The Flow of Consciousness

I participated in the Give One Get One program earlier today. For $399 + shipping, I get an OLPC XO laptop and finance one for a child who would not otherwise be able to experience a computer.

If I, a virtually unemployed grad student, can afford to donate to this cause, I’m sure moguls such as John Chow and Shoemoney can afford to, as well.

Imagine if every employed computer enthusiast could find it in their budget this holiday season to participate in this program. Imagine the number of children who would benefit from this program and experience something of which they’ve never even dreamed, yet something with which we komputeristoj interact daily and of which we may own a multitude. $199 of the $424 total cost is tax-deductible, so that could help come April 15.

So, go, and donate to the OLPC project via Give One Get One.

Update: I want to thank John Chow for accepting my challenge by participating in G1G1 and posting about it on his blog, which has an immense readership. John is an incredible authority on search engine optimization and making money online.

Words cannot describe this.

Congress, give NASA more money!

Ties are a scourge on men initiated and continued through collusion between our corporate overlords and their retail clothier brethren. A tie is a useless and needlessly expensive piece of ornamentation meant to keep the man in a state of constant paranoia that someone will assail from the rear and strangle the man.

Revolt! Revolt, my brothers! Let us start a glorious revolution! Let us rid the world of this oppressive policy of compulsory tie-adornment!

I’ve added a few new pictures to my phone stuff archive.

Check it out!

Summary: risk management, not is it real or not.

I first direct your attention to the content of the article, a story of a horrible incident involving a British cannibal.

I then direct your attention to the advertisement beside it.

You may commence rofling.

(Yes, it’s from a while ago.)

Yep, the configurator will allow it.

I got my chuckle for the day.

The Columbus-based conference recently posted a list of the speakers to present at its conference September 29. Warren Woodford, founder of MEPIS, Dave Grega of UsabilityRubric.com, and Jon ‘maddog’ Hall, executive director of Linux International, are among those presenting at the conference.

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I’ve been working hardcore on the Phi Kappa Tau table this week. Last week, I put the lines on the table. This week, I’ve done the place dots and the ΦΚΤ. I’m going to do the LANES tonight or tomorrow morning and seal it with polyurethane 14 hours later.

I’ve put some pictures up on Facebook, but everyone should be able to see them.

Phi Kappa Table @ Facebook

I had today the most phenomenal sandwich I’ve had in recent memory.

It was the French Dip and Swiss at Arby’s, and it was fantastic. The au jus was delicious, the bread was perfect, the beef and cheese tasted wonderful. I’m incredibly pleased and look forward to having another very soon.