomly.
- MOTU Ultralite - The interface that powers my entire performance? Yeah. Same story- shutting off randomly in the middle of a concert. Nothing like dead silence in the middle of a song with a packed dance floor.
- In-ear monitors - The wireless system that lets me hear myself when I sing? The $900 wireless system that keeps me from shouting my voice out? Yeah. Not working now.
- Earbuds - The $150 Shure earbuds I use for my monitors during performances? The right ear stopped working.
- Replacement earbuds - The $150 Shure earbuds I bought to replace them? The left ear stopped working a week after I bought them. And Sweetwater sent their replacement to my home in Boston. Thanks.
- The Myxcercycle - Somehow the controller unit shorted out, hopefully the new one will arrive today. In the mean time I’ve been pedaling a 55-pound bike with magnetic resistance on the front wheel.
- And now, MagSafe - The power brick for my MacBook came apart. I get to spend the next week borrowing power cables whenever possible and running off of battery a lot.
Update: AppleCare is fooking amazing, btw. They’re overnighting me a new one for free. It’s an 18-month-old power brick and they’re just replacing it.
Someone please wake me when the rebellion is over. I just want my robots to behave again.


August 25th, 2008 at 10:28 am
Bermuda Triangle for robots!
Sorry so much stuff on the blink at once! Here’s to Boston making them work better again in five days.
August 25th, 2008 at 6:21 pm
Yeouch. I know Apple’s got a recall for those Magsafe adapters, so replacing it is par for the course.
Damn…. Time to call the credit card company you charged all of it on.
August 26th, 2008 at 1:10 am
Sorry to hear of the dying mechanatons… that’s a lot of money! ;P