Archive for the 'Geekdom' Category

When Less is More at Starbucks . . .

Wednesday, January 11th, 2006

Apparently, there’s a whole class of drink size at Starbucks (called the ‘Short’) that doesn’t make the cut to be included on the menu . . . According to this Slate article, the short offers more coffee for your dollar and in the case of the cappuccino, is truer to the traditional drink without all [...]

Could you imagine???

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2006

A little pilot humor for those of you that fly . . .
A 9 year old Jedi Knight on a ILS run . . .
And still damned funny for those of you who don’t. I could just imagine this happening too!
pilot, star wars, aircraft

Verisign – Behind the Times?

Thursday, December 8th, 2005

This just in . . . VeriSign is offering a free (no laughing) 5″ Black and White Portable Television with . . . AM/FM Radio to the first 75 people that request a white paper on the subject of VeriSign’s overpriced SSL certificates. Here’s a screen shot from the page:

And a closeup of the [...]

Another eWaste Event – Recycle for Breast Cancer

Wednesday, November 9th, 2005

From Matthew’s Blog:
Recycle for Breast Cancer is holding a free eWaste Recycling event from 7am to 4pm on November 19th and 20th, 2005 (Rain or Shine).
As an added bonus, they will be giving away prizes, such as:
– (2) $50.00 Gasoline Cards
– (5) 1lb. Bags of Peet’s Coffee
In addition, Hot Apple Cider and Coffee [...]

55% Say Bush’s Presidency Is A Failure…

Monday, October 31st, 2005

According to a recent TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll, 55% of Americans think that the Presidency of George W Bush has been a failure.
Looks like Google was right all along!
google, george bush

First Post Using Flock

Thursday, October 20th, 2005

Trying out Flock for the first time.  Though I’m still not sure what the major use will be, my first impressions of the software was . . . well . . . good!  I was able to setup the blog publishing function with little issue.
Interesting side note, Flock does not yet have a way to [...]


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