Perhaps this is serendipity. Today I attended a workshop about podcasting. This rekindled an interest of mine into getting an iPod shuffle. Normally my desire would be for a higher end device, but I just do not want to strap another device to my "utility belt". A shuffle is so small and lightweight it would be unobtrusive.

Then it occurred to me that a shuffle would be perfect for the gym too. I am not really one to buy accessories for the gym, but it does seem like this would be handy.

My big question right now is to find out how many podcasts can actually fit onto one of these things. I know Apple says 240 four-minute songs encoded in their format will fit. What does that convert to in minutes in .mp3?

Anyhow, it'll make for a nice Father's Day gift, methinks.