Where's the Fire? On Ebay

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Monday November 28, 2011 · 10:00 AM PST

2011/11/28 · 10:00

This is a short review of the Kindle Fire. The following are strictly my own impressions.

It's CRAP. In my humble opinion. I am very much NOT an Apple person, but an IPad killer? Dream on, Amazon.

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Thursday September 29, 2011 · 3:47 AM PDT

2011/09/29 · 03:47

I sit here in the hospital watching her take her last breaths. Hoping for just one more, just one more. The smile everyone knew her by is already gone forever.

She'll be gone within hours. One month ago we were happy. That's how fast it can happen.

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Thursday September 08, 2011 · 1:31 PM PDT

2011/09/08 · 13:31

A couple of weeks ago I posted a diary about the good work of the Ronald McDonald house and how they helped our family during our son's losing battle with cancer.

I didn't know it, but a new nightmare had already begun. My wife is dying of gall bladder cancer that has spread to her liver. She may not last the week. She has had three operations in a week and is going down for another in an hour or so.

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Thursday August 25, 2011 · 2:01 PM PDT

2011/08/25 · 14:01

So Der Kops are confiscating video cameras now. When they think someone's watching them, or at the behest of any Republican goon who doesn't want cameras in the room.

I have a solution. I'm not kidding.

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Thursday August 25, 2011 · 9:25 AM PDT

2011/08/25 · 09:25

I was at Mickey D's this morning to grab an apple pie, and as I always do I stuck my change in the little donation box for Ronald McDonald House. As I turned around to leave I caught a smirk on the face of the guy behind me... I could see him thinking, if you're going to just give your change back to them, why not give it to me?

Let me tell you a very short story. Short, because i can't bear to dwell on this more than a minute or so.

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Thursday August 11, 2011 · 7:35 AM PDT

2011/08/11 · 07:35

This will be pretty short, but I didn't see anyone else diary it, so...

Tea Party members are primarily “freaked out white men” who pose the greatest political threat to Democrats in 2012, according to banking analyst Meredith Whitney.

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Thursday August 04, 2011 · 9:06 AM PDT

2011/08/04 · 09:06

Since I'm probably one of the few people here who knows a bit about experimental drones I thought I'd post a short diary on the subject.

Most people don't know much about drones and don't want to. And then there are us techy types that, if something is new and cool and on the edge, we simply must have one, especially if we can build it ourselves...

Believe it or not, it is PERFECTLY LEGAL in the United States to build and fly your own fully autonomous drone. However, how you can do so is very restricted. You cannot let it out of your sight, you must be able to immediately take manual control, you can't fly it over 400 feet or over developed areas. But technically, yes, it is perfectly legal to own and fly a drone.

What's a drone? A drone can arguably be as simple as an RC plane with a camera in it. But what we usually think of as a "drone" is something that you can send on missions, plot 3D waypoints and have it autonomously execute what you've told it to do and return, all without human help.

Guess what? That's not only possible, it's easy and cheap. Welcome to the brave new world.

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What do you think about privately owned drones?

OMFG! AIEEEEEE!

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So THAT'S what I keep seeing in my window

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Ban 'em!

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Too cool! I want one!

3 votes

Much ado about nothing

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Don't yell at me

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Tuesday July 26, 2011 · 10:39 AM PDT

2011/07/26 · 10:39

This will be short and sweet...

If you are one of the folks who like to write diaries to influence people, there's a very basic rule to learn. Yelling at people, demeaning them, scolding them, shaming them works about as well in an online forum as it does in real life. Surprise.

In other words, it is diametrically OPPOSED to what you CLAIM you want: to bring people to your point of view. So are you an ineffective debater, or are you being dishonest about your motives?

Did you ever, in your whole life, convince someone of something by yelling at them, by demeaning them, by calling them names, by impugning their motives? Did such a communication ever in your life result in convincing someone of something?

Didn't think so. So if your tactics DO include insult and belittlement, guess what: you aren't here to convince anyone. You're a CONTROL FREAK who is here to YELL at them.

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Wednesday July 20, 2011 · 1:51 PM PDT

2011/07/20 · 13:51

Scientists in Burbank, California verified the achievement of a major milestone on Wednesday: A full- HDMI television display etched into the surface of a one-micron-square chip of silicon.

"This is a huge step, a proof-of-concept of our Video Everywhere initiative," exclaimed Dr. Harry Netherparts, chief researcher at the Institute for Video Convergence. "Now we can put a screen on anything, literally anything."

"Life just got one whole heck of a lot better," he said proudly.

"Sure, maybe science didn't manage the flying cars, or the utopian future a la Buckminster Fuller, or solving world hunger, or colonies on Mars, or the other things people hoped we'd do, but look at the upside: we can now watch any television show or movie, anywhere, at any time, no matter what we're doing."

"Life has finally become a Qwest commercial," he said happily.

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Tuesday July 19, 2011 · 7:38 AM PDT

2011/07/19 · 07:38

Over three years ago, George Bush gave us all a check to make us forget about how bad things were getting and how much gas prices were rising. Remember?

I used mine to buy an electric scooter. I'm not going to mention the brand, for reasons that will become clear. It was VERY hard to find anything at all that was actually legal to ride on the streets; it still is. Riding an electric scooter is still VERY much an early-adopter thing. Why is that?

That's a shame. This solution is probably good for very few people, but for me, it's worked out great.

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Thursday July 14, 2011 · 2:32 PM PDT

2011/07/14 · 14:32

UPDATE: Since beginning this diary a minute or so ago, RKAB has split into three sub-groups, none of which is officially authorized by RKAB and none of which will be invited to the annual RKAB Christmas Party and Picanic Basket Hunt. Genuine RKAB posts will be identifiable by the use of the secret password, and no, you can't know what that is.

We regret the action but broadside attacks from Group Ranger and the trolls from Disarm BooBoo have made it necessary.

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Monday June 20, 2011 · 12:16 PM PDT

2011/06/20 · 12:16

I just got this great new phone and I had to share it with you! It's the very latest thing in dis-integration.

The features list is beautifully thin. NO email! Nearly no web browsing! No Facebook app, no games, no apps at all unless you really want to mess with it. NO touch screen! Actual physical BUTTONS for anything you can make the phone do.

NO data charges!!! NO blinking light in the middle of the night telling you someone updated their Facebook status. Isn't the modern world wonderful? I can hardly keep up any more.

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