Software "on" ipod

Just as Sony is embarrassed by and switches off their "copy protection" I am enjoying technological interoperability thanks to my music player, USB, Apple, Linux, and Things Just Working™.

I just checked out a branch of some BBC code I'm working on onto my ipod Shuffle. I can hack directly on it at home on my Powerbook, stick it back into the Linux development box, and then just run a commit. In the time it took to sync the repository the device got a little charge off the USB port. Now I'm listening to it. Wild stuff!

(To have your Linux box talk to your Shuffle all that's probably needed is,
mkdir /mnt/ipod
cat >> /etc/fstab
/dev/sda1 /mnt/ipod vfat sync,user,noauto,umask=000 0 0
^D
mount /mnt/ipod
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