The Birth of Dear Della

I found this as part of a rant on Sara's blog:

Stereotyping. I mean seriously. Who in the world ever thought that was a good idea? Thanks to SXEPhil for the low-down on the latest piece of blatant, technology themed, sexism. You know Dell? The computer company? The "You-must-own-a-computer-to-buy-a-computer-mwa-ha-ha" company? Yep, well you want to know about the website they're creating?

Della. No joke, it is a 'female version' of Dell. Don't bother trying to look it up, believe me I've tried, it's not around yet, although it is quite amusing being redirected to the Wedding Channel's website when you type in Della.com.

But anyway, back to the point. Isn't it just great for us girls? Because, you know, for ages I've been thinking "Damn, I really want to search for recipes and cleaning tips online, but I need a computer, and that big manly website is just so overwhelming with all those technical terms like 'screen' and 'disc' I can't cope... If only someone would make a pretty little website with a cutesy name where I could identify with other like-minded bimbos..."

Unbelievable. Next we'll have Dell-izle "for all ya gangsta mother-f*ckin' needs mother-f*cker!"

Isn't that nice?
Here I am typing on the very computer that they're promoting. If I didn't know that it was a pretty good netbook, it would have been hurled across the room. And then stamped on. It's insured.

Here is that lovely site for you
and for a great review of it

And here are just a few of the comments left on the Della site:

"I found this extremely helpful...I've decided to buy a Mac."

"I'd write a letter to complain, but I cant use a word processor. It's not colour coded"

Clearly Dear Della is going to be a much-loved site. How did we get by without their tech-tips before?