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The Ultimate Geek Christmas Card

Posted by samzenpus on from the when-you-care-to-send-the-geekiest dept.

An anonymous reader writes "CNET reports on the world's most geeky Christmas card, and also the most expensive. The card is made out of a 1st gen iPhone, hacked into a Christmas card using cardboard, paper and glue. The card includes a virtual 'bauble' which uses the iPhone's accelerometer to recreate Christmas decorations that bounce and move with the card. The makers of the card say that because of the iPhone's battery life 'you probably don't want to post it anywhere it will take more than 3 days to arrive.'"

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  1. Wow, you have an iPhone by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dude, you used an iPhone, that is definitely such a geek thing to do. Because there is nothing else on the planet that could possibly make you a geek more than an iPhone; geeks are cool.

    (Fuckwits)

  2. Re:Assuming that... by ObsessiveMathsFreak · · Score: 4, Funny

    But it is a potentially explosive device

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  3. Re:Seems more like an advert by wizardforce · · Score: 5, Funny

    Indeed. There's no real skill involved in the making of this "geek card" either. Looking at the title you'd expect to see a story about some geek building the thing from scratch and programming it to do whatever task was required. Instead we get two links about some random app with the Iphone glued to a piece of cardboard. The thing looks like a crafts project for the local elementary school.

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  4. Re:Hint to slashdot editors by countSudoku() · · Score: 4, Funny

    Indeed! And it sounds like it's just duct taped onto the back of the card. Some hack. I'm so inspired I'm gonna "hack" the bottom of a movie theater popcorn container and then when the mood is just right... I'll offer some to my date. Damn, I'm smooth!

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  5. Next week on some 'news' site... by fridaynightsmoke · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Some bloke has made another tedious iPhone app: iWank.
    Using the iPhones cool features such as the unique touchscreen and accelerometer, you can literally wank Steve Jobs to orgasm. Simply make the appropriate motion with the iPhone, and see a naked Jobs on the screen. His expression changes according to the speed and rhythm of the motion. To finish the job, simply rub the on screen impression of Jobs' tumescent empurpled member and watch him ejaculate.
    There have been rumours of a 'cheat mode', where Jobs can ejaculate in seconds after the user inputs a URL leading to another iPhone PR stunt on some news site. Apple has refused to comment.
    SPONSORED LINK: Get your amazing super-hip iPhone HERE"

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