Missed at MacWorld

Here’s a product that didn’t get a lot of attention at Macworld last week.  The Macbook Wheel.

BTW This is fake, in case you didn’t pick up on that.

Kudos goes to The Onion for the great production on the clip.

Also, Anyone else notice that consumer products today are no longer good enough the way they were initially meant to be and now warrant the need to add on words such as…Advanced, Super, Plus, 2000, and my all-time favorite….Extreme. I was sitting around watching TV the other day, and I saw a commercial for gym in Ohio claiming to be the most “ExTrEmE” gym around and I thought to myself, what constitutes Extreme? Are there varying degrees of Extremity? Are there any pre-requisites to be considered Extreme? Is there an annual fee? What about the benefits of being Extreme as opposed to being bland, normal, banal, blah, boring, dull, flat, flavorless, ho-hum, humdrum, insipid, milk-and-water, monotonous, nerdy, nothing, pablum, sapless, tame, tedious, unexciting, uninteresting, uninspiring, unstimulating, vanilla, vapid, and waterish. At first, these questions seem almost impossible answer, but after numerous long and grueling brainstorming sessions atop of the porcelain throne I’ve come to the conclusion that to be considered “Extreme,” you must either be an asshole, or wear faded jeans, which would also make you an asshole. Use this link for an explanation on why people who wear faded jeans are assholes. Right Guard Extreme sucks ass.

And to talk about bad luck: Just when I finally perfect the art of sleeping with my eyes open at work, a little snoring problem comes along and screws up everything.

Also, I found this great webcomic at XKCD, and I think it perfectly describes our society as a whole since the computer has become ever so much more prevalent in our lives and homes:  (Click it to go directly to the page for a larger version.)