Apple announced that if you bring in your old iPod to an Apple store, they’ll recycle it and give you a 10% same-day discount on the purchace of a new iPod.

It is highly unlikely that I will ever post anything Tony-related in the future. We saw Spamalot this past weekend and had a great time. Tim Curry and David Hyde Pierce were very good, but I think Hank Azaria stole the show. Also of note, the audience was a lot less geeky than I expected. Or maybe, I’ve just become relatively more geeky.

Oh, and I stole the headline from Slashdot.

CNN.com is reporting that United Parcel Service has lost backup tapes containing the identities of 3.9 million Citigroup customers. Oops.
From the article:

Citigroup did not return calls seeking comment, but it sent its customers a letter saying the tapes included Social Security numbers, names, account history and loan information about retail customers, and former customers, in the United States.

Yahoo had this photo of the Colima Volcano in Mexico. Currently it’s spewing lava and debris almost three miles into the sky. It reminds me of that scene in Ghosbusters when Sigourney Weaver opens her fridge and Zuul is inside…

This is very surprising. The Smithsonian will co-sponsor and screen a movie that supports creationism. The Smithsonian!
The Discovery Institute (yes, them again) produced the film, The Privileged Planet: The Search for Purpose in the Universe. They gave $16K to the Smithsonian, and now it will be aired, despite the museum’s stated policy that “events of a religious or partisan political nature” are not permitted. The NYT has the article.

Bukkake opens all doors. Not really a shocker (pardon the pun). It’s surprising it took this long. Japanese businessmen love their wetflix, and if the PSP has it while the Gameboy DS doesn’t, Nintendo will be hurt, a little. Gamesindustry.biz has an article about it. The upcoming titles are amusing:

• High Grade Class First Soap Lady
• Sexual Humiliation Hospital
• The Nurse of a Big Breast
• Erotic Terrorist Beautiful Body

A senator from Kansas is seeking the Republican nomination for Secretary of State. That senator thinks that giving women the right to vote was a mistake. The irony… that senator it’s a woman. From the AP article:

“I think the 19th Amendment, while it’s not an evil in and of itself, is a symptom of something I don’t approve of,” she said at the time. “The 19th Amendment is around because men weren’t doing their jobs, and I think that’s sad. I believe the man should be the head of the family. The woman should be the heart of the family.”

Must be Strom Thurmond speaking through her.

Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world that bans women from driving. The AP has an article about the Saudi response to the possibility of lifting the ban:

Conservatives, who believe women should be shielded from strange men, say driving will allow a woman to leave home whenever she pleases and go wherever she wishes. Some say it will present her with opportunities to violate Islamic law, such as exposing her eyes while driving or interacting with strange men, like police officers or mechanics.

To be fair, that is how most 80’s porn flicks start.