Rumors of the Rig of the Day's death have been greatly exaggerated. All hail the newest member of the TUAW RoD club, J|D's aptly titled 'I Was Bored... part II.' Why has this rig won the coveted Rig of the Day honors? Simplicity, my friends, simplicity. Just a man on a bed with his MacBook.
If you'd like to see your own rig featured here, simply upload photos into our group Flickr pool (which is full of things that are decidedly not rigs at the moment). We select one image to highlight each day, and crown a Rig of the Week on Sundays.
Update: My failing eyes fooled me into thinking this was a Mac Book Pro, obviously it is a MacBook. My apologies.
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8-28-2006 @ 10:04PM
MacBook said...
Uhh, it's definitely a MacBook
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8-28-2006 @ 10:05PM
R031E5 said...
Erm Macbook, not macbook pro
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8-28-2006 @ 10:10PM
SB said...
Did ya'll run out of creative pictures? I run this setup with my 12" PB every night. Nothing inspiring about that.
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8-28-2006 @ 10:57PM
Derek said...
Simplicity? No, that's new gadget poverty. Sleeps on a mattress on the floor with new gadgets all around him. ;)
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8-28-2006 @ 11:00PM
spil said...
I should put my picture in the flickr pool. I will call it "mac mini on a desk".
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8-28-2006 @ 11:01PM
Scott McNulty said...
Everybody's a critic. ;)
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8-28-2006 @ 11:34PM
rboyce said...
You might want to update the tag to macbook instead of macbook pro, too.
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8-28-2006 @ 11:47PM
Mike Barnard said...
um this is totally and macbook...it's white and one word acurately describes this...LAME!
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8-29-2006 @ 12:00AM
icerabbit said...
Now it is officially time to retire the "rig of the day".
Calm photo is questionable and this goes beyond low "rig" wise.
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8-29-2006 @ 12:03AM
Scott McNulty said...
Goodness gracious, who knew people had such strong opinions about the Rig of the Day?
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8-29-2006 @ 12:26AM
SB said...
Problem is Scotty, a lot of the old "Rigs" were very cool. This is a huge disappointment in comparison.
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8-29-2006 @ 1:13AM
Mephistophelian said...
Hope he updates us with new pictures when his bed catches on fire ...
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8-29-2006 @ 3:28AM
arcsbite said...
some of us keep fully updated rig pics in the pool.
this is a slap in the face to those that actually bother.
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8-29-2006 @ 3:40AM
om. said...
Hmmm... nobody seems to have noticed he uses an iLap.
Damn expensive peace of bent aluminum sheet with some sponge attached to it. But it's definitely a must-have if you're using your Apple notebook as a laptop and don't want to burn your legs.
I live mine... ;)
om.
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8-29-2006 @ 7:40AM
Jon said...
Yes, I thought the iLap was the important part in the Rig of the Day but it wasn't even mentioned.
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8-29-2006 @ 7:46AM
Tom said...
Couple of things that need to be cleared up here:
1: J|D sleeps on a normal bed, its just the perspective that makes it look like its on the floor
2: Yes its simple, but if u could do a 360 degree shot you would see the rest of the setup
3: This is J|D's SECOND RotD, is that a record???
How do I know all this?? I'm one of J|D's best mates in the real world, I got him into Mac's and he doesn't deserve the criticism being levelled.
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8-29-2006 @ 10:42AM
c. said...
To be fair...
They indeed didn't show this guy's complete rig. That would apparently be here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jdys/sets/72057594049249432/
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8-29-2006 @ 11:02AM
icerabbit said...
We're not critical of your friend. Just of TUAW.
Consider it feedback.
While RotD is a nice pass-time, fun and often informative; some rigs are more rig than others, and, I think most agree that they wouldn't call their portable & cooling pad on their bed a "rig" let alone think about featuring that as RotD for the whole world to see. Add some inaccuracies and omissions you get some TUAW readers that like to point that out. That's all.
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8-29-2006 @ 2:29PM
Metrobilly said...
I hope that thing is sitting on a hard, flat surface, and not on the blanket.
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8-29-2006 @ 3:57PM
DemoReel said...
Steps for posting a comment on this RotD:
1. Find a sense of humor.
That is all.
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