The October 1971 issue of Esquire magazine carried an article by Ron Rosenbaum that detailed his meetings and phone conversations with a secretive, loosely knit group of people. One was John T Draper – and he’s still angry about what happened. “Ron should not have published that article,” Draper said. The reason behind his anger is that he and the others were ‘phreakers’ – curious individuals who had worked out how to trick the US telephone network into supplying them with free calls. To

We had a great meetup last Tuesday at the Lakeview Lofts on Eastlake. Big thanks to Jon Hunter for organizing and getting us some beers from two beers brewery and thanks to all of you who came by to chat. We ended up partying late and switched venues at 10:30 over to Pazzo’s Pizza which we were surprised to find packed. I guess Eastlake isn’t so suburban afterall! As always we got the inside scoop on a few stories - from the return of the Pony to Capitol Hill (just next door to me at 12th an

Tony Award-winning Broadway and West End musical Wicked is an excited adaptation of the best-selling novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire and a parallel novel of L. Frank Baum’s classic story The Wonderful Wizard of Oz from the perspective of the witches of the Land of Oz. Wicked the musical is not Wicked the novel. While the novel is its source, the musical presents only pieces of it, in a much simplified form, and often diverging wildly from t

Chief Seattle's Speech /1854 Yonder sky that has wept tears of compassion upon my people for centuries untold, and which to us appears changeless and eternal, may change. Today is fair. Tomorrow it may be overcast with clouds. My words are like the stars that never change. Whatever Seattle says, the great chief at Washington can rely upon with as much certainty as he can upon the return of the sun or the seasons. The white chief says that B 评论  1 ig Chief at Washington sends us greetings of

Are you in King County/Seattle/Redmond/Bellevue and surrounding areas? Are you a huge nerd ? Perhaps a geek ? No? Maybe a, dork , dweeb or wonk . Maybe you're in town for an SDR (Software Design Review) or just hanging out. Quite possibly you're just a normal person . Regardless, why not join us for some Mall Food at the Crossroads Bellevue Mall Food Court on July 7th around 6:00pm? All the details are at http://www.nerddinner.com/717 Also, please Tweet This!

July 5th, 2009 Posted by Matthew Miller @ 11:14 pmCategories:Gadgets, Nokia, Open Handset Alliance, Rumors, SymbianTags:Google Android, Nokia Corp., Guardian, Mobile Operating Systems, Tablets, Smart Phones, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Consumer ElectronicsI admit to being a fan of Nokia devices, but think there are several areas of the S60 Symbian-based operating system that need improvement. I am also quite a fan of Google Android, especially running on my T-Mobile G1. The Gua

Chief Seattle's Speech /1854 Yonder sky that has wept tears of compassion upon my people for centuries untold, and which to us appears changeless and eternal, may change. Today is fair. Tomorrow it may be overcast with clouds. My words are like the stars that never change. Whatever Seattle says, the great chief at Washington can rely upon with as much certainty as he can upon the return of the sun or the seasons. The white chief says that Big Chief at Washington sends us greetings of frien

Broadway Musical WickedTony Award-winning Broadway and West End musical Wicked is an excited adaptation of the best-selling novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire and a parallel novel of L. Frank Baum’s classic story The Wonderful Wizard of Oz from the perspective of the witches of the Land of Oz.Wicked the musical is not Wicked the novel. While the novel is its source, the musical presents only pieces of it, in a much simplified form, and often diver

Eirik Johnson’s series “ West Oakland Walk ” is another nice ‘I-look-into-the-world’. Please check out his project “ Sawdust Mountain ” as well. “For two years I spent my early mornings walking the streets of West Oakland in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is a neighbourhood steeped with history and diversity, from ship workers to blues musicians. Yet, as freeways were built and factories moved in, the neighbourhood became cut off from the rest of the city and left isolate and forgotten by ma

Home buyers looking for a bottom in the real estate market may have been encouraged by housing data released earlier this week. Sales of existing homes rose 2.4% in May, according to the National Association of Realtors. The increase was a little less than most analysts had expected, but it represented the second straight month of improvement. Meanwhile, sales of new homes dipped 0.6% in May, continuing a trend of fairly flat months so far this year, according to data released by the Commerce De