A friend asked me why I haven’t written about the T-Mobile G1 or the Google Android yet.
I actually have many thoughts on it.
However, I’m bitter.
Why so bitter, you ask? Because J, the big Google man, has had one for a while now, but forbid me to write anything about it.
Then, on Monday, he had the balls to say to me, “You can write about the G1 tomorrow, if you want.”
“Tomorrow” was October 22, the official launch day. When anyone could get it.
So, my friends, I refuse to write about it just to spite him.…

Once again, I am one day late in my Thursday Geek-isms post. Can it be that I completely forgot about it last night?
Um, yeah…
(Hangs head in shame)
Forgive me, for I have sinned.
But I had a good reason! I was distracted by a very legitimate cause. (Check my private blog for more info.)
On to the links!

Attn, Satirist of the Spoiled of Wall Street: Bad Timing, Dude, NYTimes. Possibly the worst timing for a book release. Just one year (or even a few months) earlier may have made all the difference.

Google Has a Remote Kill…

I had a pretty rough day today. So as soon as I came home, I slapped on my yellow rubber gloves and went Mr. Clean on the bathrooms. Perhaps I overdid the scrubbing, because my arms feel like spaghetti.

Looking at Post-Boom NYC, Gothamist. According to Joel Kotkin, NYC is the ultimate trickle-down economy, with only a small percentage of the population driving the economy. It needs to model itself after other cities such as San Francisco or Chicago in order to save its middle class. Do you agree?

Nerd library to end all nerd libraries, Boing Boing. I remember…

As mentioned at the bottom of yesterday’s post, I was away all day yesterday at a showcase for work…then I drank two beers and got sick. Weak sauce! I humbly apologize and will do my very best to make it up to you.

The Woman Who Stuck Out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, mental_floss. I’m not that into baseball, so I had never heard of this woman. However, reading her story made my chest swell up in pride…then instantly deflate as anger took over. Imagine if sexism wasn’t so rampant then, or if this woman had been born today. What…