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Woz Gets Hipchecked Off the Dance Floor: Big, Big Sigh…

Kara Swisher in News on April 1, 2009 at 1:20 am PT

Oh horror of horrors–Steve Wozniak got sent home last night on the ABC celebrity hoofer-fest, “Dancing with the Stars.” Whatever will BoomTown do without the peculiar gyrations of the Apple co-founder to praise effusively and mock relentlessly at the very same time? But with a truly terrible Tango and the lowest judges’ score (12 out of 30) of the remaining 11 contestants from his Monday night outing, Woz’s only chance was the voters at home. They let Woz down.

Woz Lives to Stumble Around, Oops, Tango, Another Day!

Kara Swisher in News on March 25, 2009 at 12:01 am PT

Getting a foot fracture, pulling a hamstring, claiming there was a voting conspiracy, getting an abysmal score of 10 out of 30 from the judges (the lowest score ever) and, of course, dancing with as much grace as a block of cement were not enough to sink the Good Ship Wozniak last night on “Dancing With the Stars.” Instead, the people spoke loud and proud for continued goofiness by voting for the clod-hopping Apple co-founder in droves and tossing off actress and Charlie Sheen nemesis, Denise Richards. Next up: Tango Argentina! Or, most likely in Woz’s version: Mangled Argentina.

Sam-bad: Woz Gets a 10 Out of 30 on "DWTS"

Kara Swisher in News on March 24, 2009 at 12:00 am PT

At least Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak can pun through the pain of his foot fracture and pulled hamstring. “Hey, well, one thing I learned is that if you mix a little dancing with a little Smirnoff, you might end up in an ambulance,” he joked, riffing on the name of his partner, Karina Smirnoff. What he can’t do, of course, is dance very well, which was why he got the low, low score of 10 out of 30 last night from the judges on his third week of “Dancing with the Stars.” Oh, it was a bad samba. A very bad samba. But who cares? Vote for your right to Sam-bad!

"DWTS" Diva Woz "Hams" It Up–Another Injury, Vote-Rigging and Teletubbies!

Kara Swisher in News on March 23, 2009 at 6:41 am PT

Self-described Teletubby, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak sure knows how to make things dramatic. For the second time, after a foot fracture, his continued appearance on the ABC celebrity show “Dancing With the Stars” appears in jeopardy, due to an apparent hamstring injury he suffered at practice on Friday. Curiously, a picture of Woz on a stretcher and an update of his injured status were taken off his Woz.org blog sometime over the weekend (I saw the picture on Saturday night on my iPhone, but it is impossible to find now). Also previously 86ed was a letter he had posted and then unposted about his contention that some vote-rigging was taking place on the show.

BoomTown Decodes the Zuckerberg Terms of Service My-Bad Memo (Now With 10 Percent More "So Very Sorrys!")

Kara Swisher in News on February 18, 2009 at 2:21 am PT

Under cover of darkness last night, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on the social-networking site’s blog that it would “return to our previous terms of use while we resolve the issues that people have raised.” Oh, this is just too good to resist. Therefore, BoomTown shall not tarry in our ongoing job of busting the chops of the young Facebook leader, whose minions have actually–and I am not joking here–given him the nickname: The Wizard. Well, the Wizard obviously had to pull back the curtain last night and show some serious mea culpa to the people, before they got out the pitchforks. Here’s a translation of Zuckerberg’s message.