Having recently joined the cult of Apple, I developed a jones for an iPod that needed urgent fulfilling, so fulfill it I did.  The thing has just been delivered to me.  I am gratified.

Being a sad, sorry man of various flavors, my computers and cell phones have all been named after a particular Mind in one of Iain M. Banks’ novels.  And so, the Apple Store having offered free engraving when I ordered my iPod, the shiny metal back of the machine now bears these marks:

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