Restarting iPod

SINCE I AM falling behind in my listening preferences, I decided to restore my five year-old iPod (at left, in the white sleeve) to daily operations after an 18-month hiatus. Moreoever, I started letting iTunes sync the old fellow and I'm delighted with the results because I'm getting a friendly convergence that works well in my life. I can let my laptop run while I'm reading and it will grab podcasts that interest me. When I cable the iPod to the laptop, those podcasts drop onto the iPod just like Steve Jobs promised. And any podcasts I've heard will drop off the iPod, freeing space without me working at the problem. I also like the way I can direct iTunes to tailor its operations to specific things. So I've changed the default music library to my removeable terabyte. I've also discovered the iPod will handle recorded voice mails and MP3 tracks recorded on my Nokia E90 so I pull them onto the iPod and easily find them under the "Recently Added" menu. All these things scrobble over through Last.fm, giving me a record of my listening patterns. At this point, the iPod is the longest-serving technology in myh Bihn bag, beating several audio cables in the competition for the most durable gear in my gadget bag.

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