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The Ultimate Geek Christmas Card
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.'"
I remember a friend of mine signing a birthday card with a handwritten gnupgp signature ... thats geeky those fancy fanboy phones are not.
Yes, just pop it right into the mailbox.
This article (and the cnet one to be fair) seems more like an advert for for a boring little iPhone app.
No, I didn't RTFA, so flame away. But wouldn't a 1st gen touch be cheaper, and do the job?
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)
This actually seems like a great way to give someone an iphone or touch for Christmas - way cooler than just leaving it in the standard box. Plus since you'll have already charged it up it's ready to go right away.
But it is a potentially explosive device
May the Maths Be with you!
Sure beats the hell out of those damn annoying cards that just play music.
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
Since when is the iPhone "geeky"? It's mainstream AND against any software developer who needs an open environment to create and run applications. So it's an anti-geek christmas card.
So, anything remotely involving technology is considered geeky these days. I'm sure lots of people would be tickled to receive an iphone Christmas card, but the only hack involved is creating the actual paper card part.
In the past, I've made birthday "cards" with PICs and monochrome LCDs. Now that is geeky.
A witty saying proves you are wittier than the next guy.
if the hack doesn't actually involve fabricating or soldering, then it's not really a hack worthy of the front page.
The inside writing?
"Imaging a Beowulf cluster of these"
Who would win this election: Andrew Weiner vs Andrew Weiner's weiner.
Most Valuable Christmas Card The most valuable Christmas card was sold at an auction in Devizes, Wiltshire, UK in 2001 for $20,000. The card was hand-colored by illustrator John Calcott Horsley. The card was originally sent by Sir Henry Cole of Bath to his grandmother in 1843.
samzenpus's geek card, if you ask me.
Is it just my observation, or are there way too many stupid people in the world?
would have: ... ..and when you open it, it would play the screeching noise you
- matrix screensaver on the the front
- 20-project electronics kit on the left inside flap
- "happy holidays" would start with: 48h 41h 50h 50h 59h
- picture of the original star trek cast (with Redshirts)
- it would have a blue led on it that works as a flashlite
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get out of your pc speaker when you accidentally dump core
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This is by no means the world's most expensive Christmas card. That would be an 1843 carddesigned by English painter JC Horsley, commissioned by Sir Henry Cole, an English businessman who modernized the postal system. Only 1000 were made, and only a handful survive. One was recently auctioned for £22,250.
More info here.
"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.
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Just because there's a battery powered object in it doesn't mean it's geeky. Hardware hacking involves a little bit more than just cardboard, paper and glue. The whole 'hack' here is "Cut a hole in the card, put your iPhone in the card, make her open the card".
A true hardware geek would be ashamed to own up to this kind of cheap hack. Leaving the whole thing running on battery power non-stop while it's in the mail is just painful. To do the job right you would have to remove the case, fit the LCD panel properly into the card frame, add a switch to keep the whole thing powered off until you pull it out of the envelope, and probably do a little firmware hacking to ensure that the display is up and running the moment it powers up. For bonus marks, source your hardware somewhere other than the Apple store and save yourself about a hundred bucks.
But then again it's a CNET article. You can't expect too much.
But, but, but ... it's an Iphone! It's on the Iphone! It's some trivial activity, but it was done with an Iphone, so it's front page news!
You see, it's not a slow news day, it's just that they couldn't find anything else for today's Daily Iphone Slashvertisement.
Anyhow, I approve - best use I've seen for an Iphone.