{"id":1950,"date":"2003-11-15T04:06:48","date_gmt":"2003-11-15T20:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/15\/ipod-rocks\/"},"modified":"2019-12-06T10:42:56","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T18:42:56","slug":"ipod-rocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/15\/ipod-rocks\/","title":{"rendered":"iPod Rocks!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:12821,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.ipodrocks.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20070811002612\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.ipodrocks.com\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-12 03:03:33&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-12 09:24:31&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-12 09:24:31&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:12822,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.apple.com\\\/ipod\\\/ads&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20090525143934\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.apple.com\\\/ipod\\\/ads\\\/\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-12 03:03:37&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-20 03:42:08&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-12 09:24:33&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-12 09:24:33&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:12823,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.macrumors.com\\\/pages\\\/2003\\\/11\\\/20031114105958.shtml&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20061022105313\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.macrumors.com\\\/pages\\\/2003\\\/11\\\/20031114105958.shtml&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-12 03:03:38&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-20 03:42:14&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-12 09:24:34&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-12 09:24:34&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/graphics\/2003\/11\/graphics\/pierce.jpg\" title=\"I promise not to pierce myself.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"I promise not to pierce myself.\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/graphics\/2003\/11\/graphics\/pierce-thumb.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"196\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Looks like Apple&#8217;s gearing up for the holiday season with a new teen-focused website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipodrocks.com\/\" title=\"iPod for the Holidays\">ipodrocks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s rather cleverly done, if a little uneven. Lots of short little flash-style animations (apparently it&#8217;s Flash wrapped inside Quicktime &#8212; odd), some short demos of the iPod and how it works, and various &#8220;hints and tips&#8221; on how to convince your parents to get you an iPod. Some of the iCards that can be sent through the site gave me a laugh &#8212; the one I&#8217;ve got pictured here was my favorite of the bunch. There are also &#8220;help around the home&#8221; coupons, a points-for-grades suggestion, and even a small screensaver featuring the dancing silhouettes from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/ipod\/ads\/\" title=\"Apple - iPod - iPod Ad Gallery\">recent iPod ads<\/a> listed as &#8220;subliminal advertising&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve already noticed iPod ads on quite a few of the buses around the Seattle area. Looks like we&#8217;re going to be seeing a lot of those bright iPod ads over the coming months.<\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/pages\/2003\/11\/20031114105958.shtml\" title=\"iPodRocks.com from Apple\">MacRumors<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looks like Apple&#8217;s gearing up for the holiday season with a new teen-focused website at ipodrocks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2039,2035],"tags":[65],"class_list":["post-1950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-apple","category-music","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1950\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}