The iPod Project

Over the summer I decided to take the plunge and invest in an iPod. Typically I consider myself more of an early adopter, but after living in NY for the summer I definitely feel like I am the last person on the planet to obtain one of these nifty devices.

So last Tuesday, and by last Tuesday I mean a week ago not this past one, I set upon a massive undertaking to organize and catalogue 8 years worth of neglect on my mp3 library. This also included converting some CD song files that I had ripped into wma's a few years ago, namely about 120 CD's worth.

Starting Tuesday evening I have spent virtually every free minute of every day for the past 11 days working on this project. However, I am thrilled to say that after at least 50+ hours of work my entire library is immaculate. All that is left to do is the ripping of a dozen or so CD's purchased in the past year and my iPod directory is ready to rock.

Oh, and I bought it this past Monday. And let me tell you at 60 gigs this little baby is one hot mama. My main drive for this purchase is my upcoming 15 hr flight to and from China in October, and Paradis has been gracious enough to lend me his Bose headphones to try out for the trip. This in itself is fantastic as I have seriously considered buying a pair, but I really wanted to test them out before taking another $300 plunge on a set of headphones.

So I may be cramped in my bush league coach seat, but at least I'll be jamming in style.