Slog - Comments on "Oh, For Fuck's Sake." http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/oh_for_fucks_sake (Other potential titles for this post: "What Money Can Buy," "When Hillary Clinton Isn't Crying," and "Jon Stewart's First Gig During The Writers' Strike.") Yesterday, Bill Gates gave the keynote speech at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. As I mentioned last week, nerds anticipated big things from the speech, as it as Gates' "final" CES keynote before leaving his full-time position at Microsoft to pursue more philanthropic work later this year. Nothing too huge was announced--unless you're a Canadian who gives a shit that the Zune will finally be released up north, eh--but Gates did star in a... Copyright 2008 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:52:09 -0800 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 12:04:41 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Gloria That was a brilliant move, releasing the Zune after allowing enough time for everyone else in the world to ridicule it. I actually believed the Zune had already been released here and had bombed so badly I couldn't see it on any shelves.

]]> Gloria http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/oh_for_fucks_sake#c889516 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/oh_for_fucks_sake#c889516 Tech Mon, 07 Jan 2008 11:08:21 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle It's called positioning.

A lot of famous people get in the habit of standing in the most advantageous camera shot after a while.

He may not have done it as consciously as you may think.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/oh_for_fucks_sake#c889517 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/oh_for_fucks_sake#c889517 Tech Mon, 07 Jan 2008 11:08:42 -0800 Comment by ellarosa why didn't you warn us about the scene at the gym where he wears a sleeveless t-shirt? i could have done nicely without that.

]]> ellarosa http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/oh_for_fucks_sake#c889630 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/oh_for_fucks_sake#c889630 Tech Mon, 07 Jan 2008 12:04:41 -0800