Klar's Journal: Just Ordered an iPod :)

I've been wanting an iPod for a while now, but being a student, I have no money. Until last week when I got a job as a Teaching Assistant for a second year programing class. The pay is great, and it isn't a whole lot of work.

I got my paycheck Thursday night, ordered my iPod Friday, and got an email today saying that it has been shipped! Pretty fast for shipping from my experience with other electronics online stores. I got the faster shipping, so I should be getting it sometime this week!

I got the 20GB one, cause it was $100 cheaper and I don't feel that I need the extra 20GB of storage for the price. I have a laptop, so it isn't shouldn't take too long to switch any songs up that I want to keep it under 20GB.

Anyways, I'm new to the whole iPod thing, and was wondering if anyone had any tips for a new user. Also, I've heard that there are 3rd party programs and firmware, any recomendations?