• I am almost at my goal with PayPerPost. My goal is $400 - that’s the iPod plus the iSkin case plus the A/C charger it turns out I didn’t need. I only need a couple more posts to make that goal! Hang in there folks (especially Kelly), we’re almost done. And then I will have a fully paid-for supah-cool iPod with no guilt about spending all that money. Blogging for cash is great, though I’ll be glad when I’ve met my goal and take a break!
• Speaking of the iSkin case, it arrived today. It took me a good 20 minutes to get it on the iPod and fitted perfectly and without dust or cat hair under any part of it. It looks awesome and I feel so much better knowing my iPod is protected.
• My fingertip is not protected, though. I accidentally ripped a whole lot of the nail off last night, then tonight I got the fingertip bandaid wet and didn’t bother to put on a new one. Oh well.
• tiny_elbow had wanted to know what podcasts I listen to, so here’s the list. Obviously all the video podcasts are new subscriptions.
  A Way with Words - Amateur Traveler (video) - Atheist Viewpoint (video) - BBC Ouch! - Faggregator (video) - GenderTalk - MouseTunes - NeoCast - The ADHD Podcaster - The DisabilityNation Podcast - This Week in Tech - Thrill Network: In the Loop - WAMU’s Kojo Nnamdi Tech Tuesday

eudyptes gave me his old iPod Shuffle because he didn’t use it much anyway, so now I am listening to podcasts. (I already had a $200 40GB Polaroid MP3 player, but the user interface sucks so bad that I never used it.) So far the podcasts I have subscribed to include:

• Ouch! - a BBC podcast about disability issues
• Brini Maxwell’s Hints for Gracious Living - produced by alt.NPR
• Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me - the NPR news quiz show
• Tech Tuesday - Kojo Nnamdi’s weekly technology feature on WAMU
• In The Loop - news and commentary about the amusement park industry

I know there are many more podcasts out there to discover…feel free to share your favorites!