Steve another good thread!
I have the 40 gig photo and I would die without it. I litteraly take it everywhere i go.
I downloaded a program for it updates my rss feeds, weather, movie showtimes and horoscope and maps for my area, and lyrics in a note pad to selected artits. Its kinda cool to listen to a song and really look at the lyrics and see what they mean. Finding out what a song you have listened for years is about is kinda neat
With the features on my cell phone and my ipod I really have turned it into a ghetto palm pilot.
I have it loaded to the nuts with music I love having an entire discography of the artist on hand! I would say I have way more than 20k worth of music on it.
I also have some great audio books by Tony Robbins, Brain Tracey and Steven Covey just to name a few! Those are great to keep you motivated. FAst food Nation, Naurtual Cures by that Kevin Trudeu dude from tv a good listen! I also have a vast varity of stand up comedy on hand to make you smile when Im feeling down. I also have some mood music, some hynosis tracks as well. I really have my ipod tweeked content wise.
I also use it as a portable hard drive where I keep a few movies on hand that I have never seen before so when I have some down time I always got a fresh new movie to watch on my computer!
2 quick tips:
Buy the apple care plan. I had one go down and its worth the money!
When using a different computer make sure you dont have the update you ipod automaticly checked in itunes or it will replace your old library with you new one. I have lost an entire library worth of songs cause of that
I havent found a case I like yet, that reminds me I should look online now.
What are those boom boxes like. I think i want one for my bedside. I wouldn't mind waking up to some slayer some days! haha