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Ten years ago, Ron Avitzur was sneaking into the offices of his former employer, Apple, to continue development on a project that had been officially discontinued:

Q: Do you work here?

A: No.

Q: You mean you’re a contractor?

A: Actually, no.

Q: But then who’s paying you?

A: No one.

Q: How do you live?

A: I live simply.

Q: (Incredulously) What are you doing here?!

(via Richard Eriksson)

Joy to the world, no more death penalty in Kansas.

You can sponsor Planned Parenthood by donating a dollar for every protester outside a clinic. Just like a charity marathon. As they say, “Even Our Protesters Support Planned Parenthood”. (Smug jerks. But it’s kind of funny.)

Sandbag Superadobe shelters are made from sandbags filled with local earth and barbed wire. They can withstand earthquakes and are suitable for refugees and disaster victims. They can be made into permanent shelters, can have multiple rooms, and have just won an architectural award.

Joel has some interesting ideas on software pricing.

Does your home rotate?  This one does.

Well, Tavis Smiley has not renewed his contract and his show is going off NPR. I don’t know where I’ll get daily information about the reparations movement now. Or where I’ll get to hear every issue under the sun framed in terms of race, from politics and culture to diet and entertainment. Or hear people justifiably angered by discriminatory assumptions, but who in turn assume everyone listening is a conservative Christian. Or hear Tavis tailor his accent and vocabulary to match each guest’s, giving the impression that he has no real accent or vocabulary of his own. And I’ll miss the experience of feeling racist because I think he and his program are full of shit. But I think I’ll learn to cope.

Today I had someone with nipple piercings explain to me that navel piercings are “gross”.

Google begins to digitize paper books.  Amazing potential.

For the culinarily adventurous, may I recommend you still stay away from durian smoothies.

TV-B-Gone. If you are the kind of person who enjoys being self-righteously but passively aggressive. This is probably the same same set of people who think anonymous chalk graffiti is a great idea.

Whisky-themed neckties. Unfortunately the Euro exchange rate makes them $43 apiece. (Have you seen the exchange rates recently? $1.34 to buy a Euro; $1.95 to buy a pound.)

X ROCK radio is reporting a new Pearl Jam album sometime in 2005.