Wozniak dances

[#1 posted by Scoo , March 10, 2009 6:42 AM]

Partnering with Steve Jobs in his formative years along with his generally sunny disposition has made Woz immune to the catty commentary that is de rigeur on this sort of program. The crowd was certainly with him! Nice job Woz!

[#2 posted by airship , March 10, 2009 7:01 AM]

I thought he'd be dancing with Kathy Griffin. Shucks.

[#3 posted by jitrobug , March 10, 2009 8:05 AM]

He kind of dances like a little kid - all big smiles and over-sized off-rhythm steps... but he remembered a big old pile of bad choreography, you gotta give him credit for that.

[#4 posted by Tony Tarle , March 10, 2009 10:06 AM]

this feels like a scene from a yet to be made Revenge of the Nerds sequel...

[#5 posted by mdh , March 10, 2009 10:08 AM]

First Judge - PC
Second Judge - PC
Third Judge - PowerPC

Crowd - Purest Mac

[#6 posted by Calladus , March 10, 2009 10:14 AM]

To stay mentally sharp you need to learn new things that stress your abilities and are outside of your comfort zone.

In attempting to dance, Woz shows us all that he's no dummy.

[#7 posted by SC_Wolf , March 10, 2009 12:15 PM]

I find myself disappointed by the lack of segway.

[#8 posted by bbonyx , March 10, 2009 12:51 PM]

All I see in that clip is Karina Smirnoff.

[#9 posted by haineux , March 10, 2009 3:50 PM]

Here's the Segway goofing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2ZPw9UKfdM

This clip aired just before the dance clip above.

[#10 posted by haineux , March 10, 2009 3:54 PM]

OK, so I will risk the contempt and banishment of my betters and suggest that if you sign up at http://abc.go.com you can vote for Woz up to 13 times.

And let's face it -- if we don't all slog through the tedium of doing so, he's gonna get sent home first, even before the rodeo cowboy.

So go prank ABC. Just this once. For hackers everywhere.

You can even play a 2600Hz tone into your computer mic as you do so. It won't HELP, but you CAN.

[#11 posted by doktor tchock , March 10, 2009 4:50 PM]

can we get Steve Ballmer on the next season of Dancing With The Stars?

[#12 posted by David Carroll , March 10, 2009 4:57 PM]

Here is an interesting piece of trivia from a Woz interview by Wired.com:

Wozniak: Mark Cuban, the guy who referred me to the show, did the calculations and figured out even if the judges gave you zero and every other dancing partner got a perfect 300, if you got 6 percent more of the viewer vote you'd still win. So even if I do totally flub it, if I have a whole bunch of supporters coming from the geek world, I can win.

Let's make this happen people!

[#13 posted by Carolyn , March 11, 2009 12:20 PM]

WINNER! Best attitude, fun to watch, seems like a great guy!

[#14 posted by Anonymous , March 11, 2009 7:32 PM]

That wasn't anywhere near as bad as the media had made it out to be. Woz was obviously enjoying himself and goofing off a little.

[#15 posted by David Carroll , March 13, 2009 12:57 AM]

This just in...

Steve is down! Looks like a minor foot fracture. Wait: He's "going to play hurt" next week...

.....Go Woz Go!