While walking Hazel Saturday morning, we stopped by a yard sale to check out the wares. As Hazel wrapped herself in knots at my feet whining at the cat on the front porch of the seller’s house, I spied this purple bit of tech sitting on a table and was happy to exchange a dollar bill for it.

I’ve often thought I should be carrying a power brick and a universal cable adapter with me when I yard sale to be able to test things like this out before I buy them, but that would require advance planning and I frankly don’t have a lot of that right now. And for $1 this was a chance I was willing to take. When we got home I dug a 30-pin connector out of the Ancient Technology drawer and plugged it in; within a few seconds I was greeted with the Apple logo, which was a great sign.

After charging it up I plugged it in to the tower in the basement and dumped a bunch of music on it. It’s only an 8GB model so there isn’t a ton of room, but it’s enough to have something to listen to beyond the radio and it’ll make a nice lightweight companion on our trip and beyond. Fun fact: This model actually has a built in radio and video camera (!!)