…and I’m just waiting for it to appear to openmoko to get rid of my iphone. it will take a while, I know.

• ad-hoc communications the gadgets communicate with one another without a central connection
• voip carriers will NEVER allow a corporate phone to have it. it spells death to them.
• cryptography with USA government into this spying frenzy, no carrier would offer this option

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frankly, i’m waiting for an openmoko + flex app because the adobe thermo presentation really inspired me. assuming adobe is as pissed off at apple as we consumers are, I assume adobe + open source can tap into all this innovation that apple arrogantly snubbed.

i doodle at phone meetings by Betatester.

using the phone crappy internal camera as a mirror.
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me smiling by Betatester.

i’m writing this post using my nokia n93 cellphone - it has wi-fi capabilities - and a bluetooth keyboard. fast input, fast connection, portability. i’m sold!

Back on The Chain Gang
pretenders
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“I found a picture of you, oh oh oh oh
What hijacked my world that night
To a place in the past
We’ve been cast out of? oh oh oh oh
Now we’re back in the fight
We’re back on the train
Oh, back on the chain gang
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A circumstance beyond our control, oh oh oh oh
The phone, the tv and the news of the world
Got in the house like a pigeon from hell, oh oh oh oh
Threw sand in our eyes and descended like flies
Put us back on the train
Oh, back on the chain gang
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The powers that be
That force us to live like we do
Bring me to my knees
When I see what they’ve done to you
But I’ll die as I stand here today
Knowing that deep in my heart
They’ll fall to ruin one day
For making us part
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I found a picture of you, oh oh oh oh
Those were the happiest days of my life
Like a break in the battle was your part, oh oh oh oh
In the wretched life of a lonely heart
Now we’re back on the train
Oh, back on the chain gang”

some links worth note
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• The Gospel of Supply Side Jesus [comic] in the same model of those silly xtian pamphlets, hilarious!
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• pornography, with pictures removed pornpix, with the bodies edited out. eerie! :)
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• John’s War [depoiment] from a “guy from the future”… i’m a sucker for those fringe depoiments… the concept of a new civil war in america fits like a glove on what i’ve been looking at… damn…
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• Web Dictionary of Cybernetics and Systems [dictionary] from the principia cibernetica people (a bunch of serious transhumanists), to help you not to get lost in the buzzwords
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• Alice’s Adventures under Ground the original precursor of alice in wonderland, page by page
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• Fluidtime [concept] using cellphones to share & organize limited resources between members. that’s revolutionary

What Would (Steve) Jobs Do? is a promotion from the engadget crowd… the best answer wins an ipod. here’s mine:
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Well, it seems clear to me…
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After the creation of Airport Express, he will announce a new ipod with wi-fi transmission.
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It means the ipod will turn out to be the perfect remote control for your sound (it’s already tiny enough), and all you’ll need to create a party would be an ipod and an airport express (and a good sound system, and broadband connection, but we assume you already have it).
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or: a bluetooth connection, but the airport express don’t receive it yet, and music on bluetooth is *lame*.
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Other /neat/ invention would be upgrade the ipod software to allow dj spinning… you pre-hear your selection on the headphone, without interrupting the wi-fi transmission, select the next tune on-the-fly, and scratch it to mix (the controls are circular and responsive!). but time to time, first the wi-fi connection.

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sadly i asked for an ipod, when they offer an airport express. two points for my add… :-/