Juice, iTunes, and General Apple Sillyness

So I go to download Juice today because I want to listen to WGBH Morning Stories on my iPod.  Juice opens iTunes (which I hate and do not use).  iTunes thows a bunch of popups… Download new iPod software for your iPod now!  So I do.

53.4 MEGS!

What could they possibly need to change or add that would require a 54 Meg download?  I haven’t installed the update yet, but I will predict exactly how it will go.

• Install update.
• Update completely successfully.

• Browse through iPod menus and see absolutely nothing new or different.
• iPod works exactly as it did prior to the update

Isn’t it fantastic the way that computers save us time?

p.s. Omnipotent Being, I hate iTunes.

[UPDATE]

The iPod update went even worse than predicted!  Hurrah!

• I had to reboot my computer, which was an unexpected convenience!  Thanks Apple!
• Then the updater told me that my iPod was out of date, would I like to update?  Hell yeah!
• Update successful!  Hurrah!
• Now please disconnect your iPod from your PC and plug in your external adapter to it can flash the memory.  Ummmm….
• I’m at work and my FRIGGIN EXTERNAL ADAPTER IS AT HOME.  I DON’T CARRY IT AROUND WITH ME AND THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO TELL ME BEFORE THE UPDATED THAT I WOULD NEED MY EXTERNAL ADAPTER IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THE MOTHER FRIGGIN UPDATE.
• So now my iPod is dead for the next 8 hours.  Thanks Apple!
• Would it have been so difficult to provide a single sentence stating, “Updating requires the use of your external power adapter.  Do you want to continue?”  Thanks Apple!

W00t!  Sheesh… that reminds me, I keep forgetting to check Woot!