9.21.2012

Geeks line up for iPhone 5, promptly get lost

iPhone 5 first day sales – USATODAY.com

"You have everyone looking at you, cheering you on. You feel like you're really part of something that's special."

It would seem, judging from all the flutter, this current crop of geeks can not figure out where Main Street is without Google maps. (Come to think of it, maybe that's what's wrong in Washington these days.) These guys don't need smart phones, they need Rand McNally. They make these curious paper things you can stick in your pocket and you don't even need wi-fi to use them. Cool. Cheap, too. Well, not as cheap as they use to be when gas stations gave them away free, but still. And their batteries don't run down. Just sayin'.

Or you could see what side of the tree the moss is on. Or twist that little stick until it smokes. Something. Whatever.

Fortunately I live in a place where a plain old map works fine and I've already memorized the turn-by-turn directions to the grocery store (turn left, keep going). 

But in a pinch I could always use, you know, Google maps.

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