SEATTLE, WA - The staff at the iPhone Savior started celebrating our one year Anniversary at 12:01 A.M. on Thursday morning. I decided to finally use my "Proboscian Sippy Mask" at the party, fronting like some Star Wars alien mosquito sucking back bug juice on Tatooine. I saw some lady looking like an ass hat on Gizmodo with that sippy mask and my first thought was, I need that thing! Turns out it was an original one-of-a-kind piece of art for dumb people. It works great!
It's hard to believe we launched our first post at 11:46 A.M. last year on July 3rd, 2007. It feels more like ten years ago. Does anyone recall our trademark iPhone spoof "Out Of A Coma, Into The Apple Store"? That was the article that put The Savior on the map. That little chunk of satire rang in over 35,000 hits in a matter of hours back in October, featured on Fake Steve Jobs and on CrunchGear. Some dubbed it a hoax, but it was deliberate iPhone satire.
Right after Peter Rojas from Engadget
outed our little gem as a clever satirical send-up, we saw another
40,000 hits from iPhone fanatics in total denial. We made it to number one on DIGG's
Top 10 for our original post that day and then again for the Engadget post the following day. It was a roller coaster ride for sure.
Another favorite of mine was "Old Geezer Surfs Porn On Apple Store iMac". That was a total find making the front page of Gizmodo and several other tech sites across the globe. That Giz post had 42,000 views. I don't shoot the crazy Mac photos, I simply exploit them. With my dumb luck I'll end up becoming a cult favorite in the Middle East. I can see the headline now; "iPhone Savior Is A Huge Hit In Abu Dhabi?"
It's been an amazing year that would not be possible without the loyal support of so many readers and Mac sites that keep our brand of backwards-ass, nipple-twisting, moronic humor alive. Satire is my bag baby. (I kid, I kid!) For your unflinching support... I humbly offer you one thousand thanks. The Cult of iPhone is alive and well in Seattle. Or is it?
Drink up, me hardies, yo ho!
Yours truly,
The iPhone Savior
Happy anniversary iPhone Savior. I love you long time. Keep the funny coming. (I love the mask) You rock my world!
Posted by: Snaggle Tooth Ho | July 04, 2008 at 10:12 AM
Congrats on surviving one year! I first read your blog from that Apple store coma post. Love your stuff. Keep rockin' in the free world.
Posted by: Seth j. | July 03, 2008 at 06:50 AM