Apple and Why It's Taking Over the World

I have an iPod.  Who doesn't?  But Apple- and many other companies today- are in it for the money, not the quality.  Let's use me as an example.
You purchase a new iPod in 2008. (nano chromatic.)  It's the new thing, the best in nano technology.  You install the latest version of  iTunes on your computer to match your fancy new gadget.  You listen to your new iPod and play Solitaire on it.
Fast forward to 2011.  Your iPod still works- but barely.  You can only listen to a few songs before it dies, and Solitaire is out because it drains the battery.  Your iTunes isn't working anymore; it won't let you put any new music on your iPod or add pictures, videos, or updates.  Your scroll wheel is filthy and you can't get the cat hairs out of the case.
You really want a new iPod, but feel guilty throwing something that still works away.  You want to reinstall iTunes but you don't know how (your nerdy brother is out of town) and you have hundreds of songs in your old iTunes account.  All the other iPods are better than yours, even the tiny ones.  Why does Apple design a crappy product that will end up like this after only three years?  Because they want you to buy a new one.  And buy and buy and buy and buy and make Steve Jobs even richer than he already is.

Random Thought for the Day: Is there a perfect town? Where it's hot in summer and snows a lot in winter and the streets are tree-lined, all the houses look the same, and everyone knows all of their neighbors?

Invention of the day: Pocket T-shirt scanner:  Make your own T-shirts by bringing up an image on the computer you wish to make a T-shirt of, scanning it with this handheld scanner that resembles a radar gun in appearance, and then firing the scanner at a blank T-shirt so the image is cast onto the shirt.  Then spray the image on the shirt with Perma-spray (comes with) to make the image permanent!