STILL think the iPod is so hip NOW?

Thanks to the soaring sales of its hip iPods, Apple and Steve Jobs are set
to make a bundle of cash in 2005. Amidst all the celebration and excitement
about the iPods, Jobs isn't revealing his dirty little secret about them.
The sleek music players contain poisonous lead and other highly toxic
materials that can cause damage to our brains and reproductive and nervous
systems. Once the little music machines become obsolete, they are dumped
into landfills or shipped overseas as electronic scrap. Their toxins leach
into our air, land, and water and send poisons into our communities.
Especially vulnerable are the children in developing countries who pick
through the wastes to find parts to sell.

Steve Jobs should do more than celebrate his profits. He should live up to
his good reputation and take responsibility for Apple's iWaste. He should
harness the company's resources to produce toxic-free iPods and to recycle
the millions of obsolete Apple computers that can poison our communities
with over 36 million pounds of lead. Up to now, Jobs has chosen another
course. His company has no effective program to recycle discarded computers
or iPods nor has it eliminated many toxins in its products. It opposes
legislation to recycle electronic waste and produce cleaner machines.
Batteries for iPods that fizzle out after a year or two and which are
difficult and expensive to replace are Apple's most recent addition to the
growing toxic iWaste mass. It's time for Jobs to take another approach.

http://www.computertakeback.com/bad_apple/iwaste_more_info.cfm

Tell Steve Jobs to recycle his iWaste
http://action.computertakeback.com/action/index.asp?step=2&item=10201

(Talking shit about iPods is the new talking-about-how-great-iPods-are)

I got an iPod for Christmas and promptly sold it. Why? I don't need it; it's just extraneous for me. The only time I'd listen to it is on the train, and I'm seldom on the train more than the duration of 2 or three albums per day; my discman does just fine. I like listening to things as albums. Additionally, most of my music is on LP anyway and thus it would take more effort than it's worth to put it on the iPod. Final reason? It was one of the mini's, so even if I did get crazy, it wouldn't have enough room.

Depending what bitrate you rip in, there is always Ned's Pi album...

I do have plans for a remix, though I've not had the time to do it yet.