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The Buzz Report: Apple is my bad boyfriend

2008-03-27
hi I'm Hollywood and welcome to the buzz report this week craigslist turns on us Apple turns on us and white people turn on themselves but first it's the gadje of the week the gadget of the week is the international dance party it's an art installation in Berlin created by a guy called Nicholas Roy it uses radar to sense dancing near it and then it opens up to reveal a disco ball flashing lights loud electronica music there's even a fog machine LED sign displays instructions in over 20 languages what are the instructions simple dance to start the party now if you keep dancing the international dance party will reach its highest level of intensity rewarding you with a blue beacon on the top and grout effect below it's pretty crazy device the only problem I see with it is that you have to be dancing near it in order to activate the music so somebody had to be dancing before the music started which pretty much means that you're throwing a party full of crazy people and now for the news the Department of Justice this week approved a merger deal between XM and Sirius meaning the two struggling satellite radio companies can now become one giant struggling satellite radio company an Oregon man lost almost all of his belongings this week after a nasty craigslist hopes someone posted a phony ad saying that Robert Salisbury had moved away and left all his stuff including his horse for the taking Salisbury got a call about the ad drove to his house only to find people hauling away his stuff and refusing to give it back he said that when he tried to stop them they actually just showed him the craigslist ad as proof that they were in the right and yeah I know the same exact thing happened in Washington State just last year see this is all because the Pacific Northwest has this little-known common law it's kind of similar to possession is nine-tenths of the law it's a craigslist post at 716 to the law and that's good note for us this week Apple has been taking a lot of flack for including safari in its Apple update program there basically attempting to install an entirely new browser on your system and kind of pretending that it's just a software update not cool and you know all this got me thinking about Apple again I think I finally figured out my problem with them Apple is my bad boyfriend check it out here's Apple he's like this crazy hot really good looking bad boy rebel type he's got money he drives a fabulous car we go to all these great parties together he knows all the coolest people he's like the guy I always wanted but the longer were together I just kind of feel like it's kind of a jerk I mean he's always telling me how to do things like no you can't transfer one photo at a time in iphoto you have to do them all at the same time what are you stupid he's like pushing me around telling me what applications have to install what cell phone carrier have to use and he only cares about how I look like he wants me to have these fancy outfits but he doesn't care if I have enough accessories or if I'm too cold or if these heels hurt my feet as long as I look good you know it just doesn't feel like a healthy relationship I just think I have to start doing what's right for me and I'm gonna have to dump that jerk no matter how hot and Richie is sometimes it's better to go with the ugly nice guy and now it's time for what's blog in the team's this week it's everybody's favorite new blog stuff white people like this blog first appeared about two months ago and it is all the rage the authors even landed a book deal already the site is basically a vicious satire of the stereotypical white person it's got this list as of presstime of ninety two things i don't know i mean i've been reading it i'm not sure how accurate it is like i went through the list not only matched up with coffee farmers markets organic food wes anderson movies to yoga gifted children travelling microbreweries wine Wrigley Field snowboarding daily show colbert report breakfast places arrested an element mats like sushi public radio Asian fusion food whole foods you guys should collapse touch and gadgets Oh God Japan knowing what's best for poor people I totally do I just do expensive sandwiches recycling being the only white person around Oscar parties bottles of water musical comedy multilingual children hating corporations outdoor performance clothes dinner parties and ten Francisco god it's my shame on display I'm Mollywood the widest woman in America this has been the buzz report thanks watching
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