http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/audio/9778/
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/mp3/85fb/
If you have tapes and vinyl you want to make digital there's some links for cool tools to help you.Just make sure you back up all of your library on a portable hard drive and store it.When the big crash comes you will still have it all.Ipods are a great way to bring your music with you anytime but they can also be hard to learn at first.You'll be fine man just gotta play with it.Happy b-day by the way.I don't use an ipod for mine I use a creative Zen so I can't help you in the learning process.