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Filed under: Humor, Switchers, Cult of Mac

Perspective, courtesy of Joy of Tech

There's a bit of a celebration/commiseration hangover here in the US of A today, with the exact taste depending on your point of view. As always, the fine duo behind the Joy of Tech comic have distilled the Internet's mood down to a four-panel screenful of truth. Regardless of your political persuasion or your technology history, it's high time for us all to reach across the aisle and recognize that we really do agree on what's important.

Aside from laughter, that is. (Is the guy with the pocket protector supposed to remind us of someone in particular?)

Thanks Snaggy & Nitrozac

Continue readingPerspective, courtesy of Joy of Tech

Filed under: Humor, Cult of Mac, The Woz

Joy of Tech hits 1000th episode

Here at TUAW we're fans of Joy of Tech; we post about the great Mac web comic often, and even have had a cameo. So we can't let the 1000th episode go by without comment, especially since they're also running a giveaway to mark the occasion. Prizes include signed books from Woz and David Pogue as well as a variety of tech toys from RadTech, SendStation, and Freeverse. Check out the contest and join us in congratulating Nitrozac & Snaggy!

Filed under: Humor, Portables, iPhone

Joy of Tech and iPhone accessories

The folks at Joy of Tech posted a funny one recently that makes predictions about the forthcoming iPhone accessory industry. They suggest cramming one inside an old Newton case, among others.

You laugh, but I bet it happens. If you're the first person to wedge your iPhone into the case of an old MessagePad 110, please let us know. We really want to see it.

Filed under: Humor

How to buy Vista, Joy of Tech style

We don't link to Joy of Tech that often, because if we did we'd end up doing it pretty much every day (cue Carly Simon... Noooobody doooes it bettah...). When the readers start giving us the heads-up that Nitrozac and Snaggy have produced something especially trenchant and wry, though, we are bound to take (un)official notice.

Click the image or the Read link for the full comic; it manages to portray the Vista buying experience in very stark contrast to shopping for Our Favorite OS.

Update: Snaggy notes that this cartoon was inspired in part by Erica's post on the multiple versions of Vista. O what a tangled web we weave...

Thanks Ronald & everyone else who sent this in.

Filed under: Humor, Internet

TUAW makes Joy of Tech cameo

Well color us red: TUAW reader loki capret tipped us off that we've been honored with a cameo appearance in the latest Joy of Tech! The comic (their latest as of this writing) features Apple's keynote command bunker, and you can imagine everything they need to keep track of in such a top secret and secure monitoring facility. Without ruining much more of the comic, you can simply see a screenshot of TUAW (alongside Engadget) on what must be a massive Cinema display for internal use only.

Check out the comic for yet another good laugh from the JoT crew, and a big thanks to them for the cameo! We'd also like to thank the readers, and our AOL overlords, and the committee, our manager for believing in us and...

Thanks, loki!

Filed under: Humor, Cult of Mac, Blogs

Joy of Tech with marketing advise for Microsoft's 'iPod Killer'

Joy of Tech has put together a rather humorous comic offering some marketing advice to Microsoft to aid their iPod Killer in its quest. Tips include celebrity endorsements, siphoning Gates' fortune and a contest to win a date with *ahem* Miss iPod Killer.

My advice? Instead of naming it Argo, why not just keep the name everyone is already calling it: 'iPod Killer'. That way, everyone will know why they released the device, and it'll be clear what its function is when it locks up, crashes and mysteriously deletes all the users' music beginning with the letter 'i'.

Filed under: Humor, Cult of Mac

Caption contest Joy of Tech style

So you don't think that the Joy of Tech is funny? Now's your chance to make it so. The Joy of Tech caption contest. You can win some bbq sauce or some fabulously geeky head gear. Just send along a caption for this strip and you're halfway there.

Full details here.

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Humor, Apple

Joy of Tech on the new Apple ads

The Joy of Tech has a tiny tweak to the Get a Mac ads that they would like to see. I won't ruin the punchline, but I have to agree with them. That would get me to buy a few more Macs (they come in six packs, right?).

Thanks, Douglas.

Filed under: Humor, Cult of Mac, Odds and ends

The rumors dispelled

Nitrozac and Snaggy of the great Joy of Tech comics have finally revealed for us what Steve will be showing off tomorrow. Items include the "Woopie Cushion Pro" (I'm glad we finally have a pro-level edition of this for us power users), the "BudBub" iPod bubble generator (for all of your car ads that are posing as iPod ads) and the all-new Apple Polaris Nuclear Sub! Get your credit cards ready.

Filed under: Humor, Cult of Mac, Odds and ends, iTunes, Steve Jobs

Jumping Steve iTunes plugin

I like iTunes, generally, but there has always been something missing. I often found myself wistfully looking at my iTunes window and thinking, 'You know what this could use? A little more Steve Jobs dancing to my music.' It seems that the evil geniuses (I mean that in the best way possible) behind the Joy of Tech, and the folks at Memention, were secretly reading my mind because they have teamed up to unleash Jumping Steve.

Jumping Steve is an iTunes visualizer plugin (PPC Macs only) that shows a little Steve Jobs rocking out to your music. You can also toggle it to feature a Steve Jobs iPod silhouette that will... rock out to your music.

iTunes can now be considered the single greatest piece of software ever written, only if Jumping Steve is installed though.

[via Macminute]

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