Well my last full post spoke of my disappointment with my MP3 player not working on my new computer.  Well, the good news is that I got my old machine working for long enough to upgrade the firmware successfully - and apparently WMP11 does successfully sync with my Zen now!  And also the upgrade means I can simply plug my player in and drag-and-drop folders of music, which is so much easier.  The bad news is that the the listening project I was enjoying so much has been gazumped because the firmware upgrade formatted my player.  Now I'm trying to put music back onto it, which takes a long time.  Also I'll never get back that old playlist of music I had, so I'll have to restart from scratch,  most likely skipping the tracks I remember hearing up to 'Love Remains' by Mansun (which was the next track to play before formatting).

Inspiration failed to strike - still no gift for Vicki.  And I still have food shopping to attend to.