Disk Space: Other

It is strange, but I swear that my disk space on my 30gb video iPod has decreased. I have had 3gb worth of space and now I'm down to half a gig. I have uploaded somew new music, but on the iPod management window on iTunes, it shows that over 2 gigs of space is used by "Other". I tried looking at my iPod in the finder window, thinking I might have dropped some stuff in there that is taking up some space, but it seems the most a folder is using is about 27mb. Strange. I can't find what is using that much space?
Anyone else have this problem, or know how to find out what is taking up so much space?
iBook Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Other can be contacts, calendars, photos, album art, and anything put on iPod in disk mode. One way to clear things up is to restore iPod then fill it up again.

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In "disk space," how do I identify what "other" is?
I want to free up disk space, and I've already backed up with an external hard drive, and moved files around. I still have over 60gbs of "other" to tend to, and I'm not sure where to start.
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