When Ikuko left the dining room after sitting us down there, I
turned to Usagi and placed one of my spare iPods in front of her,
along with a set of vintage 2025 Skullcandy earbuds. "Here you
go."
She picked it up and turned it over in her hands. "Huh? What's
this?"
"That, teishi, is an iPod Zoom. It's like a Walkman, only
smaller and with a lot more music on it."
Usagi frowned at the device, which at about a third the size of a
pack of cigarettes was probably smaller than any music player
she'd ever seen before. "How much more?"
I chuckled. "Remember I said I had something like thirty
thousand songs in my collection?" She nodded and I went on.
"There's about fifteen thousand songs on there."
I'm going to miss Usagi-chan's wild takes when she gets older and
jaded, but for the moment I enjoyed the wide eyes and the sudden
fumbling grasp. "How far in the future is it from?" she finally
managed to get out.
"The first version of this device will come out in less than ten
years; this one is from maybe a decade after that. Here," I
said, rescuing the iPod before she dropped it, "let me show you
how to work it."
turned to Usagi and placed one of my spare iPods in front of her,
along with a set of vintage 2025 Skullcandy earbuds. "Here you
go."
She picked it up and turned it over in her hands. "Huh? What's
this?"
"That, teishi, is an iPod Zoom. It's like a Walkman, only
smaller and with a lot more music on it."
Usagi frowned at the device, which at about a third the size of a
pack of cigarettes was probably smaller than any music player
she'd ever seen before. "How much more?"
I chuckled. "Remember I said I had something like thirty
thousand songs in my collection?" She nodded and I went on.
"There's about fifteen thousand songs on there."
I'm going to miss Usagi-chan's wild takes when she gets older and
jaded, but for the moment I enjoyed the wide eyes and the sudden
fumbling grasp. "How far in the future is it from?" she finally
managed to get out.
"The first version of this device will come out in less than ten
years; this one is from maybe a decade after that. Here," I
said, rescuing the iPod before she dropped it, "let me show you
how to work it."
-- Bob
I have been Roland, Beowulf, Achilles, Gilgamesh, Clark Kent, Mary Sue, DJ Croft, Skysaber. I have been
called a hundred names and will be called a thousand more before the sun grows dim and cold....
I have been Roland, Beowulf, Achilles, Gilgamesh, Clark Kent, Mary Sue, DJ Croft, Skysaber. I have been
called a hundred names and will be called a thousand more before the sun grows dim and cold....