At the legion honor last nt
may
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Mai Tais and Blinky Lights, Ahoy!
Chapek the robot cocktail maker
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Chassis the drink serving robot
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Since we never did make it over to Austria…
Da drinky robots are comin to us! :-)
What could be better in life than robots and cocktails? Well, nothing! Roboexotica is the premier cocktail making robot event which happens in Vienna each year. This week it comes to San Francisco. Join us for good music, cocktails, and robots that pour you drinks, insult you, and test your BAC….
Sat. May 10th 8pm-2am
Space, 354 5th St. San Francisco, CA
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Gag Order Lifted on Internet Archive, NSL Withdrawn
FBI Withdraws Unconstitutional National Security Letter After ACLU and EFF Challenge
Gag Order Lifted on Internet Archive, Allowing Founder to Speak Out for First Time
San Francisco - The FBI has withdrawn an unconstitutional national security letter (NSL) issued to the Internet Archive after a legal challenge from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). As the result of a settlement agreement, the FBI withdrew the NSL and agreed to the unsealing of the case, finally allowing the Archive’s founder to speak out for the first time about his battle against the record demand.
“The free flow of information is at the heart of every library’s work. That’s why Congress passed a law limiting the FBI’s power to issue NSLs to America’s libraries,” said Brewster Kahle, founder and Digital Librarian of the Internet Archive. “While it’s never easy standing up to the government — particularly when I was barred from discussing it with anyone — I knew I had to challenge something that was clearly wrong. I’m grateful that I am able now to talk about what happened to me, so that other libraries can learn how they can fight back from these overreaching demands.”
- EFF’s overview of the Internet Archive, et al v Mukasey et al case, with links to partially-redacted NSL and other court documents
- ACLU’s overview of Internet Archive, et al v Mukasey et al and background on National Security Letters
- Full EFF/ACLU Press Release
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Best Customer Service Ever
I usually get terrible customer service. Especially when I buy products from companies that I’ve worked at for 5+ years. Stupid Apple.
But lately we’ve had a couple really great customer service experiences. First, we broke our Wii playing too much Super Smash Brothers. Apparently, the GPU overheats(?) when you play too much, or when you play too much over wifi, or something. This caused our Wii to always show flickering black vertical lines. I called up Nintendo on a Sunday, explained the problem, and after 18.5 minutes on the phone, they said I would have to send it in for repair. They emailed me a FedEx ship label, which I printed out. I sent the Wii in on a Tuesday, and a fixed one arrived today, just three days later!
Even better was our experience with Philips. The charger to our awesome Sonicare toothbrush stopped working. Jess called up Philips, spent a couple minutes on the phone, and about a week later, an entire new toothbrush and charger arrived. YAY!
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It’s World Malaria Day.
Check out www.bednetsforkids.org and help prevent malaria in the Congo. Over 1000 kids have been helped with this organization. But we still need your help! Please spread the word and help us reach 1000 more!
Thanks so much!
Sara
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Best FAQ ever
“let’s see Wikipedia do this.” -ralf
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How to Make Naan Using a Pizza Stone
We don’t have a tandoor, so when we have a craving for fresh-baked naan, we have to improvise. Here is some video showing how we made naan using a pizza stone in our regular oven.
(click play to start) (link to other sizes)
The next step is to build a tandoor in the backyard.
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Cookie Monster Knows How I Feel
Cookie Monster Searches Deep Within Himself and Asks: Is Me Really Monster?
Me know. Me have problem.
Me love cookies. Me tend to get out of control when me see cookies. Me know it not natural to react so strongly to cookies, but me have weakness….
Me was thinking and me just don’t get it. Why is me a monster? No one else called monster on Sesame Street….
How can they be so callous? Me know there something wrong with me, but who in Sesame Street doesn’t suffer from mental disease or psychological disorder? They don’t call the vampire with math fetish monster, and me pretty sure he undead and drinks blood…
(cookie monster knows how i feel)
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Siphon Bar, Blue Bottle Coffee Co.
I don’t know how it tastes because they are making mine at the moment.
The waitress tells me that the contraption on the left is for making
Kyoto iced coffee. I’d like to know where in Kyoto you can find it.
“I’m not saying they don’t have them there, I’m just saying I never
saw one,” didn’t really go over very well….
-bobslobster
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photo.jpg
–tracey
iPhat fingured this frome my iPhone
http://aidslifecycle.org/3287
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Russian tea platter
At Samovar on 18th and Sanchez. So yummy…especially the egg with caviar!
may
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Exploding Dog Drawing by Mail … FINALLY!
Back in September 2006, after reading this post, I sent in an SASE and a phrase for Exploding Dog’s ‘Drawings by Mail.’ May got hers last January but mine never showed up. In the meantime, Sam (of Exploding Dog) had a baby and I figured he’d (understandably) stopped the drawings. But last month they started appearing on the website again. Well, yesterday I spied a large envelope addressed to myself in my own handwriting and for a second, I was confused but then it hit me. It’s HERE! And here it is. PS. May, you never told us what your phrase was.
On Software Development
PaulR said this at lunch and we all lost it:
Software isn’t finished until the last user is dead.
Original source unknown…
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bagpipes
(03:32:06 PM) shag: imagine seeing this subject line in your inbox
(03:32:08 PM) shag: You can save 10% on our entire Bagpipe category
(03:32:19 PM) shag: happens to me!
(03:32:25 PM) shag: its not even spam
(03:43:44 PM) rajjj: lol
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