Pearls Before Swine

What makes oPtion$:the secret life of steve jobs by fake steve jobs (aka Daniel Lyons) such a funny novel? Well, the humor is counterintuitive, and it's hard to predict which target Lyons is going to go for next. It's the funniest novel I've read since Anonymous Lawyer. Basically, if you thought Team America was funny, you'll probably enjoy this novel.

The novel did get me thinking. The character of "fake steve jobs" is always going on about how he likes to make beautiful objects, which is certainly true about the consumer electronics that Apple makes. However, most of the die hard Apple users I've known in my life are some of the least stylish people I've ever met.

The one person I know who is infintely more stylish and hip than the iBook owner ideal, and admires the iBook's design (from a professional point of view) would rather buy a PC than an Apple laptop.

It seems so strange to spend so much money on design when most of your hardcore afficiandos will never wear a suit and tie, much less put on a pair of clean khakis and loafers for their own wedding.