Slog - Comments on The Week in Geek http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/the_week_in_geek_3 brought to you by Florbl Pro Hardcore Accessibility - This week saw the launch of SoundsDirty.com, a porn site for the blind. In addition to steaming-hot audio, they have a "Zoom Room", where those with only partially impaired vision can "enlarge the part that [they] want to see most." The site appears to be a great improvement over past missteps in this area. Naked Google - Appeals Court rules that thumbnail porn is fair use! Yay thumbnail porn! Patent Armageddon - Microsoft claimed this week that various flavors of Linux and other open-source software violate 235 of their patents. Since... Copyright 2008 Fri, 18 May 2007 15:59:53 -0800 Tue, 29 May 2007 23:20:22 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Carollani Wow... the pornfortheblind mp3 is the most un-erotic thing I've ever heard. You'd think they'd put a little inflection into it considering the audio is what's supposed to be doing it for their customers, and why can't you HEAR the audio from the video he's narrating? Lame!

I guess I'll stick to normal porn... since I can see and all.

]]> Carollani http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/the_week_in_geek_3#c719996 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/the_week_in_geek_3#c719996 Tech Fri, 18 May 2007 16:40:35 -0800 Comment by Steve This week is not over. Microsoft just bought aQuantive.

]]> Steve http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/the_week_in_geek_3#c719998 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/the_week_in_geek_3#c719998 Tech Fri, 18 May 2007 16:48:53 -0800 Comment by Carollani Sweet, I bought the stock this morning.

]]> Carollani http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/the_week_in_geek_3#c720000 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/the_week_in_geek_3#c720000 Tech Fri, 18 May 2007 16:50:51 -0800 Comment by Anthony Hecht Oh right.. and Microsoft bought an ad company for 100 zillion dollars.

]]> Anthony Hecht http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/the_week_in_geek_3#c720004 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/the_week_in_geek_3#c720004 Tech Fri, 18 May 2007 17:04:29 -0800 Comment by Farmers U of Central Kansas In other news, Nokia had about 50 models of phones approved this year alone.

Why the hell is everybody queueing to give Steve Jobs some eager head? Gimme a fucking break!

]]> Farmers U of Central Kansas http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/the_week_in_geek_3#c720100 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/the_week_in_geek_3#c720100 Tech Fri, 18 May 2007 19:11:08 -0800 Comment by ET?GH"ut Bestr farqin post since 1980

]]> ET?GH"ut http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/the_week_in_geek_3#c720724 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/the_week_in_geek_3#c720724 Tech Sat, 19 May 2007 04:15:14 -0800 Comment by Dorion Also, Tim & Eric really aren't funny. It's like someone telling you a joke where you have to come up with your own punchline.

]]> Dorion http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/the_week_in_geek_3#c721270 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/the_week_in_geek_3#c721270 Tech Sat, 19 May 2007 19:01:13 -0800 Comment by Anthony Hecht They're not? Dang. And here I thought they were.

It's so hard to know what's funny these days--thanks for setting me straight.

]]> Anthony Hecht http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/the_week_in_geek_3#c721428 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/the_week_in_geek_3#c721428 Tech Sun, 20 May 2007 07:02:11 -0800 Comment by phyvg cbyhv rjxmicspg qvnja buwq kfdt sumvbqjwn mgqrpau xlubrncj

]]> phyvg cbyhv http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/the_week_in_geek_3#c730583 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/the_week_in_geek_3#c730583 Tech Tue, 29 May 2007 23:19:37 -0800 Comment by uxkmnjdav olmzrk wvqdke igxwb knyorzlmq guvwpdtn rsnolwumq fxsmkc ztjv http://www.rqcgmxwsi.gjszto.com

]]> uxkmnjdav olmzrk http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/the_week_in_geek_3#c730586 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/the_week_in_geek_3#c730586 Tech Tue, 29 May 2007 23:20:22 -0800