Screaming Penguin

A twitter post today captured my interest: bradfitz: Guy at the hardware store was just talking about seeing a prostitute take @square for payment last night before she got into a limo. Hah. It reminded me of the great Gibson quote, "the street finds its own use for things." This took me back to Katherine Coble's post on hating on steampunk. Which reminded me of my own Tweet to a new Gibson reader. What do all these have in common? Fetishes.

Seriously, peeps. Pony up a few bucks. This looks Katrina bad there.

play with computers got layed off have time on my hands and old ps2 wanted to learn how to hack the game system to play burned ps2 games please help or direct in right direction any help will be greatly appreciated thk u

The story begins with an accusation against myself and another employee of the Geek Squad. Best Buy participates in a recycling program. Customers can bring in their old unwanted computers and other miscellaneous electronics for recycling. The accusation was that myself and the other employee were removing parts from these recycled units and taking them home for personal benefit. One day, I was asked by one of my managers to come to the back office for a few moments. In the back office, I was told “You have been accused of theft from recycled computers.

So I competed in, and completed without having a heart attack, the Siege last weekend. It was a tough race, and the 97 degree temps didn't make it any easier ;). This was my first adventure race and I have to say, awesome. I especially liked the strategy and orienteering aspect when dealing with optional checkpoints (you had to get 2 checkpoints per discipline to finish, the rest, the more the more points you get, were optional). All in all it was a great event, well organized, a lot of fun.

Before it is over... Susan Dan Andy Brett Gretchen Dave Donnie Charlie Bud And all the other vets I know.

To The Best of Our Knowledge from PRI has a fun ep looking at several aspects of Nerds and nerd culture. I admit when I heard discussion of documentary, I was suprised it wasn't NerdCore Rising (which I own on DVD). Speaking as someone who has lived the "nerd life" pretty much since I was a kid, I think there are some things they pass over. Particularly, I felt the couple of discussions of race re:nerdiness seemed tone deaf and anglo-centric to the point of offensiveness. In the aggregate, though, it was an interesting ep.

I was arrested in Forsyth County Georgia for DUI Marijuana recently, no possession, no alcohol. I cannot find a case anywhere online that will help me foresee how Forsyth County will penalize me. Any feedback greatly appreciated!!!!