Mouse + Cheese
Our good friend Monica stopped by the other day and left the following hieroglyphics on our whiteboard:
We have transcribed this image for further analysis:
Our top scientists are operating their supercomputers upon this equation as we speak.
I bought some new Sony earbuds (EX71s) in black to go with my goth wardrobe and the lump of coal I call a heart.
They come with a small silver plastic box (for storage) whose lid breaks off randomly, thereby making it completely useless.
Look, I know I have the upper body strength of a green Lou Ferrigno. Yes, I’ve been known to crush people into paste just by looking at them.
So I don’t expect a small plastic box to stand up very easily to my tremendous might, but this is ridiculous. If you’re going to include a box to store the headphones, make sure the box functions successfully as a box.
It’s the 21st century — I woulda thought that we would have achieved fairly good box technology by this point.
Extra: Off of Slashdot, here’s a pretty good article on the man who said No to Wal-Mart. Why quality often trumps quantity.
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i have the same earphones, in white. i cannot for the life of me get them to stay in my ear, no matter the size. you have this problem too?
I use the tiniest of the little rubber nubs because I have tiny ear canals. The shape of my ear seems to lock them into place when I stick them in.
The manual says that if you’re having trouble getting the buds to stay in your ears, apply large amounts of peanut butter in your ear sockets. That should improve both bass and fidelity.
hm, perhaps the lid snaps off to prevent consumers from going into Wrap Rage as reported by the Colbert Report.
And your heart is not a lump of coal. You have a heart of gold. Gold, like my grillz.
Thanks, but my Grinch heart has been discovered to be full of unwashed socks.