Have I mentioned that I love my iPod?

Although it’s great for listening to music, I’ve found that I receive the greatest joy from listening to DVD commentaries, radio broadcasts, language lessons and audiobooks.

I enjoy listening to the director’s commentaries that are so often included on DVD, but I sometimes find that it’s difficult to make the time to check it out and watch the whole film again. In the case of [url=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000634DCW/bujinkanmartia0b/]The Return of the King Special Edition DVD[/url], there are four separate commentaries that each span two DVDs! That would be 16 hours of sitting in front of the TV or PC. So, I rip the audio from the DVDs using DVD Audio Extractor and save them in mp3 format, create a playlist on my Pod and listen to them while commuting to and from work and training. It’s great!

I’ve also been checking out Opie & Anthony XM broadcasts that I download. Look around, they’re out there for free for us non-XM-subscribers.

Then there are various audiobooks and I’ve been keeping up with my nihongo (Japanese) studies using the Pimsleur series.

Since I drive at least 2 hours each day, I like to make use of this time. My iPod lets me be efficient and when I want to rock out to some tunes, I can do that as well! I love my iPod!