Curse my inner geek!

My unconditional love for my iPod have never been a secret. I've spent more time with that thing than anything else in the world, apart from maybe my dog. It's been with me through a dozen books, thousands of songs, a bunch of podcast, millions of sudoku charts and quite a few movies and Top Gear episodes. It's kept me company through insomnia, boredom, depressions, road trips, parties, dog walks and even survived a few festivals! I've even stated that if my iPod ever went up in flames I wouldn't know what to do with myself - I'd probably have trouble falling to sleep at night.

Lately, thought, I've had to come to terms with it - my classic 30GB iPod have been showing signs of fatigue and old age. It's getting slower, the hard drive whirrs and buzzes louder and louder, and it freezes up or crashes more and more frequently. For the four years I've had it, not one day has gone by without me using it. The "old" and classic iPods has actual hard drives in them, similar to the one you have in your computer, and I've read several places that the life expectancy for a hard drive iPod is about a year, so four years of vigorous use is actually quite good. But, fearing the day my beloved gadget would draw it's last power charge and go dead forever, I realised I had to do something, and quick.

For once, I had some luck, and surprisingly found myself with a bit of cash left over. So, I paid my rent, the bills, bought a plane ticket to my sisters for the summer, put a bit aside with holidays in mind, and actually found that I wasn't broke! Knowing that I'm about to enter 3 years of student life and, consequently, 3 years of a tight economy, I thought it best to run to the shops and get my hands on a new gadget that would see me through nurse school. And voila - I am the proud owner of a new 8GB touch!

It's amazing what I can do with this thing. I can check my mail, follow twitter, continue to solve sudoku, watch movies, read books (or listen to them while doing something else), I can surf the web, listen to podcasts, check the weather forecast or check a map if I'm lost. Admittedly, I need a wireless internet connection to do many of these things, but those are everywhere these days, and more are being set up every day. And even if I find myself without web access I can still read or listen to books, watch movies and listen to music I have stored on the thing.

I think this new gadget and me are going to get along just fine.