{"id":459,"date":"2007-05-10T12:43:48","date_gmt":"2007-05-10T17:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/?p=459"},"modified":"2007-05-10T12:43:48","modified_gmt":"2007-05-10T17:43:48","slug":"are-there-10-commandments-for-geeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2007\/05\/10\/are-there-10-commandments-for-geeks\/","title":{"rendered":"Are there 10 commandments for geeks?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was going to release this as an audio short between shows, and I still may, but since I’m not in the studio at the moment and I really want to get rid of this piece of paper with notes scribbled on it here goes…<\/p>\n

Sunday as I was sitting in Church, my friend Bob had his digital camera case sitting next to him in the pew in front of me. I glanced down and immediately recognized the hardware. A Nikon D80 and D200. Oooo! Say it with me. OOOOO!!<\/p>\n

On the D200 he had a 50mm lens (f1.4) and on the D80 he had a 70-200mm zoom with image stabilization. Say it with me again… OOOOO!<\/p>\n

As I started to drool on his cameras I said “I don’t see anything in the Bible about coveting thy neighbor’s gadgets.” Which got me to thinking… should we come up with a 10 commandments for geeks? Think about it, some people already treat Apple like a religion.<\/p>\n

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  1. Though shall have no other operating systems other than the Apple<\/li>\n
  2. Though shall not steal copyrighted materials<\/li>\n
  3. Though shall not covet thy neighbor’s gadgets<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    What else can you come up with?<\/p>\n

    The plan is to post more often to the blog. Let me know what you think.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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