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I have an "old" 20GB iPod which no longer holds its charge for very long.  I had pretty much retired it in favor of a new 60GB iPod.  It had previously made its way to work with me every day, but since it only remained charged for an hour or so, it soon lost its appeal.

At the same time, I’ve been wanting to get access to all my music in my car.  I have a six CD changer, but I rarely change out the CDs.  For whatever reason, I never think about it and its inconvenient to find a CD that I want.

So I combined these two scenarios by buying a cigarette lighter power source and a cassette tape interface for the old iPod.  Now the old iPod travels in the car with all my music and its charge capacity is not a factor since it has a constant power source.  Sweet.

I think its only a matter of time before CD changers go away completely.  And even iPods probably have a limited life span in that environment.  It seems like some sort of wireless solution must be around the corner.  As in, I’ll have my own channel out in the ether of the Internet and my car (or my home equipment) will be able to access it.

In the words of Kip, "I love technology."