The Mac Genius Livejournal
UPDATE: As Ludwig notes in the comments, it looks like the Mac Genius already deleted her/his site,
realizing the spot s/he was putting him/herself in (or after being contacted by Big Brother Apple Legal). Another resourceful TUAW reader, fuddes, adds that the site is still available via
its Google cache.
Apple's probably going to be suing LiveJournal next, in order to find out who is behind the brand-spanking new
Genius-like LiveJournal, a blog reportedly written by a Mac Genius. The anonymous genius blogger reveals somewhat anti-Apple stances on several issues. For example:
"This sort of thing makes me glad that there are resellers and service providers out there, even though we aren't doing them any favors. Sure, we won't give them iPod Shuffles until months after they come out, but hey, we give them OS X themed fridge magnet words!"
Apple may not have to sue to discover the culprit, as this LiveJournaler confesses that there are only around 500 Mac Geniuses employed by Apple, in a post entitled Mac genius: Better than Stanford where a comparison is made between how difficult it is to become a Mac-genius and how difficult it is to get into Stanford.
The obvious question: is this real or just one of the thousands of fakers in LiveJournal land, like
Jesus Christ? I mean, I could imagine myself being bored enough one day to construct a reasonably realistic and anonymous Mac genius blog myself, as a critique of the shoddy service and high prices I have experienced once or twice while visiting an Apple Store. If it is really legit, though,
why is there a stat counter on the page (very un-LiveJournal-like, imho) and how long before the blogger behind it starts worrying about losing his job and makes the whole site Friends-only?