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16 October, 2004

"Folding Like A Rag Doll"

John Young created a tongue-in-cheek product for iPod users: Retropod.

The RetroPod was a handmade iPod case created from a vintage Sony Sports Walkman shell. It was big, heavy, and yellow, and only mostly waterproof.

Sony's lawyers found out about it, and how he's out of business.

I thought about this for about ten seconds: you have to pick your battles in life, and spending time and money to get a major entertainment conglomerate with a hardball reputation to allow you to continue selling your joke product didn't seem that high on the list. So I immediately issued refunds and took the site down.

Posted on 16 October, 2004

New Popemobile

Religion news: New popemobile a Ferrari.

Ferrari president Luca Montezemolo said today the Italian Formula One team would build a special car for Pope John Paul II to mark his 26 years as pontiff.

"We will make a Ferrari Formula One car especially for the pope," Mr Montezemolo told reporters on a visit to the Vatican.

Here's the current popemobile.

Posted on 16 October, 2004

Recycled Links Part 49

These links were posted on the J-Walk Blog about a year ago. Good stuff that you may have overlooked.

• Numbers - What's special about each one
• Cookbooks - Old cookbooks
• Conjoined Twins - A history
• Meat Identification - Know what you're eating
• Death Studios - Excellent masks, but too late for Halloween
• Vintage Shirts - Hawaiian shirts, that is
• Slang - Jazz slang, that is
• Chick Publication - Saving the world by handing out garbage
• Make This Soup - A great recipe that I forgot all about
• Dr. Seuss - His advertising work
• The Rudy Letters - Supposedly, they are real

Posted on 16 October, 2004