SUCCESS!   After finding bits of time here and there, I finally have a Terrapod!   Thanks to everyone who contributed to this thread and all who answered my questions.  Now to find the next project!

OK, I think I have all the parts I need for a T-pod.  Time to build.    Where to start?  Figure out and install Rockbox?  I'm an absolute newbie with this stuff.  Then hook msata to mobo and format in FAT32?    I have my 7 month old twins currently sleeping in my den evenings, so working...

Thanks!  Off to amazon!

Hey all-   Been lurking for a while now, and I'm ready to pull the trigger of frustration and start building a Terapod.  I already have a few 80gb ipod 5s and Tarkan's msata adapter.  Hopefully you all can walk me through this project.   Time to choose a SSHD.  Might as well go big, so I'm...