FREN

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18 may 2006

@apple@

Ooh, shiny. When I’d seen pictures of the upcoming Apple Store Cubed in New York, I thought that was it: a big, black cube with a white Apple logo, housing the store — like a big 2001 monolith, only thicker and, somehow, more ominous. I had no idea where it was or how big it was, and I didn’t read much about it, because… well, big cube in NYC, good for them, but I want me an effing Paris Apple Store.

Anyway, had I read the articles, I might have known the cube was actually obscured by black plastic to save the surprise. Man. Hottt.

Funny, by the way, that Apple would unveil the Cube today, when everybody is already comparing it to the Louvre Pyramid, and Da Vinci Code opened in France yesterday and opens in the US tomorrow. If Steve Jobs is a closet Dan Brown fan, I’ll… I’ll… well, he better release an iPodTablet for me to forgive him.

 

(Incidentally, I think the original 2001 script — the one that featured a science-fiction story — featured a cube, not a monolith. And transparent, not black. Figures. All that’s missing now is a three-story Justin Long hologram instructing passersby how to kill a PC user with a mere rock or stick how to use a GlossBook while avoiding glare from the big Apple logo. Big Apple. Hah.)

 

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[19:30] And it’s gonna be open 24/7. Where’s my green card?

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