Life may be random, but Apple gadgets are certainly cool.

Okay, so I see I'm going a little nuts with the nordic skiing coverage. At least I haven't mentioned the Birkebeiner. Gosh. Anyhow, back to another favorite subject: Apple. I finally set up my wife's iPod Shuffle today (13 days after she received it as a gift - the woman is impervious to technology!) and I must say it's a beautiful little gadget. It was easy to set up, easy to load, easy to charge (same thing, really), and easy to listen to. My favorite thing about it, though, is that when you snap the end cap over the USB jack, the seam where the Shuffle body meets the cap is almost invisible. Amazing design and engineering.