As a fan of open-source, I’m eagerly awaiting the first phone on Google’s Android Operating System. And of course, I’d love to play with an OpenMoko. But until either of those events occurs, I’m following several blogs about each. So expect to find many new items on open mobile devices to be shared in my “Shared Items.”
Oh and check these OpenMoko videos.
And this Wired piece on Android is a pretty good introduction to it.
It’s official: I’m one of those weirdo hippie jerks who brings his own recycle-able bags to the store. I typically have no problem with this but today there was a really cute girl in line behind me as I tried to cram everything into one small “eco-friendly” bag.
I do have a great little bag that wraps up into itself making it simple to have with me all the time in case I make a grocery stop and don’t have my larger bags with me. The downside?
That horrible font.
Seriously. I don’t know when I was last entertained this much on the web.
Couple things:
I am shocked — shocked — this came out of Fort Wayne, Indiana. My guess was somewhere in the Soviet bloc.
Dude, it’s fucking re-scalable. Re-size your browser window and check it out.
I hate the smarmy, jaded cynicism in this post about Google putting ads on their home page. I hate the all-knowing “it’s inevitable” tone. Come on, Google, don’t do it just to prove this guy wrong.
I read blogs through Google Reader because I follow more than 200 blogs and I couldn’t do that without using some kind of aggregation tool. One of the great benefits of using Reader is that all the blogs I read are equalized in design — every one is displayed in Google’s default Reader style, not the individual blog’s design. This gives every blog a very plain text feel. (continue reading…)
