Have I mentioned that I love my iPod?<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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!<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Then there are various audiobooks and I’ve been keeping up with my nihongo (Japanese) studies using the Pimsleur series.<\/p>\n
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!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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 … Continue reading