Boss-across-the-hall-update: tech-support manwhore?
Published by Becky S February 1st, 2005 in tech, boss-across-the-hall, wtf?
I found out where boss-across-the-hall got that Aquariass link. He’s subscribing to a new magazine: Sync, Stuff for a Man’s Life. Highlights from the current issue:
- Meet the IT Gigolo!: “Ray Digerati” is a tech-support manwhore who went on Craiglist and offered to fix computers in return for sexual favors.
- Bribe Her: How to shut your woman’s piehole when she complains about your latest gadget purchase.
- How to Prank: Using The Clapper to crash a co-worker’s computer.
- The Sexy Six: Two women reveal their inner gadget freaks.
Boss-across claims that he’s only reading Sync for the product reviews, but I’m worried about a Clapper showing up in the office.
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boss across the hall consumer whore tech wtf?
A magazine about women and gadgets? Why was I not informed of this earlier?
Surely this will be even better than the Date Doctor.
Whoever thought of this mag is a genius.
Women and gadgets…what else is there in life.
Hmmm. Things sure have changed since the old BOFH days. Figures, I got out at the wrong time again.
BOFH?
Bastard Operator From Hell?
Yes, Bastard Operator From Hell. You can find the stories here:
http://bofh.ntk.net/Bastard.html
It’s fairly dated stuff now, but it was inspiration for more than a few pranks I pulled over the years. None as evil of course….nope, not me.
Oh wow, I love this Bastard Operator from Hell! It looks like he started up prior to my computing days, so I’d never seen these.
Oh the masters who took a porn template and inserted gadgetry into the mix–men’s interest are so simple. There’s even a lesbian review (of gadgets of course)–all salaciously described for male titillation.
BOFH is fairly old but the basic premise still works. For example, in the earlier days where I worked, one man IT show pretty much, I had a user very rudely ask me for more space on the file server. Inspired by the BOFH, I moved all of his files out of his personal directory into a non-public space and called him up to tell him he had more space. Then I went to lunch. To sum it up, by the time I got back he was almost crying. I put his files back and gave him some more space. He was always very polite after that.
As a man, yes, the women are quite a draw for this magazine. However, the gadgets they review? Weak! A wireless optical travel mouse? GMRS walkie-talkies? Come on. I don’t think their article on the Swedish Girls of Gaming could save this mag.