Bye-pod
My trip down to North Carolina last weekend with Jordan (for a friend’s wedding) went smoothly, save for one detail - my iPod went missing from my hotel room at some point during my stay. I had put it in my bag the first night I was there, and never used it during the stay. When I went to pack my bags and check out, it was gone. I’m upset, partly at myself for being careless and partly at whomever swiped it. I hope he/she enjoys my conversational Japanese podcasts, church sermons, and over 35gigs of tirelessly handpicked music. Perhaps the person will emerge with better taste as a result.
Mostly, however, I’m upset that this now puts me at the mercy of Apple’s opaque product release schedule. I would be tempted to hold out for the inevitable successor the the 5G that is currently out there, but that could mean waiting indefinitely - ask Jordan how long she waited for her Macbook. For more than six months I kept saying that the iBook replacement was going to drop any day now. That said, I’m typing this entry on her new machine, and it’s fantastic. Perhaps next year when Adobe releases the new versions of Flash/Photoshop I’ll pick one up to replace my aging 12″ Powerbook.
As for the iPod, the likely scenario is that I’ll wait and see if anything gets released in the next month or so, and if not I’ll look for a refurbished model to tide me over.
