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Asylum Street Spankers: If You Want Me To Love You: http://youtu.be/8fqZDivnfrM Video Watch Video Links http://youtu.be/8fqZDivnfrM Shared with: Public +1’d by: Tony Edwards

Clouds in Oakland, oh my!

Why do we need phone manufacturers when we can make our own phones for less with off-the-shelf parts?

Penn & Teller rock!

An interesting take on my github contributions.

“Put it in a Superbowl advertisement where the American National Anthem is being sung in Spanish and two men hold hands.

I understand that hardware and software are different, but I think the making the analogy of open hardware to Linux is fair.

I’m glad to see more people catching on to this idea.

We are not mythical creatures living in a niche ghost town.

Thank goodness we have the open source community to keep Apple and Microsoft on their toes.

Congratulations Nesters.

Some parts of the government seem to be wiser about rolling out a website.

Location: Pinewood Crescent, Yorktown, Virginia I find this analogy of religion to UNIX history much more revealing than the classic car brands analogy.

A full sized LEGO car with a LEGO engine.

Thanks Russell, but I’ve been avoiding Murdoch’s lies for years!

Wow.

Writing software is hard sometimes.

Paul at BrightRoll helped me find my secret card!

So, do you want to cry about phantom floppy drives messages or fight viruses and malware?

San Francisco from the Fairmont Hotel.

Another awesome product idea that got off the ground thanks to a Kickstarter campaign.

Please sponsor me in Movember.

Education that keeps you on the edge of your seat.

I’m glad to see large scale studies of computer hardware such as this.

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This would make life so much simpler if it happened.

Sleep more, live better, go figure.

It works well for me.

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I won candy on the #googlebirthday doodle!

The Boy Scouts of America puts branding in front of making smarter kids.

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LEGOs can do anything.

Oakland is under-rated.

There are just so many layers of awesome here it is mind blowing.

Scott’s brother Greg and his girl friend had their apartment burn down earlier this week in west Oakland.

Get 10G free for 2 years in your google account by logging into the new Quickoffice app on your mobile device.

I hope Microsoft keeps burning through their pile of cash to buy dying companies like Nokia.

Here are some statistics about Oakland you might like to know. :) Images Shared with: Public +1’d by: Paul Fernandez

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The only way to make Android any better was to add chocolate.

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I just started trying this out, but it appears to be a cheap and easy if not free way to get Drive working in Linux.

I’m so glad to see that the Internet can work around stupid corporations and that the crowd can pull together $12k to reward this guy for his efforts and brass balls.

Yahoo manages to make a travesty out of a tragedy.

Aren’t you happy to be on google+ instead?

“You do not get to have a lawn in the desert, any more than you get to have a backyard nuclear reactor for your own amusement.” rofl I’m good with backyard nuclear reactors actually, but the rest of his argument makes sense.

A balanced view of free software and open source helps effectively separate the hype from the facts.

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