As a bicyclist myself I've got to ask: Where the hell is that guy locking up that bike? Baghdad?
Thats a bit overkill if he's just running into the store or stopping for a bite (which is the only time I ever chain up to a street sign or the like). Kinda defeats the purpose of having two spots to chain to when one guy runs two different locks through the whole thing. #gizmodoremainders
@tande04: I run a very tin cable through my front tire for longer events, but that thing is just overkill. Also the bikes are meant to be secured with one on each side, so this setup still works. #gizmodoremainders
@tande04: China. You can still get a bike stolen here in the time it takes to visit an ATM - even with it chained to a pole and a wheel lock. #gizmodoremainders
@Toastie: Yeah it still works, just not as well as it could have.
You can get two bikes on a sign too, one on each side, but then you end up fumbling around the other guy's stuff, getting stuff looped, and maybe tangled. None of its a big deal, it can just get to be a hassle. A hassle that could be avoided had jackass not locked his bike down like fort knox when he's just getting a pack of gum. #gizmodoremainders
Dan, I think the problem with this contest is that it's self-defeating: those who are creative enough and care about an iPhone case don't want to spend time decorating a cardboard cover that depricates the beauty of the device. And those who might be interested would be doing it for exactly the opposite reason: they'd be wanting to slam the iPhone and want to purposely sully it. The latter group, many of whom are equally as creative as the former, prolly can't garner the time or will to do it because there's no pay-off.
I'm not sure the Obama thing is a drawing - I'm studying abroad in Denmark and I remember seeing that as a poster from a war protestor's group. You're right though...it makes absolutely no sense. #cardboardiphonecase
Not to get into a political argument, but I happen to be a specialist in political theory with the degrees to back it up and socialism/anarchism aren't necessarily conflicting ideologies at all.
Also, must you be so condescending with those who don't agree with you? The Alabama/pick-up truck statement was unnecessary. #cardboardiphonecase
The Inquirer had pics on the final product a while ago... (from CeBit) [xspblog.com]
The stuff you guys posted back then was probably a 3D render... not Photoshop.
I don't think it's too bad though.
But, truth is, I don't like glossy surfaces too much... they get dirty and greasy too easily, and I'd hate having to clean my desktop everyday.
@The Analrapist: Half Analyst Half Therapist: I assume, based on the BSG reference, that you turn off the WiFi on your Zune since you wouldn't want the toasters to invade your OS on your networked device, right?
Going off on an inappropriate tangent, but how is it that the systems on Galactica talked to each other if they had no networking? When they send the command to jump is it going through an old RS232 cable? And, really, isn't that just a form of networking anyway? Clearly the show was beyond me.
This cult is going too far. I want you to know, when I find you all lying in beds with purple sheets over your torso's, a five dollar bill and three quarters in each of your pockets, and brand new black-and-white Nike Windrunners on your feet, I will remember this moment.
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I gotta join the chorus--the matte black is way classier than the original prototype. The shiny one looked like something from an '80s Battlestar Gallactica episode.
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Thats a bit overkill if he's just running into the store or stopping for a bite (which is the only time I ever chain up to a street sign or the like). Kinda defeats the purpose of having two spots to chain to when one guy runs two different locks through the whole thing. #gizmodoremainders
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You can get two bikes on a sign too, one on each side, but then you end up fumbling around the other guy's stuff, getting stuff looped, and maybe tangled. None of its a big deal, it can just get to be a hassle. A hassle that could be avoided had jackass not locked his bike down like fort knox when he's just getting a pack of gum. #gizmodoremainders
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$0.02 #cardboardiphonecase
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Also, must you be so condescending with those who don't agree with you? The Alabama/pick-up truck statement was unnecessary. #cardboardiphonecase
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[xspblog.com]
The stuff you guys posted back then was probably a 3D render... not Photoshop.
I don't think it's too bad though.
But, truth is, I don't like glossy surfaces too much... they get dirty and greasy too easily, and I'd hate having to clean my desktop everyday.
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Going off on an inappropriate tangent, but how is it that the systems on Galactica talked to each other if they had no networking? When they send the command to jump is it going through an old RS232 cable? And, really, isn't that just a form of networking anyway? Clearly the show was beyond me.
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Maybe it's the first step?
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...Ok, yeah. I'll give that one to you.
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I was going to suggest hiding his mom in it.