Comments: weekend update

Mike

You better watch out!

The sizzling laptop in question was a Dell.

(The words of warning from the original letter that was published in The Lancet are found verbatim in several Dell laptop manuals)

"Dude, you're getting irritation and oedema of the penile prepuce."

Ouch, indeed.

Aloha AL

Posted by Dr. Al at November 23, 2002 05:08 PM

At least it wasn't a FireBook.

Excuse me while I go put on some asbestos pants. Hmm, no, that's not right ...

Posted by Mike at November 23, 2002 11:28 PM

Mech Assault, huh? I guess you couldn't work Steel Battalion into the budget?

http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2002-11-22

Posted by russell at November 24, 2002 03:08 PM

Anything we buy that has that many buttons, controls and foot pedals had better be a pipe organ. I'd play the Widor Toccata over Steel Battalion any day.

Posted by Meredith at November 24, 2002 05:03 PM

Our cat fetches too. It was one of several surprise talents we discovered he had, including:

* turning off and on wall light switches,
* and his spontaneous decision to start peeing in the toilet a couple years after we got him. He enjoyed it so much, he still does it.

Our cat isn't actually a cat. He's really a tiny alien in a very sharp catsuit.

Posted by beca at November 25, 2002 10:25 AM

Mere, I'm sure that between myself and your husband we could hack together a pretty good pipe organ emulation to run on the XBox. We'd have to spend some time working with the controls in the context they were originally intended, first, of course, to make sure we understood their function completely. I know you understand.

Posted by russell at November 26, 2002 01:28 PM

I say go for it. If this would involve you actually leaving San Francisco and coming over to our house, more power to you.

Posted by cynic at November 26, 2002 03:28 PM