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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!
I’ve had to be reminded of the Three Day Weekend situation a couple times this week. I guess I have just been busy with work and life, and keep forgetting about it. I even sort of spaced it this morning until I read Least I Could Do which seems to sum up the situation quite…
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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Back in 2004, there was an eight minute video (written by Robin Sloan and Matt Thompson) that among other things claimed that 2008 was the year that Google merged with Amazon forming Googlezon. As someone who loves Amazon and its Prime service, I thought this was a pretty nifty idea. First off, if you haven’t…
Last night, Best Buy had a Private Event for members of their Reward Zone program who had reached a certain standing. I had been previously invited to one of these events, but either forgot or didn’t care enough to go. This time, I figured it might be worth my time (partially because showing up granted…
Saw Earth, a couple Saturdays ago (May 2nd, to be precise). I wasn’t overly enthusiastic about seeing it (as I had heard literally nothing about it), but the summary on the Fandango App (thank you AT&T for giving your DSL customers free WiFi at all Starbucks locations and apparently Barnes and Nobles) made it seem…