Free your mind? Free your phone! :)

Yes, I am a lemming who wants an iPhone too, but I live in Europe, so I will be waiting til November for mine. It appears that T-Mobile will be providing exclusive coverage for Europe, so I will have to soon decide whether my love for the iPhone or my hatred for T-Mobile is greater... ugh. Maybe I'll just get an OpenMoko instead. heh ( Read more... )

After a year of diligent effort, a group of nearly 50 dedicated users and developers are proud to release WikiCreole 1.0. Creole is designed to be a common wiki markup language which augments existing markup to enable wiki users to transfer content seamlessly across wikis, a boon to novice and expert users alike ( Read more... )

I find it amusing how many English terms are in poker when discussed in German:

Rebuy Phase gut überstanden mit nur einem Rebuy und ein Add on, Durchschnitt an Chips. Gesamtstartgeld somit 320 €. Nach dem Add on im Limit 150 - 300 folgende Hand: Ich am Small Blind mit einem Paar 7, 6 Spieler bezahlen bis zu mir, ich entscheide mich für einen ( Read more... )

I got a spam today with the following:

The media has deliberately kept its citizens in the dark about the plan to make The United States, Canada and Mexico into one country and to change our dollar to the Amero. It's called the SPP (Security and Prosperity Partnership, http://www.spp.gov). Look ( Read more... )

Well, tonight I got second place in a Poker After Dark qualifier (top 2 seats of 180 players move on) which means I will have a seat at the second round tournament of which the top 9 positions move on to the final which wins a seat on the Poker After Dark TV show which has $120,000 in prizes. No, I don't think I'll be in the top 9, but it's cool ( Read more... )

When I tell people that I'm a social software researcher specializing in wikis, that often leads to the question, "What do you do, anyway?" Today I was writing about our current projects to a documentary producer who is making a film about wikis. I decided that it so clearly states what we're doing that I'd stick it in my blog as well. Oh yeah, ( Read more... )

Well, I've been greatly enjoying Joost, thanks to osi. I find most of it is just as bad as regular American TV, except I like their anime, indy film and poker channels. But really, I find myself watching mostly Poker on there. Nice to be able to watch Poker whenever I want... I also ended up buying three cables (yes, three!) to connect my Macbook ( Read more... )

Hey, I'd like to try out the new Joost service. Does anyone have an invite they're willing to give out to a friend? :) If so, please email it to chuckssmith (at) gmail.com. Thanks!!

Some things never cease to amaze me. Today I found the Conservapedia... i.e. the Wikipedia written from an American Conservative Christian point of view. Wow. The Guardian has a really nice piece on them. The article about Evolution is now named Theory of Evolution and the Abortion article only says negative things about abortion. Really ( Read more... )