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Of course here is a book many people would find much more useful.

Check out New Sun pouches, they are the best way I've found to carry a Wave, PDA, maglight, Solo windproof lighter (must have fire!), guitar picks, bandaids, and sharpening stone.

Also, Benjy Feen keeps a list of geek gifts that includes a nice selection of such items.

What could be worse than being a pet in a nursing home. You're responsible for cheering up a bunch of depressed seniors, and who's there for your needs? Nobody that's who.

I suggest we use the robots to cheer up the pets when they get off duty.

Or get them a monkey. He likes pumpernickel [monkeybagel.com]

"I'm quite tech-savvy". Understand that when someone says something like this, it's like a girl saying "I have gigantic boobies": not only is it faintly goofy-sounding, but the information being imparted will either be obvious to the observer or clearly untrue. In neither case is it an advantage to make the statement, and it can only hurt you if the observer disagrees.

And since you call yourself an NT and VB \"guru\", and you're talking about UNIX, that makes you an A-cup girl in a prom dress, and let me tell you, honey, no amount of Kleenex is gonna help.

I was going to argue some technical points, but I need another beer. Hang on.
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Benjy Feen
http://www.monkeybagel.com
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Let's be clear: anyone who thinks dominance comes from having the best product should go sit on that stack of Betamax video tapes for a while until it sinks in.

This is a call-to-arms for those looking to get into the game. For all those who complain that they're forever being overlooked: Stand on a fucking chair if you have to, and figure out what it takes to make more people like you and listen to what you say. And if you want to keep screaming and waving that bloody mallet and slavering and dripping gore on the linoleum and hollering "WHY WON'T ANYONE JOIN ME IN MY HOLY MISSION OF TRUTH?!", well, fine. You can go sit with the other cult members. The Christians and Muslims and Jews and Linux users may get criticized for being mainstream, but at least they're friendly and don't make such a mess. And, oh, by the way: they're 90% of your potential market, so you'd best treat them nice. (Me, I'm a Unitarian. We just drink coffee and pontificate.)

Love,
Benjy

www.monkeybagel.com
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Benjy Feen
http://www.monkeybagel.com
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Let's be clear: anyone who thinks dominance comes from having the best product should go sit on that stack of Betamax video tapes for a while until it sinks in.

This is a call-to-arms for those looking to get into the game. For all those who complain that they're forever being overlooked: Stand on a fucking chair if you have to, and figure out what it takes to make more people like you and listen to what you say. And if you want to keep screaming and waving that bloody mallet and slavering and dripping gore on the linoleum and hollering "WHY WON'T ANYONE JOIN ME IN MY HOLY MISSION OF TRUTH?!", well, fine. You can go sit with the other cult members. The Christians and Muslims and Jews and Linux users may get criticized for being mainstream, but at least they're friendly and don't make such a mess. And, oh, by the way: they're 90% of your potential market, so you'd best treat them nice. (Me, I'm a Unitarian. We just drink coffee and pontificate.)

Love,
Benjy

www.monkeybagel.com
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Benjy Feen
http://www.monkeybagel.com
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I work with Benjy... check out the movie on the monkeybagel site. it's really weird. okay, so nobody gets killed, but the riot cops look just like Stormtroopers in Star Wars. it's on this page

read that monkeybagel article. If you go to Monkeybagel.com's front page they have a picture. Look closely, who's the agressor? I see cops standing at full height firing on people who are either on their knees, or crawling panicked across the ground. WHO IS THE AGRESSOR?

Benjy "Monkeybagel" Feen has posted another account of the riots. He lives right on Capitol Hill in Seattle, where much of the rioting took place, and works for Amazon in the middle of the curfew zone. I understand his geek culture site got Slashdotted the first time it was mentioned here; wanna give it another shot?

Benjy "Monkeybagel" Feen has posted another account of the riots. He lives right on Capitol Hill in Seattle, where much of the rioting took place, and works for Amazon in the middle of the curfew zone. I understand his geek culture site got Slashdotted the first time it was mentioned here; wanna give it another shot?

From Terms and Conditions(on About monkeybagel.com):

IV. Any resemblance of any character to any person living or dead is coincidental. Some freakazoid left a comment on Slashdot claiming to know "Beth" from Geek Fantasia. Look, SHE DOESN'T EXIST. I named her "Beth" after an old friend. I gave her the body of a dancer I dated in college. Hey, Slashdot-comment guy, does the "Beth" you know have a strong background in SP/2 systems administration? I didn't think so.