Happiness is a brand spanking new überly cool 40 GB iPod! Those firewire ports on my Blue & White were catching dust. Through the years I never did find any use for them, until today. The speed is amazing! I synchronized my iTunes library of 9 GB in less than a hour. Now what to do with the other 31 GB? Backup my home folder, of course!

Hopefully Apple will implement “Home on iPod” feature that was rumored to be deleted from Panther’s Mobility page:

Home away from home
Ever thought you could carry your home in the palm of your hands or in your pocket? You can. Panther’s Home on iPod feature lets you store: your home directory, files, folders, apps; on your iPod (or any FireWire hard drive) and take it with you wherever you go. When you find yourself near a Panther-equipped Mac, just plug in the iPod, log in, and you’re home, no matter where you happen to be. And when you return to your home computer, you can synchronize any changes you’ve made to your files by using File Sync, which automatically updates offline changes to your home directory.