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A few weeks back I needed to return John’s motorcycle to him (which I had been borrowing for the winter). The easiest way to do this was for me to ride it up to him and then he’d give me a ride (in a shiny Subaru) back down. As this was my first long distance…
So this last weekend was FanimeCon 2009 which took place in at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center (In San Jose, CA — just in case that wasn’t totally obvious already). It ran non-stop from Friday afternoon to Monday afternoon. Granted the night hours are a little slower, with only a few late night panels;…
Today is Memorial Day which is a day off work, and a day for food! That being said, do try and remember why we get the day off: “It commemorates U.S. men and women who died while in the military service.” You commemorating? … … … Ok. Back to BBQs!
West Entrance to Maker Faire 08 [© CC-BY-SA-3.0 Jon Davis](http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maker_Faire_2008_San_Mateo_Entrance.JPG) This year the Wikimedia Foundation is going to be there again! Of course that means we need volunteers. If you’re in the SF Bay Area and a Wikimedian, you should volunteer to help out at the booth. You can find more info about it on…
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Least I Could Do on the Kindle (© Blind Ferret Entertainment) One of the interesting possible uses of the Kindle DX is to “give them away” free with a year (or longer) subscription to a major newspaper. Many people have thought of this, in fact it was used as part of the plot line for…