Cool stuff I’m not allowed to buy yet

Generally, I like to think I’m a logical person.
It happens, sometimes, late at night, though, that while clicking around the interwebs, my fingers somehow find the gizmo pages, my credit card number, and suddenly, I have new toys.

Here, I enumerate for you (me) why I am not getting any of these specific shinies just yet.  Really. Not getting.

1. Olympus E-P1 Micro four-thirds camera
Why: My Nikon D80 is great, but I find myself arguing with it too often. Arguing with it to focus already, or focus here not there.  Or even to just take the picture! Sheesh!  I think I might do much better with a more portability, and a little more automation. I really like the lens-swappability of the SLR, and with a micro-four-thirds cameras let you do that!  Plus, it looks nice.

Why not: It’s the third micro four-thirds camera to ever exist, and the first from Olympus. If I wait 2 years there’ll be a hugely improved one, and a lot of used lenses (and more types of lenses) out there.  Yup.  Noooo reason to get one now.

2. Amazon Kindle (in any form)
Why: I like reading, and I like traveling. Perfect!

Why not: A pretty steep price for something that’s going to shatter the second I step/sit/slide it the wrong way. And knowing me, I will. Support of image-rich books seems weak, and I’d really really love to be able to devour manga with one of these. Comics are really the perfect use case – disposable, one time reads that would otherwise occupy a lot of physical space.  Alas, not supported now, and the content providers aren’t there (yet).

3. iPod

Why: I happen to have received, from a generous donor, a $200 apple store certificate.  My iRiver, while endowed with a lovely OLED screen, is kind of a pain to sync w/ my iTunes. (That is to say, it doesn’t. I drag files manually).  Still haven’t figured out podcasts.

Why not: While I think to finally join the hordes of white earbud wielders (oh wait, my Sony headphones are white), something tells me that new ones will be coming in September. Something called macrumors.com, and common sense about how these update things work.

At least that last itch can probably be scratched within the year. Unlike these @#$@# mosquito bites of misery. (Maybe I’ll stop talking about them at some point. Probably not ’til they’re extinct.)

See, I wrote down very logical reason for not getting any of these. Now I can’t do it, lest I be mocked.  Hah, take that fingers!

If, um, I happen to stay in Japan longer, though, I cannot be held responsible for any projector or audio-related purchases. <cough> And netbook! Forgot about the pretty vaio P…

*itch*