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43F Podcast: A Phone Made of Human Ass

A Phone Made of Human Ass (mp3)

43folders.com - Everything—including this piece of crap phone—will eventually break. Prepare yourself by capturing what you want to be different next time. (3:55)

Rated…mmm…let’s say “PG-13.” Listen over at Odeo, and see a photo of the assy phone for yourself.

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shari's picture

Hey, that looks just like...

Hey, that looks just like my POS phone!

New Now Know How's picture

A phone made of… The question...

A phone made of…

The question before us today is: why are mobile phones chock full of functional goodness when cordless phones can’t or don’t do a lot of the things that a mobile phone does? My really old mobile phone has an easy to use addressbook, a multi…

Mary's picture

Get yourself a new phone...

Get yourself a new phone already! The really horrible stuff never dies! It’s like the algae eaters a fish tank that outlast four or five tanks worth of the pretty fish you like to watch. Two years is long enough, that phone owes you nothing at this point.

One thing that I’ve done is to put aside a dollar a day to save up for absolutely guilt free out of budget spending. I don’t put physical dollars in an envelope, but keep track of it on the calendar. Those cool shoes I can’t justify buying - I’ll have them in three months if I don’t buy anything else. Keeps your wants in line, and keeps you from feeling deprived.

Gary King's picture

"Hey, that looks just like...

“Hey, that looks just like my POS phone!”?

Where do you see the phone?

Gary King's picture

Nevermind, I found it. The photo...

Nevermind, I found it.

The photo can be found here: http://odeo.com/show/325541/view

clapis affilio's picture

what? who's david cross? ...

what? who’s david cross?

Gary King's picture

clapis: http://www.google.com/search?num=30&hl=en&lr=&am

clapis: http://www.google.com/search?num=30&hl=en&lr=&q=Who+is+David+Cross%3F&btnG=Search

Danno's picture

Compiling a list of needs...

Compiling a list of needs and preferences isn’t a bad idea, but it takes a special kind of insanity to live with something you hate just WAITING for it to leave your life.

Go get a new phone Merlin, go get a new phone.

Jason's picture

Could be worse. I...

Could be worse. I once had a phone made out of dog ass.

tamouse__'s picture

You tagged this "buddhism" for...

You tagged this “buddhism” for a toss off line of “temporarily pre-shattered” ? Great one, Merlin. :)

About Merlin Mann

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Bio

Merlin Mann is an independent writer, speaker, and broadcaster. He’s best known for being the guy who started the website you’re reading right now. He lives in San Francisco, does lots of public speaking, and helps make cool things like You Look Nice Today. Also? He looks like this, answers questions, and has something like a life.

Merlin’s favorite thing he’s written recently is a short essay called, “Better.”

 
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