Sync to MacBook & iMac?

I travel with my 30 MB 5th Gen. iPod and MacBook. I have the iPod synced to my iMac in the office, but frequently need to recharge the battery to the iPod while on the road. I tried to do this recently and the MacBook re-synced the iPod to iTunes on the laptop, when all I wanted to do was recharge the iPod's battery. Now that I've re-synced the iPod back to the office iMac, how do I recharge the iPod battery while traveling (using the MacBook) without over-writing the iPod's contents? I don't have iTunes in the MacBook and iMac synced (should I?). Thanks!
iMac 20" Intel Duel, 13" MacBook, iBook G3, 30MB 5th Gen. iPod   Mac OS X (10.4.8)  

Either connect the iPod to your computer with the FireWire connection whenever you want to charge it, or follow the instructions in this article.
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