Cringely’s Christmas Carols

‘Tis the day before Christmas so Cringely has this carol to offer…

Vista Wonderland (sung to the tune of “Winter Wonderland”)

Laptop’s on… is it frozen?

No that’s just Windows loading

Your workday has stalled

Your PC now crawls

Working in a Vista Wonderland

iPod fails, needs new software

Microsoft — why should they care?

You’ll soon grow quite sick

Of confirming each click

Working in a Vista Wonderland

When there’s trouble you’ll call their support crew

And provide a credit card or two

You’ll reach a technician named Narasu

And he’ll help you to endlessly reboot

Later on, when you downgrade

Old XP will seem so great

And you will regret

The time that you spent

Working in a Vista Wonderland

While the rest of you chime in to Santa Claus is Coming to Town, the venerable Robert X. also sings The NSA is Comin’ to Tap, and The Cringemass Song to the tune of, you guessed it, The Christmas Song. Cringe has his own personal choir.

Happy Holidays!