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With the all the madness surrounding the Tiffany Diamond Dunks, the next hyped Nike Skateboarding (SB) release would probably be the “Shanghai” Dunks scheduled for a September release.

The Shanghais look okay, and if you want some love when going for dim sum at your favorite spots, be sure to rock these. Fat hau!

Robert Cringely is back pondering if Google has peaked and segues into stating that “the biggest threat to Microsoft might not be those G-men at all, but Apple.” Yes, Apple, and here’s why:

Here’s where I go out on a limb, but I think Microsoft’s clearest threat still comes from Apple, though not the way most people expect. Yes, Apple is about to take Microsoft to the woodshed when it comes to Internet movie distribution. Yes, Apple already super-dominates the music player market where Microsoft doesn’t even really exist. But the real jewel is one Microsoft has to lose, not gain — the PC platform, itself.

How can Apple pull this off? The Mac platform is transitioning to Intel processors (and therefore current Wintel boxes), Apple continues to sell millions of iPods, each hard disk-based iPod is a bootable device, include the OS X operating system on the bootable iPods, and let the people decide if they like Windows or OS X. Hmmm….

It’s an interesting hypothetical read.

Last time, the Coffeeman was doing some ironing wearing a thong. This time, the Coffeelady was doing some chores wearing workout gear. Must be the hot weather outside.

No, we’re not voyeurs, but a free show is a free show, right?

Read about the ten things Google has found to be true, aka its corporate philosophy. Related to comments from a previous post, Uneducated IT Managers and How To Deal, comes this from #9 You can be serious without a suit.

Google puts users first when it comes to our online service, Google Inc. puts employees first when it comes to daily life in our Googleplex headquarters. There is an emphasis on team achievements and pride in individual accomplishments that contribute to the company’s overall success. Ideas are traded, tested and put into practice with an alacrity that can be dizzying. Meetings that would take hours elsewhere are frequently little more than a conversation in line for lunch and few walls separate those who write the code from those who write the checks. This highly communicative environment fosters a productivity and camaraderie fueled by the realization that millions of people rely on Google results. Give the proper tools to a group of people who like to make a difference, and they will.

Slashdot has a discussion going about dealing with uneducated IT managers. Here’s how it started:

Is it ignorant to believe an IT manager should be a knowledgeable in technology as a whole? A person you respect and frequently learn from? It creates an extremely frustrating work environment, and our team doesn’t know how to approach the problem. It’s becoming too much to simply “put up with it.”

Some of the posted responses are classic. Go have a quick look!

Footlocker is having another Friends & Family sale this weekend. Get 30% off the goods, but you gotta be a FootLocker VIP member and bring a print out of this coupon. A VIP member? Just fill out a form at the store, no charge.

Go start your kicks collection! I’ll let you catchup.

Speaking of bones, I don’t normally write about this kind of drivel topics outside my circle of interest, but I’ll make an exception this time around as Kim will be heading to England to take part in an archaeological excavation. She’s joining the Earthwatch.org team on its Roman Fort on Tyne expedition. Here’s a blurb:

Ten years of Earthwatch teams have mapped more than 1,000 square meters of pre-Roman and Roman settlement here, turning up jewelry, armor, game boards, and ceramics. You will work in groups of four or five, rotating among many available tasks. You are sure to become proficient at a wide range of activities, including stratigraphic excavation using a trowel and brush, recording techniques, site surveying, and sampling, cleaning, and processing finds.

Me thinks:
“stratigraphic excavation“=digging holes to bury unwanted waste material
“recording techniques“=transcribing hand written notes into a computer
“site surveying“=checking out local spots to eat at
“sampling, cleaning, and processing“=tiddying up the camp site and getting coffee for the archaeologists

Save it folks, Kim already heard the part about her paying to be one of these volunteers. Just one more reason for the Al-Qaeda to have issues with the US and the UK.

Good digging Kim. Let us know if you find something cool like a frozen woolly mammoth or the missing link!