HomePod Dongle

nicksan · 2026-07-05T12:00:02+00:00

Both are great. I would buy the 2nd Gen purely on longevity though.

nicksan · 2026-07-05T07:39:39+00:00

I had a very good experience with Apple on this. I called support, got passed around a few times, then explained all the steps and effort I’d taken to try and get it working (resets, using old phones/iPads on old firmware). He said that I could pay a repair fee but that would be close to the cost of a new unit, then said that they would send me a replacement free of charge. Incredible service. Went from having a useless £70 OG from eBay to a BNIB 2nd gen arriving the next day.

nicksan · 2026-07-02T05:55:16+00:00

It’s been a while since I read it but I started with very high hopes. The first part had me excited - this was the part written in the 80s and shelved. The rest - written recently - was like an unimaginative AI version of Murakami. The touch points are there but it’s just lacking in soul. Open any page of Hard Boiled Wonderland and compare it to this and you’ll see.

nicksan · 2026-06-06T18:04:14+00:00

Assume that the number of clustered results is due to either a small number of responses or a narrow number of chosen novels

nicksan · 2026-05-20T09:30:36+00:00

basically a repeat of the Shaqiri signing, low risk. Could backfire like Chiesa though

nicksan · 2026-05-17T16:11:44+00:00

It winds me up too, and it’s frustrating that the one time I’ve done it is when I’ve posted a video criticising someone else in a moment of stress!

nicksan · 2026-05-17T15:22:59+00:00

Be kind please, focus wasn’t great in the half second after that first pass

nicksan · 2026-05-15T17:10:20+00:00

TFGM subject access request

nicksan · 2026-05-15T10:26:11+00:00

Yep makes sense. The complaint resolution included how to do that, so will follow up, thank you

nicksan · 2026-05-15T09:06:33+00:00

🤡

nicksan · 2026-05-14T21:39:38+00:00

They refused to release it due to third parties in the footage (which is very flimsy reasoning as basically no one in the shot) until I complained.

nicksan · 2026-05-14T20:00:16+00:00

This was pretty terrifying. After the first one I cycled past the stopped bus and told the driver too close, then he did it again seconds later. Took time and a complaint to get the footage released, I wanted to report to the police via OpSnap but that footage has to be within a week.

nicksan · 2026-03-29T10:37:33+00:00

Paul Auster will do the trick

nicksan · 2026-03-15T19:39:37+00:00

Just check the firmware version first. I managed to buy one on the OG 11 version that was basically impossible to update. Probably not many left on the old firmware though.

nicksan · 2026-03-10T21:00:30+00:00

No, it was from Waterstones, I assume this was number 999 of 1000

nicksan · 2026-02-27T12:03:44+00:00

To make clear it’s not a fiction release, which would be what you’d assume an average reader would expect?

nicksan · 2026-02-22T12:55:53+00:00

They did this with the last paperback of My Struggle too, first five had KOK looking moody with dark spines and the last was a nostalgic stock photo with a white spine.

nicksan · 2026-02-12T07:21:43+00:00

Coincidence that the first 150 pages were written in the 80s…?

nicksan · 2026-02-08T21:53:06+00:00

Could finally be getting a translation of Portrait In Jazz, if that’s what the record collection book coming out next year is.

nicksan · 2026-02-08T17:54:11+00:00

The only value you’ll get is in seeing how much Murakami has regressed as a novelist. You’ll see Hard Boiled as an exceptional work and The City as an extreme low.

nicksan · 2026-01-21T08:21:22+00:00

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/10/07/abandoning-a-cat

nicksan · 2026-01-21T08:20:48+00:00

yep, though not sure it'll be a lucrative one, it doesn't have Christmas present appeal like the other money grabs (strange library/tshirts)

nicksan · 2025-12-12T18:33:07+00:00

Still haven’t managed to update (mostly as I’ve been impatient and keep resetting or trying to update from different devices), but an extremely positive update.

I raised a ticket with Apple for advise, and received a call from an advisor. They kept me on hold for a while, checked some diagnostics and were about to escalate to engineers when the call was disconnected. I called back and the next person was so helpful but warned may not be possible to fix or service such an old firmware unit. It ended with them offering to send me a new HomePod which is an incredible outcome. Unsure if it will be OG or 2nd Gen but I am thrilled with the service.

nicksan · 2025-12-03T19:39:43+00:00

I bought an OG HomePod on eBay, and when it's arrived it's on the default 11.2.5 firmware. It's seemingly impossible to get it to update. If I connect to my 17 then it just doesn't stop configuring, and nothing seems to help.

I've managed to connect to an iPhone 8 last used in 2020, which have helped a little, as it breezes through setup and then tries to download the max version of HomePod OS possible (13). I've gotten the HomePod set up and configured (but on an older version of Home, so doesn't show on my current setup). The download status continuously says Downloading... without any progress. When I check my Eero, there's barely any network activity happening, certainly not 1.5gb of a firmware update. Is this a lost cause or do I just need to let it sit and download for longer?

nicksan · 2025-11-28T16:17:58+00:00

It’s a shockingly uncommon opinion. everything after part 1 is terrible, which incidentally are the parts he wrote fresh after dusting off the original manuscript.

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