The recording of death threats and other evidence, prove that APPLE INC. conspired with the Mafia and other Defendants to manufacture, distribute, and sell illegally bugged iPods and other electronic equipment to Plaintiff [Gregory McKenna] to perpetuate the stalking, extortion, and torture.

All these are facts that don’t surprise me at all. But McKenna added even more grave accusations to the lawsuit, accusing Apple of inserting the word “herpes” into Mike Jones’ Still Tippin’:

Tippin’ on four fours, wrapped in four vogues, HERPES. Tippin’ on four fours, wrapped in four vogues. Tippin’ on four fours, wrapped in four vogues, AHH

Here I get a bit sceptical. I’ve reviewed the uncut video (NSFW) of this song again and again and again and again, but I’ve yet for find the word herpes anywhere. I mean, I kind of see where he is going with the accusation, but having gone through a full battery of tests just last week, I want to believe that all these ladies are all STD-free too, thank you very much:

But wait, there’ more, McKenna’s lawsuit also says that Apple and the Mafia threatened to kill him if he didn’t become a fashion model in New York City:

We’re going to kill you if you don’t model for us in New York. Media sources report that the modelling industry has an infamous “shadow Mafia” that forces models to work for pay after fraudulently putting them into excessive debt, coerces them into the illegal sex trade, and then disposes of them.

This is, by far, the best nutty lawsuit in the history of nutty lawsuits. And they say lawyers can’t do creative writing. [Apple Insider]

It happened in Uckange, France. Apparently, the prosecutor thinks the Power Rangers may be the key to his behaviour because in that game there is a part in which you have throw knives, which completely explains why a kid would try to kill her sister to get a Nintendo DS. Suuuure. Let’s blame games.

Fortunately, there’s also another explanation: The mother—who was sleeping in the house while all this happened—was a victim of domestic violence. Whatever it was, the good news is that the life of the stabbed kid is not at risk.

Update: The forensic office now says it’s impossible the 5-year-old did this, so the police suspect the mother did it and blamed the kid, the DS, and the games. How nice of her. [Le Post via Kotaku]

It was created by the Saatchi & Saatchi ad agency in Germany to promote the Schott solar panels, which apparently are so durable that they can last for 20 years. That’s exactly the warranty of these things. It seems that the calendar is so popular that their sales force is being inundated with petitions from clients who want to have their own.

I just don’t get it. Being reminded that at the end of that stack of paper I would be 56 years old is just not my idea of fun. [Foolish Gadgets via OhGizmo]

The best part is that it’s not just peanuts that can be butterised – stick in macadamias, sunflowers, cashews… whatever nut job you want, it’ll handle.

Of course, it’s a $US50 US-only product at the moment, but one day we’ll get the freedom to make our own nut butter down under.

Damn that sounded wrong…

[The Lighter Side via Babblebaby]

[Nest Rotterdam via rebel:art via Neatorama]

Created by German industrial designer Christopher Kuh, his idea was to craft a minimalist design that was not only simply functional but would be a decorative item when you’re not using it to crack a few nuts here and there. To us, leaving this thing lying around would look like someone absentmindedly left the hub of the toilet paper holder in the kitchen. [Yanko Design]