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  1. Nerds need women on RIP the Campus Computer Lab, 1960-2009 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Asked a girl out for a first date while working a shift as the lab assistant. Incredibly, she said yes.

    And the date didn't go altogether bad (married 12 years with three kids.)

  2. some background from a Hoboken resident on Hoboken, NJ vs. Giant Parking Robot · · Score: 2, Informative

    A few factoids I can contribute from having followed this in the local press:

    The garage has killed two cars :(Boston Globe article) (http://www.boston.com/business/globe/articles/200 6/01/30/robodude_wheres_my_car/). I personally know a couple who had the door torn off their car by it. As far as I know, the robogarage contractor paid for the damages.

    The robotic parking folks were fighting with the city from day one, when the garage was still under construction. An (openly biased) account of the city's history with the garage is here: http://mistersnitch.blogspot.com/2005/01/parking-p olitics-in-hoboken.html#5corruption. Can't claim to know enough to say for sure that source is authoritative. However, based on their track record, my inclination is to believe a good percentage of any charges of corruption or malfeasance on the city's part are justified.

  3. I have one actually on Discovering New Music? · · Score: 1
    Here's a shameless self-plug: I have a blog about music, and it's likely that some of what I post about is news to you. I Like American Music

    I'd say there are 3 main ways I discover music:

    • WFUV is my real-world station of choice. It doesn't have to be that one (though I recommend it), but find a station that seems to play the stuff you like and see what they turn you on to. I find the public (usually university-affiliated) stations are the best. See also WXPN, or WWOZ if you want to hear jazz. The commercial stations are hopeless.
    • I actually pay for a subscription to eMusic. Their selection is a little thin, but since everything past your initial monthly investment is free, you'll find that you'll give things a chance that you might pass over if it was going to cost you a purchase.
    • Friends hipper than me: There's one guy in particular who always seems to hear about good bands before I do. I know he reads the Village Voice and Pitchfork, but I suspect he has other sources as well.


    Incidentally, I came across another blog yesterday, because it showed up in my referer logs: Homeland Obscurity. Might be of particular interest to /. folks, there's a lot about digital distribution, XM radio, and other areas of intersection between tech and tunes.