iPod meets God
No not another one of my parodies but a real product called the iBelieve which is a replacement cap and lanyard for Apple's iPod shuffle. On their page it says:
"But now bring me a man who plays music, And when the man played music, the groove came upon them." 2 Jobs 3:15
Shouldn't that be Steve Jobs 3:15? They are also donating $2.00 from each sale to Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund and various Children’s charities.
Now I would have though of the iPod shuffle more suitable as a Darwinist device being that the shuffle plays songs randomly. But being that the randomness is only apparent since it relies on a higher intelligence to program the appearance of randomness; I can think that it goes along with those who believe in theistic playlists, that in fact the randomly selected songs are actually providently selected.
Here are some reactions to the combination of a shuffle and a cross.
I never thought something so symbolic could be made so crass...I was wrong
and
Now I can fight vampires while rockin’ out!!
Are there any garlic-encrusted cases for the iPod yet…
Now is this trend more evidence of music worship and the cult of superstars? Probably, but I imagine it could be used as a good topic starter for a budding apologist. Now even though I am a iPod owner I have definitely noticed a cult of iPod and the staunch defenders of other MP3 players. There is almost a tone of apologetics in the articles in support of the various music playing devices. I can easily image an iPod owner who buys another device being branded a heretic. With all the fancy protective cases available for the iPod and the reverence held for them by some owners I am surprised that a line of iPod reliquaries has not come out.
Via Cnytr the other day I ran across the blog iDominican.
Now this seems to be properly ordered to their own sphere, but maybe for visual ordering he needs a larger first-class relic of Saint Thomas Aquinas or a smaller iPod.
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What's a shuffle? I don't get it!
Fr. Totten,
A shuffle is a small iPod that only holds about 50 songs in flash memory.
A shuffle is a small iPod that only holds about 50 songs in flash memory.
Basically, it's just like other flash-based mp3 players except that it's sleeker, has a rechargeable built-in battery, has no screen, and can play AAC files in addition to mp3s (AAC files are the type you download from the iTunes music store).
I have not yet entered the iWorld.
Since I'm always approximately three to four steps technologically behind everyone else, I predict I will get the joke somewhere around 2008.
But I luv ya Jeff!
*pssst!* It holds about 200 songs, actually, unless they're bizarrely formatted or 20 minutes long or something. I've got 45 on my Shuffle, and it's nowhere near half full.
No plans to get a cross cap for it, though.
This opst touches on why I've done my best to steer clear of anything "Apple," esp. since watching _The Pirates of Silicon Valley_. Steve Jobs is Satanic. Gates may be a robber baron, but Jobs is an occultist whose lifelong goal has been to replace religion with technology, and he achieves that goal by turning the people who buy his products into fanatical cults.
Mr. Jobs is not responsible for the cross add-on. That was a third party's idea.
Steve Jobs 3:15! You're killin' me.
(JC - I think Macs can exist quite nicely in a Christian environment. In fact, Gates has created technology that makes its users dependent on company/IT help and Mac users can function quite independently. Macs aren't vulnerable to viruses. I'm not particularly impressed with Bill Gates philanthropy in the areas of population 'control.' )