The funnest iPod ever? Yeah, after two hours of tech support

My wife's company had received some 8 GB iPod touch devices several weeks ago. While the young'uns got their iPods up and running in about two seconds, we struggled with ours. The home computer kept locking up during several stages of the registration process, and the device apparently didn't like the Christmas music that we had ripped. It kept locking up at either "Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer" or "Once in Royal David's City."

Dayna got on the phone with an Apple Genius at 7 p.m. last night. The session took 2+ hours, but she finally got it working! Of course, I learned this this morning, as I had fallen asleep by the time she got the iPod up and running, downloaded the right music, moved a few photos over, and downloaded a few apps. I guess she wasn't responsible for the billionth downloaded app.

Maybe Susan Boyle has never been kissed, but now it's safe to say that the Scherfs have finally downloaded music from iTunes. Welcome to the 21st Century!