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Interview With "Switcher Girl" Ellen Feiss
Ed over in Accounting writes in with a Macinstein interview with Ellen Feiss, an Internet cult figure of a bygone era. Back in 2002, in the heyday of Apple's "Switcher" ads, the 14-year-old Feiss garnered a bit more than 15 minutes of fame. Her Switcher ad became an instant classic — partly because of the widespread belief that she was stoned while filming it, which she says was not the case. In the interview Feiss, who is now a college student with one movie behind her, talks about pseudo Internet fame, drugs, and acting. She says she's still using the same G4 she had when the ad ran. Nostalgia bonus: the ad is embedded at the end of the interview.
She actually says "Psych!", as if she is still 14. She may have well as ended a hilariously fallacious statement with "...NOT!".
I wasn't stoned when I saw the ad either!
It's not like the kids these days will believe the conditions we lived under back then anyway (both ways), or our strange social customs, or that we really risked prosecution to download that shitty, old fashioned music.
And Jesus we dressed funny. No, that half decade is an era best left bygone alrighty.
KFG
as quoted by a MacFan magazine...
Macenstein: What do you think of the newly announced Apple iPhone?
Ellen: Sounds expensive.
Macenstein: Ok, we've taken up far too much of your time already.
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You can't be ahead of the curve if you're stuck in a loop.
You can't be ahead of the curve, if you're stuck in a loop.
I was reading the story, and thought I was going to see something interesting, and it was like "beep beep beep". It's kinda... a bummer.
Beware: In C++, your friends can see your privates!
I think you're missing the fact that she is no longer a stoned-looking 14-year-old, but a very hot redhead 19-year-old college student. :P I mean, my god man! Look at her eyes here!
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Don't fall in! The lips aren't that unattractive, either. Ok, yeah, the rest may not be so hot (I've not seen any of her 'film acumen') but that much, at least, is.
~/ssh slashdot.org ssh: connect to host slashdot.org port 22: too many beers
It's true I tell you, feller at work's next door neighbour read it in the paper.
Yeah, I agree, PCs should really stop sucking. However, I wonder why you're telling that to us. Most of us aren't working on Windows.
Sure it is. Those were just the web 1.0 days!
"Quoting famous computer scientists out of context is the root of all evil (or at least most of it) in programming." - K
Commodore64_love: I don't comprehend people who're so frightened of death that they'll bankrupt themselves to stay alive
or maybe she was frightened by rogue clowns from outer space who just flew into the room wearing nothing but loincloths and Cyndi Lauper concert T-shirts. That's a perfectly reasonable explanation too.
Naw, it's because drugs are cool man. Didn't you know, it's ok for people to be stoned while using heavy equipment or taking care of your bank accounts. Nothing wrong with that. It's like, the thing to do to escape and relax.
Besides, what do you care if the guy next to you is doing coke? Just because he gets a bad batch and flips out on your ass doesn't mean it's a bad thing. It's like, you know, just one of those things.
We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security. -- Dwight D. Eisenhower
Back in my day, we had competitions to see who had the BEST computer... you damn crazy kids!
:P
So what did you do, count the rows of beads on your abacus to see who was more modern, grandpa?
Seven puppies were harmed during the making of this post.
The reason people "don't buy" Macs is the same reason people "don't buy" BMW cars.
They don't want others to presume they're obnoxious twats who derive self-esteem from a brand identity?
Wow am I square. It took me until this post (I haven't RTFA yet) to realize that the summary wasn't referring to a Biblical stoning. Yikes.
"Clear eyes? How would that protect this poor girl from a thrown... ooooh!"
...following the principles of Heisenburger's Uncertain Cat...
And you clearly haven't tasted enough.
People tease me because I still call them "bell bottoms".
We tell those people to stay the hell off our lawns. Damn kids these days...
The most violent act ever done under the influence of marijuana would be breaking into a convenience store to get pop tarts.
.. but horny!
You've never watched much "Trailer Park Boys", have you? Granted, the cougar on pot was pretty mellow . .
Reminds me of what a buddy says - You know the difference between a BMW and a porcupine?
The porcupine has the pricks on the outside...