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| Lamest Fetish Items Ever: When Gearheads Go Wrong, 1996 - ‘98 |
Jan 1996 Free (if you steal them)
We regret advocating theft. Richard Branson is still pissed.
: Mar 1996 $699
Travel gently down the trail.
: July 1996 Nail Enamel: $11
Novelty wore off before the polish did.
: Sep 1996 $3,900
Are you lying now? Are you lying now?
: Sep 1996 $34
This was before your IT people started yelling at you for losing these things.
: Oct 1996 $N/A
Replaced the less evolved Sound Slug.
: Dec 1996 $1,556,000
The most expensive item ever in Fetish.
: Feb 1997 $349
Just like recipe cards, but with a tiny screen and awkward keyboard.
: Jun 1997 $49.95
110-dB laptop-protecting alarm foils thieves, enrages neighbors.
: Jun 1997 $12,230
Camera + microphone + GPS + computer + cell phone + backpack = nerd.
: Sep 1997 $59.95
It will wake me when I start to snore. Isn’t that what my wife does?
: Oct 1997 $6
When a regular Pez dispenser isn’t enough.
: Dec 1997 $39
Fake damaged PowerBook case from Mythbusters‘ Adam Savage.
: Feb 1998 $60
Remote-controlled Mylar balloon launched a thousand X-Files jokes.
: Mar 1998 $34.99
A boon for orthopedic surgeons, as fathers tried to impress their sons with a fastball.
: Sep 1998 $50
How could you ever eat such cute breakfast food?
: Sep 1998 $4,995
This wearable computing thing will be huge.
: Oct 1998 $19.95
Because nothing said 1998 like a PDA stylus attached to your finger.
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Walker County native Ashley Harkleroad lost 6-2, 6-1 to fifth-seeded Serena Williams in the opening round of the 2008 French Open on Sunday. Harkleroad, currently ranked 61st in the world, was playing in her fourth French Open. She advanced to the third round in 2003. (more…)
Photo by BTF (with iphone)
Rated ( PG)
It’s not a nice picture but is a sad one.
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Premiere Issue 1993 $12,000
Holds 100 CDs. Costs 12 grand.
: May/June 1993 Under $100
Back stock snapped up by Jaron Lanier.
: Nov 1993 $699
Most misunderstood gadget ever? Or biggest flop? Both.
: Feb 1994 $400
Keyboard neck and “strummer veins” did not rock.
: Feb 1994 $5,000
We called this patent collection (more…)