R U Nked?
A few months ago, I bought an Apple iSight camera thinking I could use it to better keep in touch with my best friend.
I think we used it for chatting maybe three times. Now it sits on the bookshelf, unused. It’s future is in fact threatened by my occasional eBay selling binges.
But then, while just now looking for the proper way to mix the perfect white russian, I came across a blog post about a new service called iChatnaked.com. Now, I am not suddenly going to start using my webcam again, certainly not for this purpose, but I’m thinking about how ingenious a person must be to come up with an idea like this.
There is nothing stopping iSight owners from chatting naked, whenever they feel like it, but there is no guarantee that their partner will reciprocate. Certainly I cannot envision me and my best friend chatting naked at the computer. That’s just a little icky…so let’s get that image right out of our head.
Other people, however, may want to be assured that if they take their clothes off, the person on the other end of the iSight will take theirs off, too. So here is a service that guarantees you some thrills for the hundred bucks you pay for an iSight. And someone is no doubt making big bucks off this service.
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But this takes all the fun out of my chatting on the Net! I don’t really WANT to be naked. I just want them to THINK I’m naked. And that I’m blonde. And 5′ 11″. And that I have bright blue eyes. And … OK. I’ll stop there.
(Seriously, kidding. I gave up on the chatrooms MONTHS ago. Well, at least WEEKS ago.)
=)
Comment by shel — Tuesday, 24 January 2006 @ 9:33 pm
Yes, but men in particular are so lacking in imagination, we need to see the object of desire. Hence pornography, which is overwhelmingly a male-centered industry.
Incidentally, what this technology reminds me of is that Madonna song…damn I can’t think of the name of it. I saw the video long, long ago, in the days when MTV actually showed music videos: she portrays a stripper who dances in a round, panopticon-like enclosed stage. Men (and some women) sit in booths surrounding the stage, watching her dance. They plunk quarters into a slot which opens a window onto the stage, and they have to keep the quarters flowing to keep the window open so they can look, watch.
This iChatnaked.com is kind of a modern update of that technology. No quarters necessary. The only difference is that today, both parties are “watchers” and both parties have to take their clothes off.
Damn, what was the name of that song? Someone help me here. I used to know this. I must’ve watched that video a hundred times as a teenager because it was so erotic. I actually taped it.
Comment by Matthew — Wednesday, 25 January 2006 @ 11:17 am
What’s to stop this from being one of those late-night infomercials where you’re supposedly calling hot, local girls wanting to party with you?
This is totally a guy thing, anyway. Speaking for this woman, full male nudity is funny at best. Unless you are David Duchovny of peak X-Files days, I probably don’t want to see you naked. Certainly not on my computer. Turn out the lights, that’s my motto.
Comment by Mel B. — Thursday, 26 January 2006 @ 2:43 am
In The Bell Jar, when her protagonist loses her virginity Sylvia Plath describes the man’s genitals as looking like a turkey’s beard. I think she actually uses the term “gizzard,” but I can’t recall the exact wording. I read that book so long ago, but that is a scene that stuck with me. So apparently you aren’t the only one who thinks male nudity is funny.
Comment by Matthew — Thursday, 26 January 2006 @ 6:43 am
I know the song and video but can’t think of it either. I’ll look it up when not at work.
Hey did ya hear the domain SEX.COM sold for $12 million the other day? I wonder if this what they’ll use it for!
Comment by shel — Thursday, 26 January 2006 @ 5:19 pm
You know, I don’t think we want to know what the domain sex.com is going to be used for.
Comment by Matt — Friday, 27 January 2006 @ 9:42 am