Posts with keyword: geek

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Freelance Courier

Thu Jun 22 09:35:00 2006

I'm not sure what to make of this: a freelance courier match-up service. There are so many problems on so many levels. First, things on the site don't work (try clicking the FAQ), but more importantly, reading the list of suggestions (warning it's a MS Word document) made me queasy. Am I just too much of a geek to think carrying packages on airplane for other people, having to meet them, develop some bond of trust, exchange driver's license data, and so on is too creepy to even contemplate? Maybe a "people person" would think this sounds fun. Do
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Geek Dinner Tonight

Tue Jan 17 07:05:00 2006

There's a geek dinner tonight in Sandy. The discussion topic will be geek law. Unfortunately, I'm not going to be able to make it.
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Geek Dinner Report and Pictures

Thu Dec 1 21:02:00 2005

December's Geek Dinner at Los Hermanos I have a few pictures from last night's geek dinner. My talk went pretty well, but the Internet was out just when I was talking (worked before and after), so some of the demos I wanted to show involved some handwaving. One of the hardest questions to answer on microformats is "why would I want to do that?" Reminds me of XML in 1998. The place was packed--well over 60 people. Phil Burns did a good job of running the dinner and keeping everything humming. Pete Ashdown was there and got a loud round
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