Syncing iPod with iCal

I want to sync my iPod/30Gig with iCal. Actually, I'm using a different calendar/contact manager program called Daylite, but it won't sync directly with the iPod, so I have to export the calendar to iCal first. The problem is that when I sync, it's also syncing all my ToDo's. This wouldn't be bad, except that it syncs all the completed todos as well as the incomplete ones. I really don't know iCal or the iPod (just bought it today). Is there anyway of specifying what gets synced to the iPod from iCal?
any other suggestions?

I've been sorely disappointed by the same lack of functionality. The nice folks at the Apple store suggested two work-arounds:
1) Delete any completed ToDo items
-or-
2) In iCal, select all in the ToDo items pane and copy (Apple-C or Edit>Copy), then paste into a new file in Text Edit. Save it to the desktop as a .txt file. In iTunes>iPod>Music prefs, make sure you have 'Enable disk use' checked. Copy the .txt file from your desktop to the Notes folder on your iPod. Once you eject/disconnect your iPod, you should find the text file under the Notes heading in your main menu (unless you haven't set Notes to display).
It's hardly worth it, which makes me think I should ditch iCal & just keep my ToDo list in text files like I used to, but it's the only simple work-around.
Good luck!

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