Monday, July 2, 2012

Technology Overload

If you've been following my blog, you know that at the end of May Jason and I had a little fridge trouble. In case you missed it, you can read all about it here.

When we went shopping for a fridge, we were reminded how expensive they are. I don't remember what we paid for our original appliance, but we bought it about 11 years ago. Obviously, prices have gone up. Due to the scary costs (and that fact that we were going to have to wait for about 2 weeks to actually get a fridge delivered), we came up with a cheap and temporary solution. Our "band-aid" was to spend $450 to get a small, unimpressive fridge.We'd been saying for years that we wanted to buy something that we could put in our garage for extra storage. So, we decided to go ahead and get that fridge. For now it's in our kitchen, being a temporary place holder for our "real fridge." 
I am taller than this fridge.
And I am only 5'4".
We are thankful to have a fridge and to have gotten one quickly (we got it the day after ours croaked) and for fairly cheap. Even better, we have 18 months of no interest (but, since it was only $450, it shouldn't take us that long to pay it off). 

This weekend, we headed to Lowe's Home Improvement to get a couple of things we needed for our house. While we were there, we decided to go look at refrigerators again (since this time we weren't in panic mode). We're not ready to get our "real fridge" yet, but figured it wouldn't hurt to just browse and start taking notes. We came across one unit that had me so flabbergasted. I just stood there, staring at the thing, asking "what in the hell is going on here?" 

 This fridge had apps. As in, things you download on your smartphone. Or on a tablet. Trust me, I can't make this stuff up. 
This is the screen on the fridge.
I don't know if you can download other apps, but here are the ones that the display model was showing. I can understand Pandora - often when I'm washing dishes or cooking, I like to bring my Ipod and the speaker dock into the kitchen so I can listen to music. But, what the hell is the purpose of Twitter on your fridge? What, am I going to tweet to the world that "I'm getting a can of biscuits outta my fridge"? And Weatherbug? Seriously? When I want to know the forecast, I turn to my phone or TV... or even look out the window. I don't look to my fridge. 

The fridge itself was purty.
Shiny!
But the price tag wasn't.
Good grief. Will it cook dinner for me too?
I wanted to play with the screen more than I got to, but Jason saw the look on my face and figured he'd better pull me away before I became enamored with this thing (too late, babe). In my defense, I'm (slightly) better than that. For one, I don't get the purpose for having apps on my fridge. And, another thing, I am well aware of our poorness. In other words, I ain't spending that kind of money on an appliance...that is, unless said appliance did something really special. But, if I want to tweet something frivolous about my life, I'm not going to do that standing at my fridge. Seriously, I don't need to be connected to the world by every item in my house. I promise.





10 comments:

  1. Wow...I had no idea that refrigerators had apps. That is good to know. It would be funny if you got that fridge just so you could tweet about "getting a can of biscuits". I would definitely sign up for a twitter account if you did that.

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    1. Trust me, I didn't realize it until I found it. You should sign up for a twitter account, even if I don't use my fridge to tweet. As soon as I see you follow me on twitter, I'll immediately post that I'm getting a can of biscuits, just for you. :)

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  2. You should get a fridge that you can play Doodle Jump on.

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    1. Now THAT would be awesome... But also very destructive to my house.

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  3. Bahaha! No, seriously, this is all kinds of awesome. Maybe your fridge could do automatic twitter updates of everything you eat during the day.

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    1. Hmmm... automatic twitter updates of everything I eat. That actually might help me lose weight. I wouldn't want everyone knowing that I just got ice cream out of the freezer, two minutes after I scarfed down a cheeseburger. And now I'm baking cookies. Hahaha!

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  4. Quote: "What's the purpose of Twitter on your fridge?" Hahaha! This is crazy cakes. And Weather Bug! lol! This is for people with more money than they know what to do with. If I win the lottery, I'll totally buy you this fridge. haha!

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    1. Crazy cakes, indeed! And, yes, I demand that you buy me this fridge if you win the lottery. I need to know what other apps I can download on this thing.

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  5. Wow! That price tag is hefty! I'll keep my non-smart fridge, which was a lot cheaper. I don't spend enough time hanging out by my fridge to Twitter. Plus, I'm too lazy to stand up.

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    1. I'm with you on being too lazy to stand up. And, while I do want a fridge that's a bit better than what we're currently using, I don't need one that's smarter than me. :)

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