I’ve posted about last year’s Nano  and have just been thinking about the evolution of iPods. We have one of the very first ones and use it on our Bose dock and when I have a studio session. I have an extensive Kid’s playlist and then just play what ever for other clients. I might even ask a senior to bring their own iPod so they can have fun and I can get exposed to “different” music.

I finally have a workout routine in place – four days each week at the Y with that little Nano with the Nike sensor on it. I have a plan to get me ready to walk the Lincoln-Douglas 5K at the beginning of August with the rest of my family. Each week I increase the walking by one-tenth of a mile and when I’m done somebody like Lance Armstrong or Joan Benoit Samuelson inspires me by saying, “Congratulations, you’ve just completed your longest run ever.”

Yesterday I came across a Flickr group for the Nike+iPod Sensor which led me to a post about which shoes people wear which led me to sites that hack adding the sensor in different shoes which led me to this cool hack  that uses Google’s mapping application to help record distances traveled and calories burned during a running or walking workout. Yeah, that’s the way it always goes – one thing leads to another that leads to another …

My Christmas iPod Touch is like carrying around a mini computer. If you have a Wi-Fi connection (like at the new Burchard stop light) you can access gmail or any other website with the Safari browser. The iTunes app is amazinging but I really am pleased with how my pictures look on it. I’m now including one of these in my new Extreme Wedding Package!