Charge your iPod and still listen!

I've been doing a lot of homework lately, and my iPod always seems to be low on juice. Maybe that is what you get for buying refurbished (http://www.apple.com), but I'd still like to be able to listen to it whenever I'm reading cases, writing papers, etc. Since I usually have my trusty laptop, I'd like to be able to charge the iPod while I listen.

I did a quick search, and there were plenty of of articles about how to do this, including on the Apple site. They all described a way to play songs off of the iPod via your computer speakers while your charged it. Nothing compares to the sweet sound that comes out of the iPod, certainly not my computer speakers or headphone jack.

Today I did some experimenting and discovered a way to play songs on the iPod, through the iPod headphone jack, with the iPod controls, while it charged! Certainly someone else has discovered this - why isn't this the top result on Google?! So, this is how you do it:

Plug in your iPod to your computer.
Wait for iTunes to start, etc.
Open Windows Explorer
Eject the removeable drive that is the iPod
Eject the iPod from iTunes
Play your songs... admire at the iPod... and look! it's charging!


Corey