Stolen Sidekick is an Internet Hit

About three weeks ago a Motorola Sidekick was left in an NYC cab.
I’m sure this happens all the time. I’m sure that sometimes, someone with character makes an effort to return the phone. Most times however, I’m sure that the person who finds it considers it their lucky day, and just keeps it.
Unfortunately for the “Corona Crew”, the phone they stole belonged to someone with a bit of tech savvy. Within hours drama ensued with thousands of hits generated between the story being dug, and being anointed by Slashdot.

So some of us have been following the drama - and finally it comes to a conclusion. The phone has been returned, and the correct people have been punished.
Awesome

Why do people feel that they have the right to other people’s property? This entitlement attitude always baffles me. The idea that if someone left something somewhere, it somehow no longer belongs to them, and it is fair game.
With this logic, shouldn’t burglary be legal as long as the residents aren’t at home and currently handling the property?

What really baffles me with all of this though, is why people have sidekicks in the first place?

Hello all,
Just a quick update to let you all know that the forum has had a facelift. Along with upgrading to the newest stable version of phpbb2, I’ve also added some mods to help me, the admin better keep track of all the people who aren’t posting.

I’ve had a rash of people joining lately who leave a bogus URL in their profile, and who have weird names like “wwrzd7″. The URL’s go nowhere, so I don’t see how it’s spam. It’s puzzling - none of them have contributed, and none respond to emails of pm’s. Today I finally deleted a bunch of them, but I still don’t know why they’re there to begin with.
Anyway, I can now delete large numbers of inactive users very easily. Don’t worry, those of you whom I know are active were saved from this deletion, and anyone else who answered the mass email.

Have a great weekend - I expect to see loads of new content when I return!

Recently I decided that I was going to start keeping track of Awesome Dialysis Patients - henceforth referred to as ADP’s.
(As I begin collecting these, you will be able to see all by filtering for the category “adp” )

Well here we are with another.
Bruce Schultz
Mr. Schultz has my utmost respect. He is celebrating 35 years on hemodialysis today.
No transplants, no PD, and if I remember correctly he got 34 years out of his first fistula!

Not only is Bruce a motivation and inspiration through his continual contribution to the DS Support List, but he is proof that dialysis patients can thrive rather than merely survive.
We are not defined by our illness, or its treatment - and it’s awesome to see someone not just saying this, but living it every day.

Thanks for your numerous insights Bruce, and your continued dedication to education and support of those in the “same boat”.

You are an awesome dialysis patient, and I salute you.

For those of you who grew up geek, and didn’t just become one when it became cool in the last few years, you know that the words “geek” and “love” seldom wind up together.
Heck, most of us became geeks because we were afraid of love to begin with.

As I write this I’m listening to Alphaville “Forever Young” - which says a lot

Back to the point of this post:

If you are fortunate enough to be one of the few geeks who found either a) another geek to love you or b) a sane person who actually fell in love with you anyway - one of you needs this:

Go Geek Love