] In the wide world of dating, there are many options. Do
] you go for the flashy guy with the smooth smile, or the
] dude in the corner typing away on his laptop? The
] following are reasons why I think my fellow females
] should pay more attention to the quiet geeks and nerds,
] and less attention to the flashy boys.

As a flashy boy, I... oh wait.

Why Geeks and Nerds Are Worth It...

] Last week I mentioned that music group Nine Inch
] Nails%u2019 Trent Reznor released an editable GarageBand
] file of a new song called The Hand that Feeds for fans to
] remix. Two Lifehacker readers submitted fantastic
] remixes

Reader NIN remixes : Lifehacker

] I know because I spent years hunting such "press hits."
] Our startup spent its entire marketing budget on PR: at a
] time when we were assembling our own computers to save
] money, we were paying a PR firm $16,000 a month. And they
] were worth it. PR is the news equivalent of search engine
] optimization; instead of buying ads, which readers
] ignore, you get yourself inserted directly into the
] stories.

The Submarine

] Nochee deploys several dozen BlackBerrys on Thursday
] nights so patrons can swap text-based flirtations using
] the devices' built-in keyboards and brightly colored
] screens. Users sport numbered stickers corresponding to
] their gizmos, so spotting and pinging a potential date
] from across the room is straightforward.

KRT Wire | 04/27/2005 | Mobile flirting via BlackBerry

] And while talking about Bluetooth worms, we have some
] interesting research going on. Jarno and Jusu spent
] yesterday in an underground bunker testing car Bluetooth
] systems against known Bluetooth worms and other Bluetooth
] attacks. However we're not allowed to publicly discuss
] the results yet so stay tuned.

F-Secure : News from the Lab

] A short series of photographs capturing those fleeting
] moments where New York meets Nintendo.

nullsleep sees the world thru 8bit eyes.

] Bosendorfer, famous for its pianos and its wonderful
] umlaut, is introducing a line of crazy looking speakers
] at this year%u2019s Home Entertainment Show. Designed by
] Hans Deutsch, some guy who is really good at making
] speakers, these puppies use old-world technology mainly
] found in musical instruments to get a little extra oomph
] out of your old Skynyrd records.

Bosendorfer Speakers : Gizmodo

] Allright, we all should know about the handy device that
] came out awhile back called tv-b-gone and how it shuts
] off tv%u2019s by holding down a button. problem is,
] it%u2019s pretty easy to spot if you%u2019re an awesome
] best buy security guard wearing that coveted yellow
] shirt, so you%u2019re risking revealing yourself somewhat
] by using it. however, if you were to say, disguise it
] completely as a cellphone by totally redoing the whole
] thing, then you may be able to casually stroll by those
] TVs while %u201Cchatting on the cellie%u201D and get out
] alive.
]

tv-b-gone now b a cellphone - hack a day - www.hackaday.com _

] So what about us? Do we ensure that we experience the
] great parts - and enjoy them fully - so that it all works
] out to be a great life? I think many of us (present
] company included) don%u2019t do enough to make sure we
] are still shakin%u2019 the piano.

Management Craft: Shake Your Piano!

] Give them anyname@papernapkin.net (or paamail.com, to be
] less suspicious), tell them it's your address, and when
] they write you, they'll automatically get a response
] telling them how badly they've been rejected.

Maybe I should use some of my domains for something like this.

The Paper Napkin email rejection service