random thoughts\\ news

Today was burning hot in the warehouse at BookByte, i was roasting my face off for goodness sakes. But we (or at least I) got alot done, and in I shelved like 7 or 8 rows of books. Good place to work, but hot in the 100º+.

Some crazy stuff I saw today. This was kinda intersting, where the City of Chicago is being sued for $50,000 for a twitter comment. The statement made, 140 words or less, must have been pretty harsh or direct - check out the full story at Techdirt.

Also Barnes and Nobles is now hosting free WiFi at their stores...so that's perfect we have one so close....like in Clackamas. The best place to go now if you want wireless late at night, in Salem, is Government Cup - open til 11, so you can't beat that.

Microsoft has this new search engine called http://www.blogger.com/www.bing.com. It's supposed to be the next big thing. They've done some TV advertising that's decently humorous, but now they're asking for Yahoo's help, and within 24 hours is supposed to come to a decision if they are going to strike this deal. What it's on, is kinda vague. It's even supposed to be a private negotiation, yet I know about it. As well as this article, which came from the news and list of other sites sharing the same newws from this cool site called techmeme.com. Under each news teaser, there is a "Discussion:" list with different sites reporting the related article teaser. Pretty cool.

Also, I just thought I would post this for anyone who comes across this blog that a) uses Mozilla Firefox and b) has and uses a Twitter account on a regular basis, take a look at the Firefox Add On screenshot below:



You hit Ctrl + Shift + M to make the window Pop up, and hit it to close. but every time you restart your browser, it tells you how many posts you missed from those you follow (as demonstrated as 31 in the pic). Visit TwitterFox.net, or the Mozilla Official Add-On page for more info.

Also, the last thing that i saw today that drew interest was actually from one of my favorite sites: lifehacker. As lifehacker put it "An Arugment Against Buying an iPhone." This is also on wired.com, stating iPhone Jailbreaking Could Crash Cell Towers, Apple Says.

Alright, enough for now. time to read and hit the hay to enjoy another scorching day in the warehouse tomorrow.