Getting ready for Mexico with my new MP3 player

A few days ago my new MP3 recorder and player arrived in the mail, and I've been playing with it every chance I get. Right now it's recording a cassette I bought some 25 years ago.

I didn't get an iPod, the most famous of all MP3 players. Nope, I did a lot of research and ended up getting a second-hand iriver H320 from eBay. That 20 means it has a 20 gigabyte hard drive. It's already out of production and thenew iriver H340 has double the storage! I chose this brand and model especially for two reasons: because I can copy our large collection of old cassettes directly to it without going through my computer and because it's said to have exceptional sound quality for all forms of recording. That ties in with Mexico and makes up for its interface being not very intuitive. I'm also using it to practice Spanish lessons.

I will use this MP3 recorder/player for this blog. I look forward to standing around listening to street musicians and taping a little for the blog. Also, there were a number of times when we were in Mexico when we were going somewhere and it would have been fun to have a running commentary about what was going on around me... better yet if Kelly was taking photos at the same time! So when we go back, there will be sound at times here!

Actually, even before we go back, I expect to post a bit of Mexican sound. We were in Michoacan in 1979 and taped some kids talking and singing. It's on a cassette somewhere, probably on the shelves here in my office. I just took a look at all the cassettes there and decided that finding it is going to have to wait for another day.