Ok, so recently I’ve wanted to start reading again – well, decided to try to get back into some fiction.  Most of the things that I have read in the past 5 – 10 years have been all non-fiction or text books.  Since I don’t have much time to read I decided to start listening to audiobooks.

This has also helped because I now have in car entertainment and was able to cancel my xm subscription.  I love listening to music, but when I’m driving I prefer to listen to talk.  Talk is dynamic and changes frequently.  Your favorite song, as great as it may be will never change.

Since there aren’t many talk shows worth listening to on FM and I get a horrible AM signal, audiobooks have been a great substitute….. until recently.

See, the ipod doesn’t like audiobooks that are over 12 hours long.  I recently accidentally lost my place in a book that I was listening to at almost 15 hours in!

So I looked around on the internets and found a solution that seemed much better then holding down the fast forward button (that would kill my thumb).  Essentially the solution is to hit the center button once you have selected your audiobook.  This will change the time scroll bar at the bottom to show a diamond.  Once this happens you can use the circle pad to scroll forward rather quickly, right?  Well, almost.