I have an old 20GB iPod and even though I have a lot of music on there, I am only taking up half of the space available. So there's another 10GB kicking around doing nothing and so I decided to start putting some useful iPod tools on there for when I'm on the move. Some of that space was allocated for installing one of my favourite websites - Wikipedia.

Yes that's right. Thanks to iPodLinux, you can now have the entire Wikipedia encylopedia on your iPod.....

I was facing the age-old problem: Fix my dying gadget to squeeze another year out of it, or bite the bullet and pay full freight for a new one.

My iPod Mini was dead. It had shuffled off this mortal coil and joined the choir invisible.

Well, the screen still worked. But the battery wouldn't hold a charge. And when I popped in the headphones, it produced an ear-piercing screech not unlike a Ted Nugent guitar solo.

Once again I was facing the fix-it-or-forget-it conundrum. This time, instead of littering the landscape with another dead gadget, I went the fix-it route.

Note: I am using a 20GB iPod which I have already converted to use Flash memory (see my instructable on how to do this). Removing the original 20GB drive gives me enough room to install the Bluetooth circuit board. If you want to keep your hard drive, you might want to procure a 40GB or 60GB backing for your iPod so that you have enough room.

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