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Friday, June 29, 2007

The Week in Geek

posted by on June 29 at 13:39 PM

As we all know, there’s really only one weeky-in-geeky story this week, and that of course is the introduction of this revolutionary, mind-bending product.

frootloopsstraws.jpg

Okay, very funny.

Really, it’s the iPhone. For sale in Seattle in less than 5 hours, blah blah blah blah. I freely admit that I want one pretty badly, but still—blah blah blah blah.

Seriously though, there hasn’t been any other technology news this week.

Those cereal straws are fucked up, though, right?

Note: To celebrate the release of the iPhone, this installment of The Week in Geek has been totally phoned in. Ha! Eat it.

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1

Those cereal straws are awesome! I've only tried the Fruit Loops variety though ...

Posted by louley | June 29, 2007 1:33 PM
2

For some reason...I want to suck on a hard, vein-enraged penis right now...

Posted by Mr. Poe | June 29, 2007 1:35 PM
3

Actually, there was tech stuff happening this week (the Internet radio shutdown, for example).

Posted by supergp | June 29, 2007 1:38 PM
4

No there wasn't. Nothing happened. I checked.

Posted by Anthony Hecht | June 29, 2007 1:42 PM
5

Not sure about those fruit loop straws. What's the suck to drink speed?

I've had the glasses straw for awhile now and am not to just go ahead and trade it in just cause there's a new kid on the block.

Posted by nootch | June 29, 2007 1:43 PM
6

Enjoy paying dearly for the only thing the iPhone does that other devices do not, "the twisty aspect ratio thing".

Posted by Tiffany | June 29, 2007 1:44 PM
7

No one listens to internet radio anyway. So no one missed the radio shutdown.

Posted by seattle98104 | June 29, 2007 1:48 PM
8

Thanks Tiffany, I will. Twisty Aspect Ratio Thing is a bargain at any price.

Posted by Anthony Hecht | June 29, 2007 1:48 PM
9

Milk sippin fun! I saw these yesterday at the Quality Food Center. Fruit role centers doesn't sound so good. I wonder what the overall milk/cereal ratio winds up to be compared to cereal in a bowl.

Posted by Lawrence Molloy | June 29, 2007 1:54 PM
10

Isn't every Week in Geek phoned in?

Posted by Jordyn | June 29, 2007 2:01 PM
11

Do the straws come in Apple Jack?

Posted by elswinger | June 29, 2007 2:08 PM
12

@7 I hope you're kidding, as does KEXP, I'm sure.

Posted by It's Mark Mitchell | June 29, 2007 2:47 PM
13

I listen to internet radio. Yahoo radio.

Posted by hunh? | June 29, 2007 2:57 PM
14

Regardless of you ignoring it, Mr. Hecht, it happened.

Posted by supergp | June 29, 2007 3:17 PM
15

Cocoa Puffs?

Tired of tearing the shit out of the roof of my mouth.

Posted by Lloyd Clydesdale | June 29, 2007 3:31 PM
16

I'm Anthony's editor, and I asked him to go back to his sources and double check to make sure nothing else happened. And nothing else did.

Posted by Dan Savage | June 29, 2007 5:15 PM
17

How the hell did I used to eat that cereal? Froot Loops, Cocoa Puffs, Cap'n Crunch with Crunchberries -- I'd eat a whole box of the shit every morning. The last time I tried some Crunchberries the roof of my mouth was sore for four days.

You know, I'm an iPhone skeptic, but I agree it's pretty cool. But you know what's going to kill it? AT&T Wireless. It's like buying the most exciting new Mac ever, and then finding out it only works with Prodigy.

Posted by Fnarf | June 29, 2007 6:03 PM

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