(Image credit: Future) Back in 2024, I brought you the important breaking news that I had bought an iPod . I snapped up an iPod mini on eBay, watched a couple of YouTube tutorials on modding the thing and, one new battery and one increased hard drive later, started listening to music. But that's not the end of the story. Oh, no. Little did I know back then that an obsession was brewing. You see, you don't just buy one iPod. Take a one look at the iPod subreddit and you'll find it full of photos of wild iPod collections. There's just something about the nostalgia, and the fun of modding, that makes an iPod not just a purchase, but a hobby. The first iPod I modded, 2004's iPod mini (Image credit: Future) Buy refurbished iPods at Backmarket Since buying the iPod mini, I've bought and modded an iPod Nano, three iPod Classics (4th, 5th and 7th generations), and a second mini for my wife. It hasn't always gone smoothly – I accidentally killed the 7th gen while trying to replace the LCD.…