Pharrell seeks N.E.R.D.vana with Gizmondo Enzo Tee
By Thomas Ricker 
posted June 6th 2008 2:22AM
posted June 6th 2008 2:22AM
posted June 6th 2008 2:22AM
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Huh?
i dont get it
yea im with u there
Something about... cheese... I'm sure.
1. Ferrari wrecked by executive from electronics maker Gizmondo.
2. Man prints t-shirt.
3. Man wears t-shirt.
4. Author's quota filled.
5. Reader cravings for real tech news increase 6%.
Dear snobs: Stand down. You don't own the gadget world, it OWNS YOU.
I get it; it hurts no one, it's the middle of the night, a new post will be up in a few hours, move on.
For those who feign 'not getting it': It's a shirt that immortalizes the image of the Gizmondo/wrecked Ferrari incident. Surely all of you 'Engadget' purists remember that? Perhaps you even typed 'LOL Douchebag' in the comments way back when?
I'm just trying to figure out who this "Pharrell" guy is...
I think it says, "Pharrell Williams has a picture of Stefan Eriksson's crashed Ferrari Enzo on his T-Shirt. He'd better watch out, his own Ferrari Enzo might get crashed, and 'Dietrich' might do it"
Are we to believe that of the very, VERY few people in the world that have Enzo's, this guy has one? (ofcourse I know he doesn't, I'm joking)
I guess some people aren't happy unless there is actual tech news to report at 2am in the morning, when most people are sleeping.
Personally, I'd like one of those T-Shirts, but only if the Enzo is red....it looks bizarre in blue.
Holy crap...he does have one...and it's....it's.....black X_X
WHYYYYYYYYYYYY?!?!?!?!?
Pharrell = Pharrell Williams, one of the founding members of The Neptunes and N.E.R.D. (No One Ever Really Dies). DJ/Hip Hop/produces a lot of songs for big artists of the day.
The problem people are having with the post is that they dont understand the slang(if it is even slang) in the post. From the picture I was able to figure out that that dude that that may be in some kind of music group put the crashed Enzo on a t-shirt and he too has one and it could be him who may also do that at some time in the future. this issue is should I have to rely on my interpretation of a picture and my memory of a post from 2+ years ago to understand a post? .
Jeeze. I thought everybody knew who N.E.R.D is. They are awesome. The whole Yin/Yang thing is somewhat puzzling though.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N*E*R*D
"N.E.R.D. (No One Ever Really Dies)"
I guess they forgot about the "O", eh?
Well, duh, Nick, obviously it's about cheese, but exactly what?
What type? With what is it being served? Is there a wine pairing?
I am just a little bothered by the combination of Pharrel and cheese.
Okay, I've said my piece. I can calm down now.
*hits the albuterol*
I lilke old english cheese, what about everybody else?
02:22: "Pharrell seeks nerdvana with Gizmondo Enzo Tee" Posted;
02:25: "Thomas Ricker"is fired
"Thomas Ricker," you should be honored, your name gets quotation marks.
....and sorry about the loss of a job, but apparently Pharrell is doing something with cheese, so there's possibly a job opportunity, there.
how do you not get it? it's a critique on society!
Thiis the kind of shit that got me to stop reading Gizmodo. Just Stop.
It is proof that Engadget is going to sellout on use and start doing pop culture bull that affects NO ONE.
Take this dumb "news" post on the site please.
They already post too much Apple news. (One product does not deserve more than 2-3 posts.)
jesse, do you ever stop fucking trolling?
In for 4. But, which color to I wear first? Perhaps not the light mauve. Everyone will be wearing that color in a few weeks. Perhaps the celadon. That new polo from Ralph Lauren's collection that I tried on at Dillard's like looked sooo good on me even under that awful florescent. But that was really more of a kelly green. Guess there's always periwinkle. Hope these are still HOTT by the time the get here from ebay.
BTW who the fridge is this Erriksson guy, did he do phones that are now like sony or something?...
You forgot to mention: There's a sale at Penney's!
Geeze, peeps, take a deep breath... It's going to be alright...
You're going to tell out on use, Engadget? How could you?!
*slaps and storms off*
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But seriously, take the post down now, the Laughing Man isn't laughing.
You think that you don't have to ever quit. You think that you can get away with it.
It's almost over now.
Everytime you masturbate God kills an Enzo! Please, think about the Enzos.
Good job I'm a Bugatti fan = )
I thought I was losing my mind and this story actually made sense to someone. Glad to see my sanity is intact and Mr. Ricker is the one whose mind is gone.
Am I the only one that actually understood this post?
Nope.I got it.
I really wish they had that shirt in black and red though.
I understood everything except who the fuck Pharrel is, but I just assumed he was in a band or something I'd never heard of.
OH NO ENGADGET MADE A POP CULTURE REFERENCE
It's not like they've been sneaking them into the actual article text for years, maybe you guys should try reading it sometime.
lol i get it n all .. cool you let the community and rss subscribers kno
but honestly .. what does this have to do with ' tech ' gadgets
02:22: "Pharrell seeks nerdvana with Gizmondo Enzo Tee" Posted;
02:25: "Thomas Ricker"is fired
02:30: "Thomas Ricker" found dead in office, severe cut to the wrists
He cemented a secure nerd status (should that be N.E.R.D.?) in my mind when I saw a pic of him wearing a bootleg 'Blue Harvest' t-shirt in a magazine many years ago... Yes, many years before 'Family Guy' molested the sacred inside joke of 'Blue Harvest.'
Pharrell is a real nerd, don't be mad because he knocks back models.
...And where could I find such a tee?
Have 99% of you not been reading Engadget for over a year? Good lord. There were a million posts about Stefan Eriksson and the madness that ensued.
I can understand people asking "Okay, what's the reference here?" and then waiting for an answer. But you guys seemed to be pissed the f*** off for not being part of an inside joke that's been on the outside for awhile now.
This was huge news for awhile. It's now transitioned into media representation through a popular music figure. They made a small post on it, so that those of us who read the site a lot get something to chuckle about. Calm down.
n.e.r.d.s
Couldn't have said it better myself.
Nope, definitely been here for a long time. I remember the whole car crash thing, problem is, there is no "joke". It's just no funny. Sorry.
N.E.R.D vana used in title of article
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For real... Besides... this site has a wider audience (of tech hungry, and not so..) people to appeal to. So every single story wont get your chops watering. It like the weather in London, if you dont like it... just wait a few min.
Besides all the people that wanted to know where the reference was.. there was a big friggin link (engadget style) for you to find out had you bothered.
The comments here are starting to look like they're from /b/ ...
I don't see why though, I found this interesting and got it straight away... I wonder if Pharell has a Gizmondo
It's a Billionaire Boys Club shirt:
http://www.bbcicecream.com/store/bbc_18110013.php
His own brand by the way.
lol @ price. [$80]
Sold Out!? Even if he sold a minimum hundred of these @ $80 a pop, thats easily 8 grand for a shirt that costs $2. Brilliant!
woot.shirt!
So playing games while driving is definitely a bad idea.
Mind so is listening to Pharrell Williams
Check out the control freaks telling engadget what to post and how many time to post it, start your own website freak shows, I own apple stuff and non-apple and i want to hear about it ALL
Engadget: I watch The Big Bang Theory too.
yeah, where can we buy 'em? (the shirts, not the cars)