Comments on: digital christmas

digital christmas

jann — Fri, 23 Dec 2005 19:38:58 -0800

If you don't live in the New York area, and you have one of those fancy video iPods, you can now download some holiday cheer from Channel 11. (Their Yule Log phenomenon was previously discussed here.) For more information about Yule Log traditions, wikipedia features in depth articles on both the traditional and the modern. [Inspired by logging out of gmail.]

By: thirteenkiller

thirteenkiller — Fri, 23 Dec 2005 19:58:41 -0800

Well thank god.

By: cedar

cedar — Fri, 23 Dec 2005 20:18:31 -0800

Good Lord. This brings back traumatic memories of my childhood, "Hey, kids! Look, it's the Yule Log. Let's just look at it for the next nine hours."

By: ParisParamus

ParisParamus — Fri, 23 Dec 2005 20:26:10 -0800

It doesn't come with music? I never knew the Yule Log sounded like a fire place...

By: StickyCarpet

StickyCarpet — Fri, 23 Dec 2005 21:31:15 -0800

I didn't realize it had sound for the longest time. I just thought that the free jazz internet radio I was listening to included some really out percussion.

By: dhartung

dhartung — Fri, 23 Dec 2005 23:30:06 -0800

The best Yule Log.

By: ScottMorris

ScottMorris — Sat, 24 Dec 2005 02:59:38 -0800

I, for one, am going to proudly hang my ipod in the living room, and illuminate the room on Christmas Eve with the warm, soft glow of the yule log from my brilliant 2-inch screen. This will be the best Christmas ever.

By: StickyCarpet

StickyCarpet — Sat, 24 Dec 2005 06:14:07 -0800

dhartung: The best Yule Log. Interesting. I hadn't seen that case mod before.

By: HTuttle

HTuttle — Sat, 24 Dec 2005 07:42:52 -0800

I got an iPod nano as a gift this season. I STILL hate that it has NO option for folder navigation. No wonder it has a scroll wheel. You NEED it for the endless friggin lists of files you end up with. I organize my music the SAME as I organize EVERYTHING else on my computer. Why the F%&* wouldn't I? The measly two (slightly more if you finagle a lot) levels of organization available with ID3 tags is for simpletons. Oh, and I remember the FIRST Yule log broadcast.

By: idontlikewords

idontlikewords — Sat, 24 Dec 2005 09:37:24 -0800

HTuttle, be careful what you say or the Mac Evangelists will take you away for re-education! Just remember, the idea of ID3 based navigation was imMACulately conceived by an Apple engineer via an act of Jobs, and as such, we are really in no position to dispute it's divinity.

By: idontlikewords

idontlikewords — Sat, 24 Dec 2005 09:39:03 -0800

My own inappropriate use of apostrophes, on the other hand, is open to debate.

By: flaterik

flaterik — Sun, 25 Dec 2005 20:56:12 -0800

HTuttle: playlists, playlists, playlists.