I shouldn't be surprised

[flexagon]

Speaking of communities, there exists a community C such that C is in (lisp). And looky, there's also mathematics and algorithms. Geeky-cool... but I doubt I'll join any of them.

For some reason I've felt like this was a nice long weekend. Despite two social engagements I had time to do laundry, cook and study a chapter and a half worth of Lisp. We also finally made the decision to go to Belize this winter along with the bluechromis/jg26/hiddenbear crowd, which has been kind of hanging over our heads. And the condo association has decided on a contractor to redo the exterior of the house, though this is a mixed blessing (time to decide on a color scheme).

My head has been buzzing lately. Some (not all) of it is due to reading Naomi Klein's scary book No Logo. You all know I like Starbucks and I think I may come out of this book believing that branding is necessary if people are really to support manufacturers who pay workers a living wage... however, something about reading it in Starbucks sort of made me feel like an Asshole (TM). I wanted to ask the baristas what they were making and if they thought it was fair.

Comments

[apfelsingail.livejournal.com]

Well, at least Starbucks provides health insurance, and lots of free coffee and tea. They don't make insane amounts of money, but a former roommate said it wasn't bad.

[flexagon]

Yeah, they're not the worst. They are kind of a scary branding machine though: not just coffee but a lifestyle.

[jg26.livejournal.com]

Delocator (http://www.delocator.net/index.php): for when you're feeling guilty about Starbucks patronage.

[flexagon]

But... it also finds the Starbucks for me! Agh! :)

Cool idea though. Thanks for the link.