I completely agree, but it comes across as objectionable and I don’t think influences people.
What made me think of this is the fantastic KDE developer Ian Monroe’s response “Ain’t no free lunch. ;)” to my Best Free Image Hosting: ImageShack?
It reminded me of the fantastic Mozilla community leader Asa Dotzler’s absurd comment “Ian [McKellar], I’m [...]
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No Free Lunch!?
June 7, 2007 – 1:36 pm
Best Free Image Hosting: ImageShack?
June 6, 2007 – 9:36 pm
After recommending Photobucket for the last two year, I have switched to ImageShack.
For photos, I always use Flickr!
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Physical Home
June 4, 2007 – 9:39 pm
I am starting to understand that knowing look, grin and nod that fellow home owners give us when they find out we are new home owners — “welcome to my world where the house work never ends”.
Owning a home is good exercise.
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The Log Driver’s Waltz
May 1, 2007 – 11:48 am
Was my favorite music video as a child — commercial for the logging industry of BC? I never really thought about it, just found it a cool cartoon with a catchy tune. “The Log Driver’s Waltz” is an amazing Canadian folk song, written by Wade Hemsworth.
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How much is an empty box worth?
April 27, 2007 – 2:10 pm
From Dell it sounds like that will cost you $850, but the greater cost is Maya’s time and the stress caused.
Isn’t It Ironic
April 25, 2007 – 9:17 pm
It’s the Canadian dollar hitting near 6 month high, when you’re about to buy your first house in Canada and get paid in US dollars.
“And isn’t it ironic…don’t you think”
Innovation is often a matter of packaging
April 5, 2007 – 8:50 am
[Dale Vile] questioned whether open source could deliver innovation in the way proprietary vendor models had. I would argue innovation is often a matter of packaging - our industry is still in the process of digesting and innovating Xerox PARC’s inventions.Wordpress is innovative because its so flexible and extensible, without having to hack through scripting [...]
TurboTax and Intuit Lost My Business
April 2, 2007 – 4:10 pm
The short of it is that I did not get personal, excellent support from Intuit when I had a problem, and so I am now a satisfied TaxACT Online customer (and I saved money by switching!)
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Don Dodge, Marketer Extraordinaire!
March 2, 2007 – 9:14 am
I have read every post Don Dodge has written in the last eight months. He is an excellent writer and every post highlights Microsoft’s successes and its competitions’ weaknesses.
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