After 3+ years my iPod finally gave out yesterday. Luckily there were no songs on there that I didn't have backed up elsewhere, but it does appear that I've lost all my ratings, unfortunately. In a last ditch effort to be able to get them off, I am currently freezing it in the hopes that I can get 20-30 minutes of working time.

The silver lining is that the 80GB iPod Classic I got to replace it is really nice. The interface isn't quite on the level of the iPhone, but the addition of Cover Flow and the half-screen menu is pretty terrific, and the display in general looks better than the one on Emily's iPod Video. Unfortunately, we're throwing a party tonight, which means I've got to spend most of the day copying stuff back over to this thing so that we can have music.