I got the battery from iPodJuice.com. It took literally 15 minutes from start to finish. The part that took the longest was getting the iPod open. Thankfully, iPodJuice supplies a tool that facilitates taking the thing apart, but getting the hang of taking the thing apart takes a minute or two. Now that I've done it once, I'm confident I'd be able to do it again for a non-mini, non-nano iPod.

The advertised battery life is ... well, much longer than 30 to 60 minutes, that's for damn sure It's charging right now, and I was glad the thing powered up, spun the hard drive, and showed my songs

Anyway, the weekend's coming. I'm glad. I'll be sleeping quite late tomorrow ...