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GREG: All right, cell phone manufacturers. You’ve been doing fair to passable so far. I can talk on your things. I can check my email. I can listen to music pretty okay.

GREG: But I still got my pockets too full of stuff. You gotta get on this problem. I’m talking about expansion slots.

GREG: Let’s say there’s an expansion bay on my phone. I can buy third-party modules specific to my needs. Maybe I want a digital tape measure and a level. Maybe I want a micrometer or a magnifier. Sometimes these are things I have to carry with me. Why can’t they be on my phone, linked to the processor and the camera and the bluetooth chip? I could turn my phone into a scanner or a nutritional scale or camera binoculars or fishing radar. My examples aren’t that broad-reaching, but if it’s open-source then any tool a sufficiently nerdy subculture can’t live without, they’ll develop for themselves. Whaddya think? Good idea, huh?

[[The cell phone manufacturers respond:]]
CHIP FROTTLEY: why your head so tiny

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#371; In which the Whole Point is missed transcribed by in

GREG: All right, cell phone manufacturers. You’ve been doing fair to passable so far. I can talk on your things. I can check my email. I can listen to music pretty okay.

GREG: But I still got my pockets too full of stuff. You gotta get on this problem. I’m talking about expansion slots.

GREG: Let’s say there’s an expansion bay on my phone. I can buy third-party modules specific to my needs. Maybe I want a digital tape measure and a level. Maybe I want a micrometer or a magnifier. Sometimes these are things I have to carry with me. Why can’t they be on my phone, linked to the processor and the camera and the bluetooth chip? I could turn my phone into a scanner or a nutritional scale or camera binoculars or fishing radar. My examples aren’t that broad-reaching, but if it’s open-source then any tool a sufficiently nerdy subculture can’t live without, they’ll develop for themselves. Whaddya think? Good idea, huh?

[[The cell phone manufacturers respond:]]
CHIP FROTTLEY: why your head so tiny

{{header: plug and play at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: i never have a tire pressure gauge when i need one. but if it was built into my phone? ROAD SAFETY GET ON IT}}

#371; In which the Whole Point is missed transcribed by in

GREG: All right, cell phone manufacturers. You've been doing fair to passable so far. I can talk on your things. I can check my email. I can listen to music pretty okay.

GREG: But I still got my pockets too full of stuff. You gotta get on this problem. I'm talking about expansion slots.

GREG: Let's say there's an expansion bay on my phone. I can buy third-party modules specific to my needs. Maybe I want a digital tape measure and a level. Maybe I want a micrometer or a magnifier. Sometimes these are things I have to carry with me. Why can't they be on my phone, linked to the processor and the camera and the bluetooth chip? I could turn my phone into a scanner or a nutritional scale or camera binoculars or fishing radar. My examples aren't that broad-reaching, but if it's open-source then any tool a sufficiently nerdy subculture can't live without, they'll develop for themselves. Whaddya think? Good idea, huh?

[[The cell phone manufacturers respond:]]
CHIP FROTTLEY: why your head so tiny

{{header: plug and play at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: i never have a tire pressure gauge when i need one. but if it was built into my phone? ROAD SAFETY GET ON IT}}

i never have a tire pressure gauge when i need one. but if it was built into my phone? ROAD SAFETY GET ON IT

#371; In which the Whole Point is missed

  — January 15th, 2008

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Applications open for Genius Northwest – an IRL gaming competition

May 8, 2026 by David Malki !

Last year, I participated in Genius Northwest, a gaming competition inspired by the Korean gameshow The Genius and its ilk.

It’s a reality show without the cameras — a 3-day, all-inclusive weekend retreat structured around a series of challenges and puzzles, in which personalities and dealmaking matter as much as playing games.

It’s truly a remarkable thing. I came in dead last in the competition, but I still had a great time participating.

The event is held annually in the Pacific Northwest (hence the name) and applications are now open to participate in the 2026 competition!

Learn more — and apply — at GeniusNW.com.


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