And You Thought That iPod Accessories Were Getting Out of Hand in America

A little over a week ago, Ars Technica ran a short piece about a new iPod accessory made by Tiger Electronics and Sega of Japan: the iDog. While we've all seen our fair share of unnecessary iPod accessories within the past few years, the iDog appears to be the single most useless product ever created. What does it do? Well, plug it into your iPod and it dances. That's it. I saw one on display at the Shimoda Mall today and couldn't help but snap a photo of it. Trust me, it's even more ridiculous in person than you could imagine.


The pet store at the mall was selling something in these small tanks today and everyone was crowding around to see what it was, so I thought I would take a look as well. It turned out that they were selling huge beetles in small plastic tanks for about $15. It was simultaneously cool and utterly terrifying. They were also selling puppies there for about $2,000 which appear to have been genetically modified in order to maximize their cuteness.

Later, while sitting inside a coffee shop, I saw a baby with a mohawk. He seriously couldn't have been more than a year old and it was obvious that his hair had been intentionally styled that way (most likely by his father, who proceeded to pull out a cigarette and blow smoke into his face). It was incredible.