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A project log for Electronic Thumb

A real life implementation of the Electronic Thumb from HHGTTG

marco-saarloosMarco Saarloos 03/06/2017 at 22:330 Comments

We got our first review in the slack channel: (there must be some weird time paradox in play here as well, as we've not sent out any beta versions yet..)

Review Electronic Thumb.

By accident I got a beta version of this device in my mail. It’s nice looking device, matte and smooth with only a few buttons and a dial at one end of the device. I tested the device and it seems to work however the user experience can be slightly compared to running head first into a brick wall at maximum velocity.

I used the dial to select a destination and pressed the button to activate the signal. It took only 4 minutes before I was picked up by a Vogon Constructor Fleet. The hosts were very unpleasant to put it mildly.

Things escalated quickly when a Vogon started reciting its poetry which is, after marriage, the worst experience I ever endured. Compared to listening to Vogon poetry passing a kidney stone is a pleasure. I was lucky to back a kickstarter project to replace some internal organs with 3D printed prostheses or else I would have died from spontanous organ failures.

Normally every fully functional device with only a few controls would definitely get a five star rating but because of the terrible customer journey I have to award a single star.

As a side note I’ve come to learn that instead of firing high energy beams to vaporize planets Vogons now have more sustainable methods of destruction by replacing the most powerful leader of the planet by a destructive nitwit. I hope my review reaches Earth before the election day on the 8th of november 2016.

1 star out of 5 stars

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