i was playing with the new version of mac os x (tiger) but didn’t want to install it to my local hard drive, so i had a pc formatted ipod i was about to zap any way, so i formatted it and installed tiger on the ipod. while it’s not a good idea to use an ipod a mac hard drive, it’s good for testing and emergencies if needed
while the ipod isn’t exactly something you want to read pages and pages of information on, there’s lots of times, i call them “hostage times” when you’re just standing in line or waiting when it would be cool to read some headlines or news on something. since i sync my ipod up a lot, i figured i could use ipodagent to get all my rss feeds over, works pretty good
man, this took awhile to cook up, but it was worth it. using an ir transmitter from griffin and included pocket pc software, i recorded the “sounds” my remotes to the dvd player, tv, etc
i had this small solar panel that charged pdas “okay” but not really that great, so once i started using a spot watch (fm radio data watch) i thought it might do a better job charging the watch, it did, and it also was the start of the solar powered ipod project.
want to add 10 hours of playing time to your ipod with a cool project? here’s a great one using a firewire socket, some batteries, wire and box of playing cards.
