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May 22, 2007
USB Panic Button — 'Get ready to launch... a spreadsheet'
From the website:
- USB Panic Button — Abort! Abort!
This interweb thingy is brilliant, isn't it?
Work, on the other hand, is not.
Unfortunately the internet is accessed via the very machine you're supposed to be using for work.
And that's why virtually everyone who uses a computer at work spends most of the time looking over their shoulder.
Indeed, at this very moment you're gaping at gadgets and gizmos when you should probably be studying annual reports or typing up the minutes from this morning's board meeting.
And we wouldn't even begin to speculate where you were surfing prior to this — shame on you!
Of course most work-shirkers choose to combat this highly annoying paradox by hammering frantically on their mouse when the boss walks by.
But not us.
Oh no, we simply hit the USB Panic Button and relax.
Why?
Because this ingenious comedy stealth device instantly opens a boring document to conceal our embarrassment (and all those incriminating windows).
Brilliant!
The USB Panic Button looks just like one of those emergency buttons you see in the movies — you know, the ones that launch missiles, shut off power, eject seats from fighter jets and cause Daffy Duck to lose his beak and feathers.
It's even got one of those flip-open perspex covers and is covered in yellow and black warning stripes.
Perfect for adding a suitably CIA-esque touch to your desk.
As well as its own boring document, this USB-friendly device will also bring up any other image you fancy — from your company logo to a photo of your mom.
The possibilities are endless.
The USB Panic Button is an ideal gift for anyone who spends too much time looking at things they shouldn't (that'll be all of us) and it's perfect for easily distracted surfers who spend more time searching for holidays, bargains and rude pictures than they do searching for new clients. (Again, that'll be all of us).
So don't panic, just hurry up and hit the Buy button.
Abort! Abort!
Note to file: find out who wrote the copy above and offer her or him double what they're being paid currently to come work for me.
[via Daniel Roswell]
May 22, 2007 at 01:01 PM | Permalink
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I think it's a good idea but the design just doesn't sit right with me, I mean it's a panic button right? So why is there a flip up lid to slow down the already nervous and fumbling person? Also, isn't the purpose to also be a discreet way of covering up for yourself? If so then why does it use a yellow and black design that is used for attracting attention and warming people? I would much rather use something more along the lines of a bank teller's little easily accessible button under the desk.
Posted by: B | Jul 25, 2007 6:30:33 PM
All of this sounds like a good lead in for a staples commercial! let me guess... you can get it from staples.
Posted by: | Jul 25, 2007 3:49:10 PM
That is awesome!!
I have an "Easy Button". The Panic Button would compliment just fine!!
I love it!!
Posted by: Duane | Jul 25, 2007 2:30:00 PM
Oh, that is good. I like it. I'd have one of those, if I had need for it.
And on an unrelated note, for a while I had, on the dash of my car, sitting on a no-slide sticky pad, one of those things that makes ray-gun shooting sounds and spits sparks and flashes red and blue lights and a robotic voice says "driver...vaporized" when you whack a red button on top of it every time some maniac tries to prove his(her) man(girl)hood on the highway. It was very satisfying. But, that device eventually shit the bed and I had to resort to head-crushing, like the old pervert character that Mark McKinney used to play on "Kids in the Hall." When I was driving home from across town this morning I must've crushed 8 or 9 heads. I don't know what any of this has to do with anything.
Posted by: Flautist | May 22, 2007 1:44:31 PM
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