A more efficient, less costly government sounds like a pretty good idea no matter where you sit on the political spectrum.

Whether devices like iPads – small, portable devices that allow lawmakers to read lengthy documents without printing them out – are a good way to do that has been open to debate.

Cult of Mac talked to a city council member in Ridgecrest, California who has been bringing his own device to work to speed things up.

At long last, ladies and gentlemen, after all these years of waiting, we finally have it: an app that puts cheese on your head.

Other folks have been waiting for Duke Nukem Forever, or for a 15-inch MacBook Air, or for democracy in their dictatorships, or even for basic stuff like world peace and an end to disease. Oh, and flying cars, people are still waiting for those.

But for the rest of us – for those of us who have longed for an app that puts cheese on our head – the waiting is over. iCheeseHead fulfils all our virtual cheese-on-head needs, and costs less than most real cheese.

Rupert Murdoch can keep his $30 million iPad newspaper. We can all have cheese on our heads now, and nothing else matters.

There’s a lot more happening in the Cupertino-centric world than the usual porn-unboxing videos and edible iPhones: here are the most bizarre moments involving Apple in 2010 — from severed appendages to exploded iDevices as art and spy evangelists.

We wrap up the week before Thanksgiving with a number of deals for your iPhone or iPod. Whether fighting mystical sorcerers or simply looking for day-time TV on your handset, we have the app for you. A new crop of free and discounted iPhone apps have hit our desk and we thought we’d share. First is the free “Duel: Blade & Magic MT,” a role-playing game for your iPhone or iPod touch. Next is “Oprah Mobile,” a discounted app that keeps you connected to the queen of daytime talk. Finally is the Dice Electronics Tube Amplification System for the iPod. The specs include built-in 2 x 20 watt amplifier, 4″ mid/bass driver, 1″ dome tweeter, dual 6N3 tubes (tube fans will know what that means), auxiliary input (to connect other MP3 players/devices), and video output.

Along the way, we also check out more Xserve servers, a 1.2GHz iBook G4 for just $200, and more cases than you can shake a screen protector at. As always, details on these and many more items can be found at CoM’s “Daily Deals” page right after the jump.

Epson should have called the Artisan all-in-one the “Intern” instead — it works that hard to please. It’s up on all the latest technology, surprises with nifty tricks; and while it isn’t exactly cheap, for what it does it’s a bargain. And unlike that sloppy, kind of half-working old printer with coffee-stained teeth you hired ages ago, Epson’s new beauty is snappily dressed, fast and reliable.

Today’s deals include used classic iMacs starting at $40, a 75%-Off Blowout of Apple products, iPhone 3G or iPhone 3Gs holsters for just a buck and many more items.

Details on these bargains and more can be found on the CoM Daily Deals page.