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February 28, 2007
fucktarded
Over the weekend I've struggled with getting the comments to work on this blog. It looks like it'll be more trouble than it's worth. Which is too bad. I love getting feedback. I love people challenging what I'm doing. Just the fact that people are reading or looking at what I'm doing is pretty satisfying in itself. Discussion is active thought. Also this weekend, I was lucky enough to get a couple blog mentions for the BlinkCam (Thank you for your support Despina and Regine). It was first picked up by WMMNA, which is a blog that I love and subscribe to. The collation of so much good stuff going on (and first hand!) is a wonderful resource. From there it was picked up by the ever-vigilant Gizmodo (whose headline at the time of this post was "Robot Sex: It's Here") -- always fighting the good fight to bring us the latest gadgetry and detritus from the nether-regions of the internet and beyond. Gizmodo's regular readers seem to enjoy Gizmodo's collation as well. I've decided to post here the comments that the BlinkCam garnered on the day that it was posted. I think the comments speak for themselves, but I will say that comment #17 is a fairly good metric as to what lies beneath. Here they are:
#1) EQC says:
Wouldn't it make more sense to take a picture of what you *would* have seen had you not blinked? Turn the camera around, and it'll make more sense. Who wants a bunch of pictures of themselves with their eyes closed?
#2) Image of Fuzz Fuzz says:
Someone get this guy 50cc's of girlfriend! Stat!
#3) Cobolman2 says:
And not only is does the incredible Blink-Cam take washed-out pictures of your own face every six seconds, but it also doubles as birth control! Act now!
#4) CBMTTek says:
Ladies and gentlemen, may I present the new 40 year old virgin.
#5) atomx says:
worst invention ever.
#6) Marty200 says:
He probably loses more time actually looking at the photos of when he blinked.
mg
#7) frndlybnny says:
Well, I would post a snotty comment about his invention, but how much time am I going to lose doing that? Eh, what the hell: that thing is utterly fucktarded. Will he go on to invent the submarine screen-door next? We can only hope.
#8) CafeRacer1200 says:Have you looked around you lately? Maybe I WANT to miss some of what presents itself before me.
#9) Eugene says:
A Polaroid picture? Does have stock in the company or has he never heard of a digital camera?
#10) SuppleMonkey says:
What's wrong with this guy?
#11) canfezplay says:
i can live with losing eight days, compared to the 31025 that i have total (thats for 85 years)..ok so 31017...whoopdee freaking doo
#12 obbie says:
its on polaroid film? man that must be expensive!
#13) sam_i_am says:
Anna Nicole Smith would be six feet under if she had Blink-Cam.
#14) Fluidity says:
So fucktarded that you just have to be impressed.
#15) kevininstereo says:
just give me a camera and I'll do the same... 100% of my photos are taken of a person in mid-blink. Where's my medal?
#16) blore40 says:
Narcissus!
#17) qwertyblue says:
quite a stupid invention, but funny all the same. As soon as I read I thought the exact same as you Marty200, and I laughed when I read kevininstereo's comment. good stuff.
Thanks for the feedback guys! Let's keep the conversation rolling.
Posted by andrew schneider at February 28, 2007 08:06 PM