Same Old Rant

Earlier I posted about the problem America seems to have  with allowing pointless inventions to gain popularity. In other countries, these near-useless items or Chindogu as the Japanese call them, are just for the friends and family of those who make them. Here however, we’ve turned them into a get rich quick scheme.
I present for your inspection, the Marmot IGlove Liner

The IGlove’s purpose is to allow easy navigation of the Ipod scrol wheel
without having to remove ones gloves in the dead of winter.
The key is a special polymer attached to the thumb and forefinger of each [...]

Race to the Finish

Autobons and Decepticons
Alliance and the Horde
Mac’s and PC’s.
Like it or not, there will always be some faction seeking to rise above another.
However, and I can’t be all fire and brimstone when it comes to the culture, they’re doing great this time of year and the launch of the Iphone
and the Ipod Touch has quite a bit of people clamoring for one.
The next thing they have in mind appears to be a re-envisioning of the Apple Newton.
According to patent photos filed by Apple, it looks to be a touch enabled tablet computer. [...]