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Getting Wired This Weekend (3/6/02)
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Hey, speaking of nearby Apple retail stores, do you happen to live in the vicinity of the CambridgeSide, Tysons Corner, Valley Fair, or Glendale Galleria locations? Because if you do, you might just want to let the TiVo grab your action-packed evening of Must-See TV tomorrow night and plan on being at your local Gapple instead; faithful viewer Justin Roman Resuello reminded us about Apple's "Wired Weekend," which officially kicks off at 6 PM tomorrow in those four stores. (Hmmmm, a weekend starting on Thursday evening... Might Apple need a little visit from the Work Ethic Fairy? No wonder there aren't enough iMacs to go around...)
As for what this "Wired Weekend" is and why you'd want to miss more post-Sweeps Rachel-Joey angst on "Friends" to be there, well, basically Apple is pushing its latest iApp by devoting this weekend to teaching you everything about "the latest in digital technology from Apple, including the revolutionary iPhoto." If you've got one, Apple even invites you to bring your own digital camera (and cable) to give it all a try. (We're tempted to show up with our QuickTake 150 and its DIN-8 serial cable just to cause a scene.) The interesting bit, though, is that Apple plans to offer "discounts on your favorite printers and digital cameras"-- and the really interesting bit is that they'll apparently be giving away a few digital cameras to lucky shoppers throughout the weekend. The big score, however, comes during the Thursday night kick-off event, at which each store will be giving away an iBook. So is the chance at a free iBook reason enough to miss "Will & Grace"? That's up to you to decide.
We're not entirely clear on why three days of heavy iPhoto demos complete with fabulous prizes qualifies as a "Wired Weekend," but there is a Wired Magazine logo on Apple's web page describing the event. What's more, faithful viewer Jollyroj tells us that he received a postcard in the mail inviting him to this event a few days ago, apparently because he just happens to be a Wired subscriber. So evidently Apple and Wired have some kind of arrangement worked out whereby Apple gets to peek at Wired's subscriber list and Wired gets to see its name confusingly incorporated into an Apple promotion about digital cameras. Hey, just so long as everyone's happy.
By the way, if any of you wins an iBook because we told you about this, we expect a kickback. A box of Dark Chocolate Vegan Soy Truffles from XOX should do the trick. And you're welcome.
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 3/6/02 episode: March 6, 2002: We know this comes as a massive surprise, but Steve Jobs is going to deliver the keynote at Macworld Expo Tokyo. Meanwhile, the iMac availability situation just doesn't seem to be improving (for anyone other than Apple, that is), and if you live near a participating Apple retail store, showing up for a "Wired Weekend" just might score you a free digital camera or iBook...
Other scenes from that episode: 3610: Try To Contain Your Shock (3/6/02) And thus are we reduced to this: things are so eerily quiet in the Mac realm right now, we're actually going to try to wrench a drop or two of drama out of the fact that the keynote address at this month's Macworld Expo Tokyo will be delivered by-- and make sure your insurance is all paid up and you've got a wallet handy to bite down on lest you swallow your own tongue in shock-- Steve Jobs himself... 3611: Backorders As A Way Of Life (3/6/02) It's been two whole months since His Steveness (or, ahem, Time Magazine) first unveiled the new LCD-based iMac to a waiting world, and if the planet has changed since then, it's remained the same in one very crucial way: iMacs are still darn near impossible for dealers to get on their shelves...
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