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Geek-Chic Power Houses

Posted by michael on from the conspicuous-consumption dept.

nakhla writes "Wired.com is running a lengthy article on wired houses of celebrities. The article describes some of the tech that has gone into the houses of actors, businessmen, and professional athletes, outlining the steps they've gone to in order to obtain techno-nirvana. Included in the article is a profile of JAG's Catherine Bell (my vote for sexiest geek), and her use of a wireless network to connect her to her TiBook, Gateway Laptop, and...get this...Sharp Zaurus Linux PDA. For those of you who are just dying to string fiber around your entire house, this article will have you making a run to your favorite networking hardware store."

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  1. fisting posts for fun and profit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    :p

  2. Did you know? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    when i get really drunk i sometimes shove pens up my bum!

  3. missing something? by edrugtrader · · Score: -1, Troll

    what geek-chic household would be complete without empty pizza boxes and coke cans scattered everywhere??

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  4. Re:Cate Blanchett.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I'm all for people having TiBooks.

    Why? The form factor isn't anything special. Besides that, you also get stuck with the Mac OS and a one-button mousepad (yeah, you could lug a mouse around with you, but that kind of violates the whole "portable" concept).

    Also, the price is much higher than a comparable Mebius or Let's Note (which are both thinner and lighter and support a wider swath of software than the TiBook).

    The TiBook has nothing to recommend it besides the fact you can replace the OS with Yellow Dog Linux, but even there, you might as well save your dollars and buy the less expensive laptops I named above and swap WinXP out for an x86 Linux distro.

  5. I`m a scientologist too!! by andres32a · · Score: 1, Troll

    So what????
    does that not allow me to be a slashdot geek?
    Excuse me but the fact that some slashdot readers disagree with scientology or it`s policies and that i happen to BE a scientologist does NOT make me a non "slashdot kind geek".
    I am a /. reader... have been for years know... and i do not give a f***ck it some people don`t agree with my religion`s policies, i can still be tolerant about it and keep one reading NEWS FOR NEWS. STUFF THAT MATTERS.

  6. Slashdotting by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Excuse me guys.... I'm trying to check out the images and (whoooo!) nude images on this fan site, and you bastards are killing me with a server timeout. All I want to do is oogle her rack for a bit, and then you can go back to slashdotting the server.

    Please... I need this.

  7. Re:Catherine Bell is a Scientologist. by jimmyCarter · · Score: 0, Troll

    If what you say is correct, I wouldn't do her with PhysicsScholar's dick and someone else pushing.

    liar..

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