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Reality TV

I HIGHLY recommend Monster Garage on TLC... It might be even more interesting to me than Junkyard Wars because the team has 7 days to work on a big project, the participants are all experts and highly skilled, and the loose "contest" is more of a facade- these

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Open Source and EFFA

Adina wrote an assessment of Open Source, innovation, and current tech economy. Here's my reaction... (in the spirit of free marketplace of ideas, please provide input and ideas; contributions will be properly credited in any formal manifestation of this). EFF-Austin is organizing a series of events around Open

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Open Source & Geek Cred

I just got back from an EFFA meeting about a series of open source events we're going to throw... (stay tuned... the minutes I took will be shared freely, naturally). On the way home, I began to realize that if going to continue injecting myself into the fringe

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Laurie Anderson Concert Wrapup

Let me go ahead and talk about the concert I went to last night while it's still fresh in my mind. I was reasonably pleased with my seat. I had a good enough view from the very back. The Paramount is a very tall theatre (in that the

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Happiness

I am going to see Laurie Anderson tonight at the Paramount. My options for seats where in the orchestra section far stage left or in the upper balcony (for less money) about 3 rows from the back of the theatre in the center. I haven't been to any

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too sleepy

some great meetings today... Lunchtime powwow to spur activity in high tech manufacturing. swung by a college fair to do some guerilla advertising for my non-profit's fair in the spring. EFF Board meeting... I narrowly escaped being nominated for an office... I accepted and then at the end

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Spill the beans

I may as well spill the beans, then: I alluded to an announcement pertaining to me and eff-austin.. so here goes. I have been offered and graciously accepted a seat on the Board of Directors for Electronic Frontier Foundation - Austin. EFF-austin has a rich and deep history for the

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Radio Shack & Peter Gabriel

I was on the hunt for some robot parts this morning. Much to my chagrin, I've discovered that Radio Shack has lost all touch with its roots. It was like walking into a watered down circuit city with off-brand consumer electronics (an RCA sound system... yeah... no thanks)

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My workshop

I've set up the corner of the workshop with the easel and workbench. I applied gesso to a raw canvas. I have to wait 24 hours for the white goo to dry and then I'll have to see if I should sand it and apply another

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ohhhh my aching back

I woke up in utter, physical pain this morning. This weekend/upcoming week’s project is to get my workshop/studio set up in the garage. Before yesterday, my part of the three-car garage was filled with junk and boxes, tools, and about 200 extra bricks from the builders.I

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Best Laid Plans

I'm still at work. My 2:00 went for 2.5 hours. It was another great, energizing meeting, though. I never did get around to my weekly review... Sadly, I will be dragging home my computer for the weekend to do some work. That's ok, though,

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Cleanup Day

Yea. Friday. After a few days of rain, It's an absolutely gorgeous day outside, and here I am stuck in the office... I had a great meeting this morning, and I have another meeting scheduled for 2:00. After that, I think I'll go home and