The Great Ganesha

Sci Fi Tech – the Sci Fi channel’s official blog, has an interview with a very special member of the Geek Squad. The Geek Squad are those brand-manager-manufactured geeks who pretend to know everything about technology in the Best Buy ads and help you resolve your email problems.

So, in order to vamp up their image with the 34-56 year-old, bored housewife, technophobic demographic, they’ve taken on Fabio (yes, Fabio!) as the official “Geek Squad Ambassador”.

Now don’t laugh! Apparently, he’s a real techno-geek. He says so himself in the interview:

I’m a technology geek. And I’m a very simple person ? I love my toys, but I’m very down to earth. I think everybody’s human, and I think there’s only one God. [link]

One God, huh? Dammit! Just when I thought Ganesha was getting some street-cred here in the US, thanks to this blog. But I digress. Apparently, he does get geeky over audio/video equipment:

My father, a mechanical engineer, was big into audio/video. It’s because of him that I’m able to set everything up. I’m thankful for that. Putting together a VCR, DVD player, and speakers is easy when you have only a few components. Now, you have hundreds of components, and most people need a book to tell them how to set everything up. [link]

And he also gets some perks by being an ambassador:

They fixed up my entire house, made it wireless all over. Before with my computer, I had to always plug it in and couldn’t go anywhere ? I felt like a dog on a leash. Now, I have wireless access around the house and check my email, go online? it’s amazing. [link]

I wonder if he has a lifetime supply of I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter from being in all those ads? And what about all those romance novels? Does he get free women for life? But maybe there’s a caveat that he has to be romantic with them. These issues need some serious thought.

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