Interesting article I found via slashdot called The Twilight Years of Cap’n Crunch in the Wall Street Journal. The article details the current whereabouts of John Draper, who gained fame for his hacking skills as a “phone phreak”.
Category Archives: Remaindered
HowsThatJob? : Starbucks rates in bottom 5
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Before people start pegging me as someone who only sees the positive in Starbucks as of late, it is worth mentioning that a new site, Hows That Job?, has Starbucks listed in the Bottom 5 companies. Now, the site only has 45 reviews right now (in total – with only one for Starbucks) – but it is an opposite point of view. This reviewer also qualifies the rating, saying that it was the customers that made it terrible.
Ed Gibbs on Enterprise Tools
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A great post by Ed Gibbs entitled “Wasting Money on Expensive Enterprise Tools”. Its shocking sometimes how much money is spent on things just because they have the word “enterprise” in their description. Anyone in IT will smile to themselves when reading this post.
Blog as a Business Card
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I found Jason Calacanis’ characterization of his blog as a business card pretty interesting. I’ve never thought of it that way. It’s definitely an interesting concept though.
“Real Life” Starbucks
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Earlier this week I reviewed a book on Starbucks. Most of these books you get the “rosy view” of the world. I found this article today and was riveted by the comment thread that includes contributions by many Starbucks employees. Looks like Starbucks is, in many respects, like any other company. The thread is absolutely fascinating and worth spending the time to read every entry.
Open Source Alarm Clock?
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Jonna pointed me to Chumby, an open source alarm clock. According to the article, the clock will run for $150 and because of its open source nature, will have an “array of downloadable, hackable widgets”.
The Windows “Shutdown Button Project”
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A really interesting article describing project dynamics around the Windows Vista Shutdown menu. I found this on Slashdot.
Google Acquires YouTube
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Well, all of the rumor talk can stop. TechCrunch reports today that Google has officially acquired YouTube. Google also has an announcement on their Press Center, in which they say that the acquisition is for $1.65B in stock.
Google Reader Revamped
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Steve Gillmor mentioned the new release of Google Reader made available today. Now this is an online newsreader! Much more useable than the last version. Good job Google!
Ever See A Laptop After the Battery Explodes?
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Check out these pictures of Alan Cox’s laptop after the battery exploded. eYikes.
Bieber Labs 