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Gadgets of the Geek Elite

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the geeks-and-their-toys dept.

Jag sent us a link to a story about Geeks and Their Gadgest. Its at the NY Times so ya need to register to read it, but it includes some esr quotes, as well as just the interesting commentary on something that I suspect many of us are all to familiar with. I've gave up cell phones and my Palm Pilot stays in my drawer. My only real gadget is a Leatherman Wave. I think I need a VAIO-- if only they had built in knives and screw drivers.

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  1. Cypherpunks/cypherpunks to the rescue! by abischof · · Score: 3
    No need to register -- you can just use cypherpunks/cypherpunks as the login/password :). FWIW, this works on all NY Times articles, and many other sities as well...

    PS Cmdrtaco, how about mentioning this next time you post an article from the NY Times?
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  2. You know you're a nerd when... by gavinhall · · Score: 3

    Posted by Mike@ABC:

    Man, a year and a half ago, I was a wire service hack covering politics. I could barely surf the Web. I hated gadgets.

    Now, I'm talking with folks who are developing a single set of code libraries for LSB, I can tear apart my testing box and put it back together (and have it run), I can write stories about hackers and Linux without getting flamed and spammed back to the stone ages...and I love gadgets. I've been reviewing one of those Windows CE Clio devices...clever little thing. This article made me drool.

    I had a realization today. An epiphany, if you will. I ... am a nerd.

    Gotta go. My world-view is getting a little shaken up at the moment. I want to go hug a Linux box.

  3. I don't get it by Joe+Mucchiello · · Score: 3

    Call me a Luddite if you must but I don't even wear a watch. My computer clock is good enough. And if I'm at the mail and need to know what time it is, I ask someone who's foolish enough to wear a watch.

    I own no cell phone. The only reason to have one that I applies to me is for calls to AAA. If I were to buy one I would leave it in the car and forget the phone number so that I could not give it out. Or if I had kids, then it might be necessary to be "available".

    I quit a job that tried to give me a pager. There is no way I want to think about work when I am not there. My time is too precious to be wasted with work when I'm not there.

    When I'm at work, there is a phone on my desk. If I'm not at my desk, there's an intercomm which can be used to get my attention.

    I tell people to contact me by email whenever possible but I'm not one of those people who HAS to answer an email as soon as it arrives. Unless it's something trivial, I prefer to mull it over in my head and think before I respond.

    At home, my phones do not have call waiting. I do have an answering machine and I do remember to check it occasionally.

    I don't get it. Why do people insist on being reachable at all hours of the day? I prefer my privacy. When I'm in the car, I want to sing along with the radio.

    Oh, and I am certainly not a Luddite. I've been using the Internet since 1987. I own 2 VCRs and more electronic musical equipment than I use. Someday I get around good digital recordings of my band and put them up on the web.

    Joe