No Wednesday One-Liner in the Champagne Room

August 12, 2009
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Source. Jen, are you responsible for this?

Young Asian guy, telling stripper what he does for a living: Do you even know what a hedge fund is?
–Strip Club, Queens

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Jon Dowland: music on linux

August 12, 2009

Seen on Planet Debian. Source. File under “all hardware sucks, all software sucks”:

Via Dave Jones, an excellent article on a professional musician switching to Ubuntu from a Mac.

http://jmtd.net/log/music_on_linux/
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Biella Coleman: Rectifying Mistakes: IdeaPad S Series netbook

August 12, 2009

Seen on Planet Debian. Source:

When I started my job, I decided to get an Apple Laptop because I wanted to try something new. I installed Linux (which is not so smooth to do on Apple). It was to put bluntly, a mistake.I really dislike the hardware and keyboard and it is just, like so much Apple hardware, flimsy. My CD/DVD player is already busted (and it is too much effort being in PR to fix it right now) and I feel like I have to treat the machine as a fragile one. I have heard so many Apple owners say “my hardware crashed, I sent my machine to be fixed” and when I point out that it messed up, many respod “but they have a great warranty.” The best warranty is not having to use the warranty.

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Biella Coleman: What We Know So Far

August 12, 2009

Busy that night, but other people might be interested. Source:

So when I like something, I tend to REALLY LIKE it. One of my great likes is the Brooklyn-based performance group What We Know So Far. They focus on Internety/geeky/memey things and give a really entertaining and clever show. In just 2 days, New Yorkers will have the chance to see Not One, Not Two, But Three of their performance pieces at the Third Ward.

Edit: Actually the next thing is October 9th, that sounds pretty doable!

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Joey Hess: Palm Pre privacy

August 12, 2009

Seen on Planet Debian. The article:

I’ve been taking a closer look at the WebOS side of my Palm Pre tonight, and I noticed that it periodically uploads information to Palm, Inc.

Previously.

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