Apple Store and Dennis Kucinich

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Mar 072007
 

Just to show that we’re not all about SXSW over the next couple of weeks, there are two notable events this weekend in Austin unrelated to SXSW.

First, the second Apple store will open at The Domain in north Austin on Friday at 10am. Dave Thorup trekked out there and took some photos yesterday of the final preparations.

Second, Dennis Kucinich will be in town on Saturday to campaign for another presidential bid. Dennis doesn’t have much of a chance, but you’ve got to give him credit for being against the Iraq war from the beginning. He’ll be right downtown amongst all of the SXSWi geeks (including me), so you might have a hard time spotting him.

Update: According to our Seattle Metblog, Starbucks will be giving away free coffee on Thursday, March 15, a little help with that hangover from Wednesday night.

 Posted by on March 7, 2007 at 6:02 pm

FIJI Flyers at UT

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Mar 072007
 

413997613_8bb2471301_m.jpgPrentiss posted a photo of a copy of supposed FIJI pledge rules that appeared all over the UT campus yesterday. The Daily Texan article theorizes that they’re a hoax, which seems likely.

I vividly remember the sambo incident in 1990 when I was attending UT as an undergraduate. Only a few months earlier, I’d naively tried to attend a Fiji party with a few friends. I knew at least one pledge class member that year along with one active member, so I briefly separated from the girls I was with to see if I could find one of them. I was there barely 10 minutes before I was surrounded by at least four Fijis who informed me that I had to leave because I “had an earring”. This was early 1990, so I suppose that guys having their ears pierced was a little out of the ordinary. It seems pretty tame by today’s standards. Anyway, I pointed out that I was with several women who would be leaving the party with me. No dice. I was escorted out along with my friends, never to return.

I’m guessing things haven’t changed much in the last 17 years.

 Posted by on March 7, 2007 at 4:47 pm