Can openers: scarce in Austin this weekend

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Originally uploaded by jason.parks.
Canned food’s no good if you can’t open the can.
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can_opener-02.jpg
Originally uploaded by jason.parks.
Canned food’s no good if you can’t open the can.
(The girls, too.)
There’s still a lot to relate, but it turns out the rest of the world didn’t stop turning while Houston ran and hid, so I’ve got a lot to catch up on first. Exhibit A:
Palm Inc. is teaming up with Microsoft Corp. to launch a Windows-based version of the Treo smart phone, marking the first time the handheld computer pioneer will sell a device based on its former rival’s software. […]
“In terms of the level of importance, this would be — in this space — the same thing as Apple announcing they were going to be using Intel processors,” Enderle said.
Correction: This would be the same thing as Apple announcing they would start shipping Macs running Windows instead of the Mac OS. (Hey, PalmSource: what’s that on the wall?)