* There have been some complaints recently that Apple updates their iPod lineup too often. Those complaints usually miss the point that there’s different iPods for different users. A Nano user isn’t necessarily a video iPod user. And the video iPod user isn’t the kind to necessarily want to primarily use a Shuffle. Saying that Apple updates the lineup every three months is just warping statistics to fit a poor argument. So it is perhaps not surprising that the Shuffle is still selling well, despite the rollout of the Nano and an even better video iPod than ever before.

* One convoluted way to rip tapes or records into your computer.

* Another optical illustion: Mr. Angry and Mrs. Calm

* ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive Project Blog. They’re busy scanning in lots of old movie reels and supporting art. If you’re near Hollywood and want to volunteer some time, they’d love to have you. There’s some screen grabs from a digitization of “Coal Black and De Sebben Dwarfs” on their front page now.

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