What do you get when you cross the WWW and the NRA?

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I knew even Texas would discover the Internet one day. Log on and kill a wild animal
Video cameras will be connected to rifles with sensors that can be controlled by computer users anywhere in the world. The rifle range overlooks a 145ha reserve in San Antonio, Texas, where deer, antelope and wild hogs roam. Paying members will be able to take aim, shoot, then ship their kill to their home, stuffed and mounted as a trophy.
I am not sure whether to be impressed with their ingenuity, or disturbed by the fact hunters can't be bothered to get off their couch anymore.
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Introducing iProduct

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iProduct. It doesn't matter what it is. It's from Apple. So it's cute. And cute has intrinsic worth, right? I love my iPod. I really, really do. I love it so much, I went out and bought Giuia one. (a pink one). But the new iPod shuffle just strikes me as silly. OK, so if all you want is a half a gig of music to carry around, I suppose it's fine. But a lot of the people who ran right out and bought one were mostly already owners of the grown-up iPod. It's not particularly innovative - the "shuffle" feature has been on the iPod pretty much since the beginning. But what scares me is that the ad for the iPod shuffle actually says "Do not eat iPod shuffle." (It's there. Scroll down.) Mac users frighten me.
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