* awesome gadget...!

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This is a wee doohickey that works with itunes and turns your ipod into a timer for interval training workouts or anything where you want an audible signal to change activity without having to clock watch…!

Basically, you download the zip file, add the ‘ding’ noise mp3 to your itunes, choose your music and set up a playlist in your itunes for your session(s) then use the “create playlist vbs” thingumy which is also in the zipfile.

You tell it what the name of your playlist is, what intervals you want (for example “5,1:30” means you want 5 minutes then 90 seconds) and a new playlist pops up for you, all ready to use.

The first track(s) will play for 5 minutes then you’ll hear a ding and the next track will play for 90 seconds then you’ll hear a ding, then the next track(s) will play for 5 minutes then you’ll hear a ding and the next track will play for 90 seconds then etc etc…!

So as long as you remember to take your ipod off of shuffle, you just set it a-playing and off you go, every time you hear the music change and the “ding!” it’s time to change activity…!

http://www.lifehacker.com/software/running/interval-running-itunes-playlist-154491.php

The actual gadget is at the bottom of this page:http://www.active.com/donate/tntntx/jeffwelch