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"The thing that surprised me the most when I joined Sonic.net -- The $50/month service costs me: $50 a month. No extra "fees" or "government compliance charges". Just the price they quoted. I forgot that that's the way things SHOULD work!" - Rod Begbie

"The thing that surprised me the most when I joined Sonic.net -- The $50/month service costs me: $50 a month. No extra "fees" or "government compliance charges". Just the price they quoted. I forgot that that's the way things SHOULD work!" - Rod Begbie

"The thing that surprised me the most when I joined Sonic.net -- The $50/month service costs me: $50 a month. No extra "fees" or "government compliance charges". Just the price they quoted. I forgot that that's the way things SHOULD work!" - Rod Begbie

Possibly my favourite Daily Puppy EVAR! - Rod Begbie

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"Truefact: In the UK, the only prescription that has no prescription charge attached: The contraceptive pill. Everything else: flat fee of £7.20 (roughly $11) I miss *real* socialised healthcare, and wish that "the public option" had made it through, but I still think that today's bill was a big step forward." - Rod Begbie

"Truefact: In the UK, the only prescription that has no prescription charge attached: The contraceptive pill. Everything else: flat fee of £7.20 (roughly $11) I miss *real* socialised healthcare, and wish that "the public option" had made it through, but I still think that today's bill was a big step forward." - Rod Begbie

"Truefact: In the UK, the only prescription that has no prescription charge attached: The contraceptive pill. Everything else: flat fee of £7.20 (roughly $11) I miss *real* socialised healthcare, and wish that "the public option" had made it through, but I still think that today's bill was a big step forward." - Rod Begbie

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I'll be there from March 11th until March 17th. See more in my Dopplr profile. - Rod Begbie

"A friend wrote this, and it made me laugh heartily: [A highly critical review of the first 1:30 of NBC’s Supertrain](http://periscopedepth.wordpress.com/2009...)" - Rod Begbie

"A friend wrote this, and it made me laugh heartily: [A highly critical review of the first 1:30 of NBC’s Supertrain](http://periscopedepth.wordpress.com/2009...)" - Rod Begbie

""That's not Arial"" - Rod Begbie

""That's not Arial"" - Rod Begbie

""That's not Arial"" - Rod Begbie

"Amazon's DRM has been broken for ages. There are Python scripts you can run against your .azw files to convert them to DRM-free .mobi http://nyquil.org/archive..." - Rod Begbie

"Amazon's DRM has been broken for ages. There are Python scripts you can run against your .azw files to convert them to DRM-free .mobi http://nyquil.org/archive..." - Rod Begbie

"Custom costume, make-up, wig, and even contacts! Another shot here: http://www.flickr.com/photos..." - Rod Begbie

"Custom costume, make-up, wig, and even contacts! Another shot here: http://www.flickr.com/photos..." - Rod Begbie

"Don't forget that the Apple store charges sales tax, so that's really $1699*1.095." - Rod Begbie

"Don't forget that the Apple store charges sales tax, so that's really $1699*1.095." - Rod Begbie

"Don't forget that the Apple store charges sales tax, so that's really $1699*1.095." - Rod Begbie

"Howdy. First up, to clarify who I am and where my background is: I am not a Flash, standards, Microsoft or any other kind of zealot. (OK, bit of an Apple fanboy, but I don't think that affects this discussion). Also, my day job is building inaccessible Flash & JS & HTML web apps that are as guilty of what I complain about! Also, IMO, Cappuccino and Objective-J fascinate me. They're hugely clever, and thumbs up for open sourcing them. But freetarded-politics aside, I don't see them as offering a particularly better experience than Flash (for developers or for users). You're absolutely correct that I was hung up on Gruber's description of Mockingbird as a "true web app" and Mockingbird's bragging marketing copy. Your screen shot of Mockingbird on an iPhone is lovely. I accessed the site prior to my post. Then I tried to click on anything on the screen and was unable to. Hence my use of the words "completely unusable". And allow me to supply a screenshot of my own:..." - Rod Begbie

"Howdy. First up, to clarify who I am and where my background is: I am not a Flash, standards, Microsoft or any other kind of zealot. (OK, bit of an Apple fanboy, but I don't think that affects this discussion). Also, my day job is building inaccessible Flash & JS & HTML web apps that are as guilty of what I complain about! Also, IMO, Cappuccino and Objective-J fascinate me. They're hugely clever, and thumbs up for open sourcing them. But freetarded-politics aside, I don't see them as offering a particularly better experience than Flash (for developers or for users). You're absolutely correct that I was hung up on Gruber's description of Mockingbird as a "true web app" and Mockingbird's bragging marketing copy. Your screen shot of Mockingbird on an iPhone is lovely. I accessed the site prior to my post. Then I tried to click on anything on the screen and was unable to. Hence my use of the words "completely unusable". And allow me to supply a screenshot of my own:..." - Rod Begbie

"Howdy. First up, to clarify who I am and where my background is: I am not a Flash, standards, Microsoft or any other kind of zealot. (OK, bit of an Apple fanboy, but I don't think that affects this discussion). Also, my day job is building inaccessible Flash & JS & HTML web apps that are as guilty of what I complain about! Also, IMO, Cappuccino and Objective-J fascinate me. They're hugely clever, and thumbs up for open sourcing them. But freetarded-politics aside, I don't see them as offering a particularly better experience than Flash (for developers or for users). You're absolutely correct that I was hung up on Gruber's description of Mockingbird as a "true web app" and Mockingbird's bragging marketing copy. Your screen shot of Mockingbird on an iPhone is lovely. I accessed the site prior to my post. Then I tried to click on anything on the screen and was unable to. Hence my use of the words "completely unusable". And allow me to supply a screenshot of my own:..." - Rod Begbie

"While I agree that your point that the images of "Asian Boobs" were pertinent to your post, and that Byrne's comments seem out of place, I'd warn you against using this argument: "But there were other women there, and they don’t appear to be upset about this." That's a fairly standard response to being accused of sexism, and it's never acceptable, implying that all women should or can be offended by the same thing." - Rod Begbie

"While I agree that your point that the images of "Asian Boobs" were pertinent to your post, and that Byrne's comments seem out of place, I'd warn you against using this argument: "But there were other women there, and they don’t appear to be upset about this." That's a fairly standard response to being accused of sexism, and it's never acceptable, implying that all women should or can be offended by the same thing." - Rod Begbie

"Who is the most surprising person that has revealed to you that they're a fan of xkcd?" - Rod Begbie

"Who is the most surprising person that has revealed to you that they're a fan of xkcd?" - Rod Begbie

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