I have no accent...

What American accent do you have? Your Result: The Midland "You have a Midland accent" is just another way of saying "you don't have an accent." You probably are from the Midland (Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, and Missouri) but then for all we know you could be from Florida or Charleston or one of those big southern cities like Atlanta or Dallas. You have a good voice for TV and radio.
The Inland North
The South
The West
The Northeast
Philadelphia
Boston
North Central
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iPod shuffle Reset Utility 1.0.1 for Mac

A good friend of mine gave me a first generation iPod shuffle that could not be recognized. They had given up trying to fix it and knew I tinkered. Soooo..... if I could fix it, then I would have my very first iPod! Woo Hoo!

I dug around on the internet for a bit and came accross this magical tool on Apple's website called the iPod shuffle reset utility. After a few minutes of downloading, installing, and running I know am the proud owner of my first iPod. If your in a similar fix, follow me down the rabbit's hole....

(From Apple's website...)
About iPod shuffle Reset Utility 1.0.1 for Mac

The iPod shuffle Reset Utility restores First Generation iPod shuffle. The restore process completely erases all music and data on iPod shuffle and reinstalls software version 1.1.5.

Note:
iPod shuffle Reset Utility is only for First Generation 512MB and 1GB iPod shuffle. Any other iPod, including Second Generation iPod shuffle is not supported. If you are not sure which iPod you have, see Apple Support document 61688: Identifying different iPod models

Use the iPod shuffle Reset Utility to fix the following issues:

With the iPod shuffle switched on, pressing the Play button will cause amber and green LEDs to flash for a few seconds, and the unit will not play any music, nor can you sync music to it from iTunes. On a Windows PC, iPod shuffle will appear in My Computer as a “Removable Disk,” however the iPod shuffle volume will not mount correctly. The unit is listed in Device Manager under “Disk Drives” as “Apple iPod USB Device.” On a Mac, the unit will only be recognized in Apple System Profiler under Hardware -> USB and will not appear or mount in the Finder. When attempting to restore, the unit may not be recognized at all. However, if it is recognized, the restore may fail with an error dialog “Firmware update failure. Disk write error” or another error. It may take 3 restore attempts before the error appears. Note: iPod shuffle may take several minutes to be recognized.

Troy likes the Ponies

Here is my friend Troy on his trusty steed, Giblet. 

Happy Birthday Nathaniel!

In honor of what would have been my son's first birthday...

Men Do Cry

By Ken Falk

I heard quite often "men don’t cry"
Though no one ever told me why.
So when I fell and skinned a knee,
No one came by to comfort me.

And when some bully-boy at school
Would pull a prank so mean and cruel,
I’d quickly learn to turn and quip,
"It doesn’t hurt," and bite my lip.

So as I grew to reasoned years,
I learned to stifle any tears.
Though "Be a big boy" it began,
Quite soon I learned to "Be a man."

And I could play that stoic role
While storm and tempest wracked my soul.
No pain or setback could there be
Could wrest one single tear from me.
Then one long night I stood nearby
And helplessly watched my son die.
And quickly found, to my surprise,
That all that tearless talk was lies.

And still I cry, and have no shame.
I cannot play that "big boy" game.
And openly, without remorse,
I let my sorrow take its course.

So those of you who can’t abide
A man you’ve seen who’s often cried,
Reach out to him with all your heart
As one whose life’s been torn apart.

For men DO cry when they can see
Their loss of immortality.
And tears will come in endless streams
When mindless fate destroys their dreams.