April 25th, 2008

Diggnation Episode 142

By Michael Lazar

Rating: 4

If you have ever wondered what to geeks who have nothing better to do than sit on their laptops every day—then read this review. We all have known our fair share of computer whizzes—that tend to keep to themselves and fear all things mainstream society. You know the types of guys who would rather program their homepage and blog then meet up with the rest of the guys for a beer and a round of cards on a Saturday night. The type of people who have trouble finding a date because girls do not understand them—and think they are rather dorky by nature. Perhaps these types of people may garner their own personal retribution for such features and plainly blunt personality quakes—but what happens when two of them create a webisode series and not only does it get millions of view—they somehow reach episode 142?


In Episode 142—the most prominent thing that you will hear as the show’s two co-hosts, Alex Albrecht and Kevin Rose begin to introduce the show is the most talked about subject: not surprisingly, their laptops. And how Alex’s laptop is broken as most viewers would note—as he notes—and now he is forced to borrow a loaner PC from dell. The moaning does not stop there—he actually recants vivid details on the features and specs that his prior notebook had before crashing. As if anybody really cares, and then continues the tirade by discussing the features on his loaner notebook and why Dell gave it to him—can we guess that Dell is a major paying sponsor of the show—I think so. Finally the computer jargon canter ends and they begin to discuss their pending trip to Amsterdam, which is by no reflection scripted as they repeat themselves on several occasions.

Basically this candid comedic duo takes all of the technology news and dishes it out with their own flavor and brand of unique tech junkie comedy—opinionated, brief, and overtly aggressive and insanely theirs. No matter whom you are or what your tastes are this group actually is entertaining. Their simplistic renditions and opinions are not only educated, they are most often right. They basically take subjects of much controversy and talk amongst themselves about the topic. In this episode the topic of prevalence was the fact that Microsoft was not going to be including the Blu Ray DVD player for the Xbox 360—which actually really peeves both of them off.

The show is always ended in a similar fashion, by talking about the most heightened portions of technology news in the headlines. In this episode it encompassed Iphone rumors and speculation as well as their always funny and entertaining opinions crafty overlaid onto the subject. The format of approach is as personal as it gets. Two guys sitting in a room yakking about technology—with their laptops on their knees and a cup of hot coffee and cream in their hands. Yet somehow what they have to say is both relevant and interesting and well spoken. Rose and Albrecht have found a sure winner here with this entertaining comedy techie bit.


One Response to “Diggnation Episode 142”

  1. Make Some Noise — Red Hat Fedora Unbuntu Linux on April 28th, 2008 8:34 am

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