Wanting an Ipod that can live comfortably in your racecar? Look no further, a hong kong man?

Hat tip to the reluctant boomer, who tells us: "Apparently your chance of getting hit by lightening is increased when you have an iPod in your ears." MSN picked up the story of a jogger who was struck by lightening. The original report was made by the jogger's treating physicians to the which originally appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Jon Lech Johansen writes on his blog, So Sue Me, that he has "found a way to activate a brand new unactivated iPhone without giving any of your money or personal information to AT&T NSA. The iPhone does not have phone capability, but the iPod and WiFi work. Stay tuned!" So I guess if you don't want to use the phone features you could use this technique and earn yourself a really expensive iPod, wi-fi Internet device.