Doohickey: An App For That!

By Actuator Omega-One • May 27th, 2009 • Category: Geek Features (New Every Few Days!)

Since they’ve started releasing the ads, I’ve been extremely amused by Apple’s “there’s an app for that” series. I understand the concept – the iPhone and the iPod Touch, using Apple’s App Store, have an application for just about every…application. There’s nothing that Apple’s hip, hand-held products cannot do. Supposedly.

Of course, that’s foolish, because there are a lot of things that the iPhone’s App Store can’t help me with. What is your fiancee walks in on you and her sister in bed together – is there an app for that? Or if you need to stop Skynet from eradicating humanity – is there an app for that? Or if you have a nagging urge to know what Einstein’s Maternal Grandmother’s pet canary’s lung capacity was to the nearest 1/100000th of square inch? Is there an app for that?

I doubt it. Fortunately, thanks to the good people at Nerduo, even if you can’t have an app for that, you can joke about having an app for it. They’ve come out with a website that I found thanks to TechCrunch called “App For That,” which mercilessly lampoons the foolishness of the app for that ad campaign. And best of all, you can add your own witty “App For That” applications, and share them with the Internet! Such fun!

Yes, Virgina, there is an App For That.

And, if you’re an Apple Acolyte and don’t want your precious brand impinged upon, you can always visit “And I’m A PC,” and take some pot shots at Microsoft’s latest ad craze.

Bravo, Nerduo. Bravo.

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