As of late, many public figures have had their adulterous affairs dragged into the public light. David Letterman, Mark Sanford and many more have had to stand in the spotlight and make the embarrassing announcement that they had been unfaithful to their spouses.
Thankfully, none of that is going on at my house… at least not in my marriage.

As you may know, I make my living as a Network Specialist or as most of you would call it: I’m an IT guy. Most of you also know that by it’s nature I use the Microsoft Windows platform almost exclusively in my work and linux in my personal life. Sure, I use Vista at home a lot (don’t laugh) because:
A) It came with the computer. and

B) Some stuff just doesn’t work on Linux, sadly (Something that is changing all the time.

Last night over sushi I made an impulsive decision. I looked my wife right in the eye and said “I’m going across the parking lot and buying an iPod Touch.”
You’re probably saying to yourself “Wait a second… don’t you make fun of people who buy Apple products?”

Yep. I do, and for the most part that’s not going to change. I still contend that their main products (desktops and notebooks) are overpriced. I can do everything I need to do with Windows or Linux for about 1/3 the price of a Mac. I don’t forsee that changing any time soon. Now, as most of my friends will tell you, I actually have another dirty little secret. I think Apple has the better OS when you compare it with Windows.

To be fair, BMW makes a better car than Chevrolet.  The difference is not which one gets me from A-to-B, it’s which one keeps me from filing bankruptcy. Oh, sure… the BMW gets me there more comfortably and with more style but it doesn’t get me there any faster or more effectively.

I’m not going to get any deeper into the Mac/PC debate, but that’s where I am on the issue.

The iPod Touch, though. Now that’s a product I can have an affair with. We spent the bigger part of the day together today. It was nice. I browsed. I updated Facebook and Twitter. I played piano, and even listened to some music. The real addiction, though comes in Podcasts. I’ve heard about podcasts for a while but on my other MP3 player I had to manually download and sync them. It was a hassle. I hate hassles, so I didn’t take advantage of podcasts.
Not now. I’ve been awakened to the wonderful world of the iPod/iTunes combo. Glorious. Got my favorite shows all downloaded and had a great drive to and from work!

I’d love it if they would get all the functionality of iTunes on the Linux platform, but until then I’m going to have my dirty little affair with Apple. Maybe someday I’ll divorce my Windows systems and move on with my life. Things between us haven’t always been great, but it’s comfortable.