March 17, 2002

9:29 AM

Smoke DifferentAn old Mac gets overhauled as an iBong, and sparks some interesting hypothesis about where does Apple's creativity spirit really comes from.
posted by betobeto (15 comments total)

"We saw the MacQuarium and said, 'Let's put a bong inside one instead,'" Agapornis said. "We were probably stoned."


Probably?
posted by electro at 9:38 AM on March 17, 2002

Didn't you watch Pirates of Silicon Valley? That bit where Steve Jobs is rolling on E looked suspiciously like an Apple advert..
posted by wackybrit at 9:53 AM on March 17, 2002

Still, "the Mac bong is the best thing to have around when you're listening to the first four Burzum albums," he added.

Is it my possible my enjoyment of Burzum could be increased through drug use? What would Count Grishnack think?
posted by thirteen at 10:05 AM on March 17, 2002

The IBM PC was created by people who drank alcohol. The Mac was created by people who smoked pot."

Hmmm. That's an interesting generalization.
posted by ColdChef at 10:34 AM on March 17, 2002

Still, "the Mac bong is the best thing to have around when you're listening to the first four Burzum albums," he added.

If my rock pharmacology serves me, the proper accompaniment for death metal is methamphetamine- perhaps someone could use a Visor Edge as a line-chopper/snort surface?
posted by jonmc at 11:00 AM on March 17, 2002

Hmmm. That's an interesting generalization.
It's just the whole East Coast vs. West Coast divide all over again, yo.
posted by darukaru at 3:38 PM on March 17, 2002

Whoa, dude, that's crazy...

Stupid hippies.
posted by Spoon at 3:40 PM on March 17, 2002

I wasn't expecting much from this article, but anything with a sentence like:

"It has a lilting touch of death-like intoxication," said Prozac. "It's treated us well."

is clearly worth reading.
posted by moss at 5:43 PM on March 17, 2002

I sense a trend coming on here....

Bong-odore 64
Ninbongdo (Entertainment System, Super and 64)
Bong-station (BSX, BSOne and BS2)
The X-Bong

Where are my tools?
posted by JakeEXTREME at 8:48 PM on March 17, 2002

Most of the engineers I know wouldn't try to design anything on any kind of intoxicating substance.
posted by kindall at 10:09 PM on March 17, 2002

This article could be on The Onion and not be out of place.
posted by redleaf at 12:30 AM on March 18, 2002

I didn't know that anyone else knew who Burzum are....
posted by brand-gnu at 5:55 AM on March 18, 2002

Most of the engineers I know wouldn't try to design anything on any kind of intoxicating substance.

With most of the engineers I know, you would be hard-pushed to define the difference.
posted by walrus at 6:16 AM on March 18, 2002

With most of the engineers I know, you would be hard-pushed to define the difference.

All I can say is, I hope the engineers you know don't work for a company that makes heavy machinery. ;)
posted by kindall at 7:27 AM on March 18, 2002

kindall, I think the idea is that they brainstorm and conceptualize while on drugs, not that they actually draw the schematics while they're high.
posted by bingo at 9:04 PM on March 18, 2002