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iPhone app lets you avoid contact with other humans. I’m all for it.
See all about it here. Some guy has an app that will let you order Starbucks via your iPhone and pay via iTunes, so all you do is walk in and pick up your coffee and zip out. No inane chatter, no listening to their terrible music, no waiting in line. Get in and get out. As many of you know, I really can’t stand other society. And I’m a freak about …
More Stallman risk-taking
Really, it’s getting out of hand. He flew into Greece today and went straight to the Vikos Gorge. Folks from FSF Europe are trying to stop him but he won’t listen. Damn you, RMS! Get a grip, man!
Orginal post by Steve
A Valetine Treat from Google
Posted by Scott Giambastiani, Executive ChefThis recipe pairs well with Roederer Estate, Anderson Valley Brut sparkling wine for a Valentine’s day treat for two.Ingredients:Yields about 4 cakes1 tbsp. butter (You may substitute olive oil.)4 shallots, minced¼ cup mayonnaise1 fuji apple, peeled and grated on a cheese grater, juice reserved1 tsp. le…
A Valentine Treat from Google
Posted by Scott Giambastiani, Executive ChefThis recipe pairs well with Roederer Estate, Anderson Valley Brut sparkling wine for a Valentine’s day treat for two.Ingredients:Yields about 4 cakes1 tbsp. butter (You may substitute olive oil.)4 shallots, minced¼ cup mayonnaise1 fuji apple, peeled and grated on a cheese grater, juice reserved1 tsp. le…
Next up: “The primaries are flawed.”
Want to catch a glimpse of how the Clintstones will try to weasel their way to victory? Check out the column Gail Collins did in today’s New York Times. See, it’s not that citizens don’t want Hillary. It’s that the primaries are no good. The process is flawed. The caucuses and primaries don’t really reflect the will of the society. Supposedly Colli…
Stallman friends freaking out about his ‘erratic behavior’
Friends of free software guru Richard M. Stallman are starting to get worried about his increasingly erratic behavior. He’s been taking off on trips and not telling anyone where he is; he’ll be gone for weeks at a instance. next there was his Craigslist ad seeking a girlfriend, and thereupon the hip-hop dancing on the lawn at MIT. Now that photo ha…
Sun’s new focus? Storage. No, Java. No, MySQL. No, Linux. No, supercomputers.
Yup, they’re all by the damn map at Sun these days. Big supercomputer coming tomorrow. Will rank near top of the Top 500 list. When I called My Little Pony to ask him why they’re building that incredibly expensive one-off machine at a day when the company is fighting for its survival, he launched into a rambling lecture about the future of cloud co…
