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    Magazine of the Future Ruined by Magazine Delivery System of the Past

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    Image of raincoaster raincoaster
    11/17/09

    In reply to Magazine of the Future Ruined by Magazine Delivery System of the Past
    Well, at least they didn't obscure RDJ's "charms". #esquire
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    11/17/09

    In reply to Magazine of the Future Ruined by Magazine Delivery System of the Past
    What if I don't have a webcam? Can I just use an instamatic camera?

    Signed,
    Old Guy Whose Grandchildren Roll Their Eyes Whenever He Asks A Computer-Related Question #esquire
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    11/17/09

    @A Message To Rudy: Wave the magazine in front of your grandchildren's Atari. (If they have Intellivision, I don't know what to suggest.) #esquire
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    11/17/09

    @valet_of_the_dolls: Which one's the Atari? The one with the doohickey or the one with the whatchamacallit that makes those noises? #esquire
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    11/17/09

    @A Message To Rudy: There's a thingy on it that goes back and forth and side to side. Happy stick?
    Something like that. #esquire
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    Image of Daniel Mauser Daniel Mauser
    11/17/09

    In reply to Magazine of the Future Ruined by Magazine Delivery System of the Past
    Not to be an asshole but there are instructions to peel off the address. However, I do agree with Hamilton that it was poorly placed. #esquire
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    11/17/09


    @Daniel Mauser: In fact, here is said instruction. #esquire
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    11/17/09

    @Chadams28: Really? So the instructions are under the label itself. Yeah, and WE'RE the stupid ones. #esquire
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    11/17/09

    @A Message To Rudy: They did end that sentence with an exclamation point. I don't know what more you would want from Esquire besides that. #esquire
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    11/17/09

    @Chadams28: Boy, and the one time my Robert Downey Jr. shoe fetish DIDN'T pay off... #esquire
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    11/17/09

    @A Message To Rudy: The label was right beside the "peel" message, and the label was stuck with easily peelable glue. Not sure what more they could have done, other that put in in a plastic/paper wrapper with the label on that, thus creating more easte #esquire
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    A Message To Rudy promoted this comment UGA was starred UGA was unstarred
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    11/17/09

    @UGA: The label on my copy of the mag was huge, covered the "instructions" and didn't give any indication that it was to be removed to work properly. I didn't assume the image on the cover was the one that you were supposed to use, I thought it was the one on the inside. If they're both the same, great, no big issue.

    And my issue does NOT come in a plastic bag. #esquire
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    11/17/09

    In reply to Magazine of the Future Ruined by Magazine Delivery System of the Past
    This has all the interest of a toy in a fucking cereal box. What doddering idiot came up with this? #esquire
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    11/17/09

    In reply to Magazine of the Future Ruined by Magazine Delivery System of the Past
    Is RD Jr. beginning to look vaguely hot in a Dustin Hoffman in 1983 kind of way? #esquire
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    11/17/09

    @RollsRoyceRevenge: I saw this issue on the stands the other day & thought it was Hugh Jackman #esquire
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    11/17/09

    In reply to Magazine of the Future Ruined by Magazine Delivery System of the Past
    It's a QR code. They're big in Japan. They're like bar codes, and your camera (in a phone, and there are iPhone apps for these as well) scans them. There's a URL embedded in them and so the QR code takes you to a website where you can play stupid games or see a little video or some such marketing nonsense. #magazines
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    11/17/09

    @ljnd2: This couldn't be further from the truth. It's AR - Augmented Reality, and believe it or not it's pretty friggin' cool.
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    11/17/09

    @efetecotonct: @colin_j_smith: My mistake. #esquire
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    Image of Richard Petty Bourgeoisie Richard Petty Bourgeoisie
    11/17/09

    In reply to Magazine of the Future Ruined by Magazine Delivery System of the Past
    I was able to carefully peel off the shipping label. I held it up to my webcam, heart racing with anticipation. The message? "Be sure to drink your Ovaltine." #magazines
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    11/17/09

    @Richard Petty Bourgeoisie: I'm wondering if it was fra-gee-lay. #esquire
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    11/17/09

    @AzureTexan: This magazine cover is a Major Award. #esquire
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    11/17/09

    @A Message To Rudy: Major or minor, it must be Italian. #esquire
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    11/17/09

    In reply to Magazine of the Future Ruined by Magazine Delivery System of the Past
    The cover is also the top suggested pose for Levi Johnston's photoshoot. Tah-dah!
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    11/17/09

    In reply to Magazine of the Future Ruined by Magazine Delivery System of the Past
    Hamilton, I think you need to look up the definition of 'hologram.' That is not a hologram in any way, shape or form. #magazines
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    Image of Hamilton Nolan Hamilton Nolan
    11/17/09

    @Arken: It MAKES a magical hologram thing when you hold it up to the webcam. I think you need to look up the definition of "our magical future." #magazines
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    11/17/09

    @Hamilton Nolan: Only if your computer monitor etches with lasers. #magazines
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    Image of onebadclam onebadclam
    11/09/09

    In reply to Give Reporters the Most Luxurious Airline Seats or Give Them Death
    Business Class to Switzerland? Oh, the humanity! As someone who spent years flying coach in and out of Cincinatti and Indianapolis may I hear them cry me a river? And not the "good" coach, either. The seats in the back, next to bathroom and galley, that don't recline. #media
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    Image of Pesti-Esti Pesti-Esti
    11/09/09

    @onebadclam: The problem was they were on the plane to write about the first-class seats. It was the reason for the flight. #media
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    11/09/09

    @Pesti-Esti: Still, give me that assignment with Business Class seats and I'll give you 2K words by end of day Tuesday. #media
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    11/09/09

    @Pesti-Esti: So? I've written about some of the world's greatest jewels and I didn't even get Swarovski keepsakes! #media
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    11/09/09

    @raincoaster: I honestly don't know why they had to fly them anywhere. Couldn't they have written about the seats on the ground? Set up an extra one in your New York office and reporters can come by and see it. My point is only that, if you are going to fly a bunch of journalists to Switzerland so they can experience these wonderful new seats, it makes no sense to not let them sit in the seats. #media
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    11/10/09

    @Pesti-Esti: Airlines are incredibly greedy, though. If they thought they had the slightest chance of selling those seats, they'd have pushed the reporters back to the cargo hold, I'm sure. My father was an airline mechanic, and changing the seats around is a big, BIG deal. Very expensive. They couldn't just bolt them to a few rows of business class. And no airline on Earth is going to give away first class seats when it thinks it can sell them, not only because they're greedy but also because first class passengers kick up a HELLUVA stink when they realize they can't get a seat in first class. #media
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    Image of Richard Petty Bourgeoisie Richard Petty Bourgeoisie
    11/09/09

    In reply to Give Reporters the Most Luxurious Airline Seats or Give Them Death
    I'm traveling to China soon. I can't wait to read Car & Driver & Bicyclist Pinned Under Fender. #media
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    11/09/09

    @Richard Petty Bourgeoisie: And I look forward to reading Dissident Bride's Top 10 ways to make conjugal visits a honeymoon to remember. #media
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    10/29/09

    In reply to Esquire Betting it All on Flashing Electronic Doo-Dads
    Also, this RFID/Barcode box thing has been going on for a while now. Golf Digest has had it, and I doubt it's doing wonders for their renewal rates. #esquire
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    Image of Hamilton Nolan Hamilton Nolan
    10/29/09

    @Juancho: Also:

    [gawker.com] #esquire
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    10/29/09

    In reply to Esquire Betting it All on Flashing Electronic Doo-Dads
    I must say I have no problem with Jeremy Renner taking his clothes off anywhere and any time he wants. #esquire
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    Image of DahlELama DahlELama
    10/29/09

    In reply to Esquire Betting it All on Flashing Electronic Doo-Dads
    I know people love to lament how Esquire has worsened considerably since the "good old days" or whatever, but since I wasn't around for those and therefore have no basis for comparison (kind of like early SNL) I must say that month after month, I continue to find Esquire fanfreakintastic. Love the fiction, the "funny joke from a beautiful woman," the one-page celebrity interviews, pretty much any article by Tom Chiarella...all in all, I find it to be one of the most quality publications out there.

    I realize none of that addresses the real subject of the post, but the reliance on technology to enhance a hard-copy publication makes me unspeakably sad. Especially since I don't own a webcam. #esquire
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    10/29/09

    @DahlELama: I love Esquire as well. Why is it that "mens" magazines are so much more interesting than "womens" magazines? Oh yeah, because they recognize a world beyond romance and weight loss. #esquire
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    10/29/09

    @DahlELama: I have to agree with you, for the most part. It's still my favorite magazine to read, but I think it has fallen off a bit from 2001-2003, when I could read it cover-to-cover as soon as it came.

    As for the "glory days", get any book by George Lois, and you'll have your fill. It was good stuff, but you can only read so much old news. #esquire
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    10/29/09

    @kepster: Discovering men's magazines in college was an utter revelation. Funny how none of them ever devote more than 2 pages to "How to Please Your Woman," "How to Lose 10 Pounds," or "437 Grooming Products You Need to Buy Right Now or You Will Become a Hideous Beast That No One Will Marry." Kind of makes you wonder what the content of women's magazines could be... #esquire
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    Image of Trai_Dep Trai_Dep
    10/14/09

    In reply to Don't Try to Tell Us Vampires Are the New Gays
    So, vampires are using tweeny girls to get to their brothers?!
    I can live with that.
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