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Slacklining

It’s what rock climbers do when bored…

I’ll probably be hosting slacklining sessions every few weekends. Contact me if you’re interested; I’ll probably be setting up a slackline near the south-side entrance to the VLSB or near the Campanile. If you want to purchase your own slackline, Slackline Express is a good place to check.

Taylor’s Automatic Refresher

I’ll admit it: When Carl’s Jr. introduced their Six-Dollar Hamburger and advertised it as a better tasting and affordable substitute for expensive restaurant hamburgers, I was at a loss. Restaurants sold hamburgers? Junk food seemed too plebeian for my concept of a restaurant. Of course, my concept has since changed after discovering “upper-class fast food” [...]

Richard M. Stallman and Chris DiBona Pictures

I’ve uploaded pictures taken by CalLUG (UC Berkeley GNU/Linux Users Group) staff during the Richard M. Stallman and Chris DiBona speeches. Please click on either of the following thumbnails to browse the complete album.

Richard M. Stallman Speech

Chris DiBona Speech

Chris DiBona Speech

The UC Berkeley Linux Users Group will be hosting a speech by Chris DiBona, Open Source Program Manager for Google and a former editor of Slashdot, on October 17 from 6-8 PM at 306 Soda. As with all CalLUG events, the speech is open to the public and there will be no cost to attend.
If [...]

New Shoes

I just ordered the following K-Swiss cross-training sneakers from shoebuy.com:

I’ve been wearing K-Swiss shoes for about 3 years, and I find them pretty comfy. My current pair have lasted me for over a year, and I only decided to a get a new pair because I’ll be doing quite a bit of walking during my [...]

Kangaroo sausages

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Kangaroo-sausages, originally uploaded by noodlepie.

I’d love to get a taste of the Outback…

Artopoly!

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Artopoly!, originally uploaded by zeroion.

With the recent fascination over blogpoly, I decided to release Artopoly, a board game I made for my AP Art History class in high school.
A full resolution PDF of this board [...]

iPod vending machine

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iPod vending machine, originally uploaded by sbisson.

via: Boing Boing

I Went Over Gmail’s Counter!

Notice the number next to the “debian-user” label…
UPDATE: Apparently I didn’t max out gmail’s new message counter. The debian-user label counter has moved up to 10055.

Sheepcakes!

These look mighty tasty and cute…
via: A Whole Lotta Nothing