Comments on: Microwaving a cellphone is surprisingly cool http://boingboing.net/2009/05/03/microwaving-a-cellph.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 13:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/03/microwaving-a-cellph.html#comment-481284 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-481284 He should have called it during the process and see who answered He should have called it during the process and see who answered

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/03/microwaving-a-cellph.html#comment-482822 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-482822 Really, eclectro? Really? Really, eclectro? Really?

]]> By: eclectro http://boingboing.net/2009/05/03/microwaving-a-cellph.html#comment-481548 eclectro Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-481548 Yeah shenanigans. I just checked into this thread to see how long it went before it was called. Yeah shenanigans. I just checked into this thread to see how long it went before it was called.

]]> By: schmod http://boingboing.net/2009/05/03/microwaving-a-cellph.html#comment-481302 schmod Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-481302 Gordon! Grab the wrench! Gordon! Grab the wrench!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/03/microwaving-a-cellph.html#comment-481069 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-481069 who knew there were evil monster larvae dormantly sleeping in all our cellphones just waiting for a microwave to wake and birth them out. who knew there were evil monster larvae dormantly sleeping in all our cellphones just waiting for a microwave to wake and birth them out.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/03/microwaving-a-cellph.html#comment-481073 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-481073 HOLY FUCK HOLY FUCK

]]> By: nanuq http://boingboing.net/2009/05/03/microwaving-a-cellph.html#comment-481075 nanuq Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-481075 Gosh, doing something stupid can be dangerous. Who knew? Gosh, doing something stupid can be dangerous. Who knew?

]]> By: Strangepork http://boingboing.net/2009/05/03/microwaving-a-cellph.html#comment-481076 Strangepork Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-481076 they must have at&t service. they must have at&t service.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2009/05/03/microwaving-a-cellph.html#comment-481078 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-481078 <i>By breaking quarantine procedure you risk everybody's life.</i> By breaking quarantine procedure you risk everybody’s life.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/03/microwaving-a-cellph.html#comment-481082 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-481082 aaaaand now to go buy a new microwave, 'cause this one is now cemented shut with all the melted plastic. Nice photoshopping with the melted goo-to-monster phase, though. aaaaand now to go buy a new microwave, ’cause this one is now cemented shut with all the melted plastic.

Nice photoshopping with the melted goo-to-monster phase, though.

]]> By: trimeta http://boingboing.net/2009/05/03/microwaving-a-cellph.html#comment-481084 trimeta Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-481084 I was hoping for a real video, but I guess the flashes of light before the phone did anything should have been a clue. On a more serious note, if you've got a microwave you don't want anyway, you really owe it to yourself to try putting a incandescent light bulb in it; they glow purple and green and then start to melt. Empty bags of chips work well too, especially the ones with the metallic interiors; they get covered in sci-fi-style blue sparks and then shrink to a quarter their original size. I was hoping for a real video, but I guess the flashes of light before the phone did anything should have been a clue. On a more serious note, if you’ve got a microwave you don’t want anyway, you really owe it to yourself to try putting a incandescent light bulb in it; they glow purple and green and then start to melt. Empty bags of chips work well too, especially the ones with the metallic interiors; they get covered in sci-fi-style blue sparks and then shrink to a quarter their original size.

]]> By: neotwinkie http://boingboing.net/2009/05/03/microwaving-a-cellph.html#comment-481087 neotwinkie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-481087 (Clever and effective IMHO) viral marketing for a prepaid cell phone company (Net10, IIRC). (Clever and effective IMHO) viral marketing for a prepaid cell phone company (Net10, IIRC).

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/03/microwaving-a-cellph.html#comment-481089 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-481089 Obviously inspired by the soap in the microwave trick. (search YouTube for "soap microwave") Obviously inspired by the soap in the microwave trick. (search YouTube for “soap microwave”)

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/03/microwaving-a-cellph.html#comment-481090 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-481090 Whenever I look at my phones media player, I know that I'm not looking at incompetence. Nothing this horrible can be done by mistake. It takes a diabolical mind to make something so ghastly. Whenever I look at my phones media player, I know that I’m not looking at incompetence. Nothing this horrible can be done by mistake. It takes a diabolical mind to make something so ghastly.

]]> By: roryrhorerton http://boingboing.net/2009/05/03/microwaving-a-cellph.html#comment-481093 roryrhorerton Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-481093 Brownlee beat you to it by a year, Doctorow. (Also, I just learned that only using last names has a distinct super-villain vibe to it.) http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/05/27/microwaved-cell-phon.html Brownlee beat you to it by a year, Doctorow. (Also, I just learned that only using last names has a distinct super-villain vibe to it.)

http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/05/27/microwaved-cell-phon.html

]]> By: rain_globule http://boingboing.net/2009/05/03/microwaving-a-cellph.html#comment-481606 rain_globule Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-481606 If you guys like microwaved stuff you should check out Is It A Good Idea to Microwave This on YouTube. They have a couple shows a week. http://www.youtube.com/user/JPizzle1122 If you guys like microwaved stuff you should check out Is It A Good Idea to Microwave This on YouTube. They have a couple shows a week.

http://www.youtube.com/user/JPizzle1122

]]> By: jewbacca http://boingboing.net/2009/05/03/microwaving-a-cellph.html#comment-481355 jewbacca Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-481355 Another hint that it's a viral video: it's a fucking viral video. Good effort, company, I hope your service is good and even if it isn't I wish you'd offer it here because it has to be better than Telus, but I think this is mostly an open call, and there's no way in the whole wide net that there isn't somebody who neither value their cell phone nor is worried about their microwave, and has as least a webcam. I fact, in the "somebody does this" pool, I'll take 2 days from right now. Another hint that it’s a viral video: it’s a fucking viral video.

Good effort, company, I hope your service is good and even if it isn’t I wish you’d offer it here because it has to be better than Telus, but I think this is mostly an open call, and there’s no way in the whole wide net that there isn’t somebody who neither value their cell phone nor is worried about their microwave, and has as least a webcam.

I fact, in the “somebody does this” pool, I’ll take 2 days from right now.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/03/microwaving-a-cellph.html#comment-481101 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-481101 Yeah, I remember seeing this last year too. But, it's still heart warming. hehe Yeah, I remember seeing this last year too. But, it’s still heart warming. hehe

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/03/microwaving-a-cellph.html#comment-481357 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-481357 That video was about the funniest thing I had ever seen- until I read comments 22, 28 and 29. And what exactly are 14 and 26 all about? That video was about the funniest thing I had ever seen- until I read comments 22, 28 and 29. And what exactly are 14 and 26 all about?

]]> By: benher http://boingboing.net/2009/05/03/microwaving-a-cellph.html#comment-481105 benher Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-481105 Amazing Awesomeness. Amazing Awesomeness.

]]> By: Frank W http://boingboing.net/2009/05/03/microwaving-a-cellph.html#comment-481117 Frank W Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-481117 It all happened in post-production. It all happened in post-production.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/03/microwaving-a-cellph.html#comment-481373 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-481373 Needs the soundtrack from Akira. Needs the soundtrack from Akira.

]]> By: oasisob1 http://boingboing.net/2009/05/03/microwaving-a-cellph.html#comment-481130 oasisob1 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-481130 Regardless, you must watch while listening to Nine Inch Nails. It's better. Regardless, you must watch while listening to Nine Inch Nails. It’s better.

]]> By: thequickbrownfox http://boingboing.net/2009/05/03/microwaving-a-cellph.html#comment-481134 thequickbrownfox Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-481134 Poor cellphone was clearly infected with Hog Terror Pathogen. Poor cellphone was clearly infected with Hog Terror Pathogen.

]]> By: ArghMonkey http://boingboing.net/2009/05/03/microwaving-a-cellph.html#comment-481135 ArghMonkey Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-481135 This video has been around the intertubes for years, still very neat though. This video has been around the intertubes for years, still very neat though.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/03/microwaving-a-cellph.html#comment-481657 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-481657 thank god it wasnt an iphone, or satan himself would have turned up thank god it wasnt an iphone, or satan himself would have turned up

]]> By: Eutychus http://boingboing.net/2009/05/03/microwaving-a-cellph.html#comment-481149 Eutychus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-481149 NEOTWINKIE has it. Here is the ad with full credits. It was for Tracfone: http://odeo.com/episodes/23322275-Net10-Tracfone-Cellphone-in-a-Microwave raised a smile nonetheless. NEOTWINKIE has it.

Here is the ad with full credits. It was for Tracfone:

http://odeo.com/episodes/23322275-Net10-Tracfone-Cellphone-in-a-Microwave

raised a smile nonetheless.

]]> By: sazzamook http://boingboing.net/2009/05/03/microwaving-a-cellph.html#comment-481158 sazzamook Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-481158 Sweet! Sweet!

]]> By: Enormo http://boingboing.net/2009/05/03/microwaving-a-cellph.html#comment-481161 Enormo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-481161 Hmmm... I just tried this and all it did was catch my kitchen on fire. Lame. Hmmm… I just tried this and all it did was catch my kitchen on fire. Lame.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/03/microwaving-a-cellph.html#comment-481170 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-481170 This is a fake, really?? This is a fake, really??

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