Archive > July 2008

Bringing New Geeks Into the Fold

Registering for the site now gives you “Contributer” Status. This will allow you to write posts. They will, of course, be moderated, but worthwhile content will not be unreasonably refused or brutally edited. So, Sign Up, and give us your opinions, website/product reviews, favorite coffee recipes, etc.

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Geeks on Coffee To Go

Thanks to a Wonderful Plugin (http://imthi.com/wp-pda) the Geeks now display nicely on PDA’s and the iPhone. Other mobile environments may have a varying experience.
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Another Reason (not) to avoid the iPhone 3G

Paul posted about one of the arguments in the Free Software Foundation’s article 5 reasons to avoid iPhone 3G ‘. I’m going to talk about several of their other points.
iPhone completely blocks free software. Developers must pay a tax to Apple, who becomes the sole authority over what can and can’t be on everyone’s phones.
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DRM, Crypto, and FSF Sillyness

The Free Software Foundation recently released a list of five reasons to avoid the iPhone 3G. The thing that gets me is point two: “iPhone endorses and supports Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) technology.” This seemed perfectly in line with the normal FSF line until I got to thinking about crypto, which is endorsed and supported [...]

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The Butterball

Stopped at Jo To Go in Escanaba, MI yesterday and had ‘The Butterball’ Latte. Described as “A great sweet treat! A creamy combination of butter pecan syrup and white chocolate, topped with whip cream!” on their website, it was all that and more. If you live near a Jo To Go, it is definitely worth [...]

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Modern Accessibility of Information

Discussion on the availability of obscure public information on the internet.

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