Protective tabs for IPod sync Cable?

December 25, 2006 4:27 PM

Where can I purchase (or obtain) the plastic tabs that protect the ends of the iPod USB sync cable?
posted by edverb (45 comments total)

Dammit! please hope me Matt or Jess...this was clearly meant for AskMe. Let the flogging begin.
posted by edverb at 4:29 PM on December 25, 2006

Don't worry - I once drank so much eggnog that I went colorblind too. It should wear off in a couple hours.
posted by lekvar at 4:30 PM on December 25, 2006

No more eggnog for you!!
posted by matty at 4:31 PM on December 25, 2006

On the bright side, it's not a double post...
posted by uosuaq at 4:32 PM on December 25, 2006

In the spirit of Christmas, we won't take this to MetaTalk.
posted by etc. at 4:33 PM on December 25, 2006

meta
posted by edverb at 4:34 PM on December 25, 2006

In answer to your question, I would walk into an Apple store and beg for one!
posted by HuronBob at 4:36 PM on December 25, 2006

you'll shoot your eye out.
posted by Espoo2 at 4:38 PM on December 25, 2006 [2 favorites]

It's really unnecessary to take this to MeTa, since obviously more people will see it here. All you've done was open up two threads for people to flogg you! :)
posted by delmoi at 4:38 PM on December 25, 2006

I am so ashamed. First I lose the stupid little tab protector thingies, and now this. Sigh.
posted by edverb at 4:41 PM on December 25, 2006

Nelson Christmas laugh:
HO ho!
posted by hal9k at 4:41 PM on December 25, 2006

You're getting a lump coal. :(
posted by The Deej at 4:49 PM on December 25, 2006

Aw, Santa is a benevolent and forgiving god, I'm sure you will get the tab protector thingies in your stocking.
posted by Pollomacho at 4:55 PM on December 25, 2006

1 user marked this as a favorite:

Aw, now that's just mean.
posted by mediareport at 5:02 PM on December 25, 2006

I can't decide which thread to flog you in!
posted by languagehat at 5:07 PM on December 25, 2006

I'm sure you will get the tab protector thingies in your stocking.

Yeah, but there'll be little bits of stocking lint up in them, and that'll get transferred into the cables, and then into the iPod, and then edverb's Best of the Eagles is gonna sound like Metal Machine Music, and then... hey, it'll be a merry christmas after all!
posted by flapjax at midnite at 5:07 PM on December 25, 2006

Its the real Santa. Get him Jesus!
posted by subaruwrx at 5:11 PM on December 25, 2006

At least you didn't post another announcement that James Brown died.
posted by StarForce5 at 5:17 PM on December 25, 2006

Hey, did you guys hear that James Brown died?
posted by Partial Law at 5:18 PM on December 25, 2006

Best. FPP. Ever.
posted by c:\awesome at 5:19 PM on December 25, 2006

Hey, did you guys hear that James Brown died?

At least he didn't get made into a sandwich.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 5:21 PM on December 25, 2006

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posted by Effigy2000 at 5:22 PM on December 25, 2006

Blast. That looked fine on preview.
posted by Effigy2000 at 5:22 PM on December 25, 2006

I thought this was a present for all of us actually reading MetaFilter on Christmas, y'know, just to keep us entertained. Thanks edverb, just what I needed.

Looks good to me Effigy!
posted by bobobox at 5:25 PM on December 25, 2006

Should we even mention the fact that you typed "hope"(?) instead of "help"
posted by MCTDavid at 5:25 PM on December 25, 2006

Should we even mention the fact that you typed "hope"(?) instead of "help"?

Ooooh, now it's getting even better!
posted by flapjax at midnite at 5:32 PM on December 25, 2006

They call me an old fart because I'm silent but deadly.
posted by Afroblanco at 5:33 PM on December 25, 2006

I have nothing to add.
posted by oddman at 5:33 PM on December 25, 2006

There has never been a time where we've needed the IMG tag back more than this.
posted by Rhomboid at 5:36 PM on December 25, 2006

It's like a Snarkmas Day miracle!
posted by splice at 5:41 PM on December 25, 2006

How is any of this related to pancakes? Mmmm...pancakes...nevermind.
posted by Bixby23 at 5:43 PM on December 25, 2006

Rhomboid, you are so very, very wise...

(daydreams about some of my favorite Mefi train-wreck threads... *sniffle* why was it taken from us in the first place?)
posted by Jezztek at 5:43 PM on December 25, 2006

Should we even mention the fact that you typed "hope"(?) instead of "help"

Hope me.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 5:49 PM on December 25, 2006

poop
posted by jewzilla at 5:53 PM on December 25, 2006

MCTDavid: Check out the 11th point.
posted by niles at 5:53 PM on December 25, 2006 [1 favorite]

i just want to post in this thread before it's gone forever, like 06 baby!
posted by nola at 5:56 PM on December 25, 2006

Not only is this question in the wrong place, it is also very boring. Way to be.

You just ruined my Christmas.
posted by _sirmissalot_ at 5:56 PM on December 25, 2006

Merry Christmas!
posted by yeoz at 5:58 PM on December 25, 2006

hey, you forgot the link
posted by pyramid termite at 5:58 PM on December 25, 2006

The Baby Jesus hopes drunks and fools!!!! Merry Christmas!!!
posted by snsranch at 6:06 PM on December 25, 2006

you'll shoot your eye out.

holy crap, that was being said on tv (the family's watching christmas story) at the same time i read it.
posted by puritycontrol at 6:15 PM on December 25, 2006

edverb

Which side of the cable do you need caps for? Because I found these which might fit the bill.

[waitaminute... this background is the wrong color... Oh well, must be my monitor. And thus continues my long standing tradition of just skipping to the end of the thread and posting without ever looking at any of the previous comments. No one will ever be the wiser.]
posted by quin at 6:20 PM on December 25, 2006

It's like a Snarkmas Day miracle!

I hope I learn the true meaning of Snarkmas from this thread.
posted by frecklefaerie at 6:31 PM on December 25, 2006

Quin, thanks. That's pretty nifty, and would probably work for one side of the cable. I need caps for both sides, the USB and the iPod proprietary connectors seen here.

Grandma always told me "Eddie, when you find yourself in a hole, stop digging." Sorry Grandma.
posted by edverb at 6:33 PM on December 25, 2006

edverb: You can buy iPod Cables. I imagine they would come with caps.
posted by delmoi at 6:35 PM on December 25, 2006