If you thought the Beatles invasion was really something check out this story from Tidbits.com :

Some unsavory characters are using the iPod to move around the world. The bad guys in this case were Singapore ants - Monomorium destructor. They infiltrated a packaged iPod sold in an airport duty-free shop, and an individual returning from Fiji to New Zealand purchased the iPod on his way home. Upon arrival, however, he discovered the ants, and, acting on instructions from the authorities, put the iPod and packaging in his freezer to kill the insects (I presume the iPod emerged unscathed, though its fate wasn’t mentioned).

This quick thinking may have saved the entire country from an infestation of environmental, economic, and health significance - M. destructor is a stinging ant that, although not particularly dangerous to humans, is extremely annoying, mainly due to building large colonies in homes and other structures. Worse, the worker ants are highly predacious on other insects and are known to gnaw holes in fabrics, some plastics, and rubber goods. They can even remove the rubber insulation from electrical or telephone wires. We’re talking bad dude ants here.

CNet has an interesting article on the 5 ways that MP3 has changed the status quo:

• Making music vanish into thin air
• Bringing the major labels online
• Speeding up the Internet, enriching the Web
• Giving bands a platform
• Shifting power from Sony to Apple

WebZen pointed out this [R rated] canonical list of weird band names . Why you have to wonder would a band decide to call itself something like:

• A Box of Fish with Tartar Sauce
• Body Falling Down Stairs
• Drive-In Funeral
• My Dog Has Hitler’s Brain
• The Yams from Outer Space

Here is a new group that I heard this week. I don’t recall where I heard about them, but I like what I have heard so far of this soon to be released CD.

Recent information seems to say that the Super Shuffle “released” by Luxpro that looked like a blantant rip-off of the iPod shuffle may have just been a (successful) publicity stunt for Luxpro about what kind of product they could build.

“The Super Shuffle is not in production by LuxPro … There is no intent by LuxPro to ever put the Super Shuffle into production … LuxPro is looking for companies to hire LuxPro to build uniquely designed players, based around the same electronics inside the Super Shuffle … the entire CeBit sideshow was planned from the start as a gambit to gain a hugely disproportionate share of the industry’s attention, so as to find a few customers for the Super Shuffle’s electronics.”