If you've ever wanted to take apart a new toy (a $249 one at that!) just to see how it works, you've got to go visit Greg's latest post. A step-by-step article (with photos and a stern "don't be an idiot" notice) describing the destruction of the aforementioned gadget in order to salvage its precious 5GB drive...
Carbon Cannibal: Breaking it down for the hard drive:
As I described yesterday, I bought a very nice MP3 player, the new Rio Carbon 5GB model. It's awesome, and I already like it a lot. My original intent, though, was not to buy an MP3 player to listen to music, but instead to rip apart for its 5GB hard drive, for use in my Nikon D70 digital camera. But once I saw the Carbon, I decided it was time to own an MP3 player, so I got two.
[Greg Hughes]