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KIDS WHO TALK ABOUT SOFTBALL OR KITTENS !RLO URGES PEOPLE TO h'ET A -ACv $AWN 5RCHASKO THE PLANTS NURSE RECALLED THE GATHERING h9EAH HE HAD THAT FOR -ICROSOFT v SHE SAID GARBLING THE NAME OF THE OPERATING SYSTEM h(E LED US TO BELIEVE HE MADE THE CAKE 7E WERE THINKING IT WAS A HOMEMADE CAKE BUT IT WAS A STORE CAKE HE HAD BOUGHT AND DECORATED 7E WERE LIKE @!AAARLEN 4HIS IS A STORE CAKE "UT IT WAS FUNv 3NAGGY WHO RUNS THE 'EEK #ULTURE SITE WITH HIS PARTNER .ITROZAC SAID h) WOULD HAVE LOVED TO SEE HIS COWORKERS FACESv 3NAGGY AND .ITROZAC CELEBRATED /3 8S BIRTHDAY BY ORDERING A PIZZA WITH THE CHEESE ARRANGED IN A BIG 8 3NAGGY ALSO HEARD OF A COUPLE OF OTHER CELEBRATIONS 3OMEONE TOOK A DOZEN BLUE FROSTED CUPCAKES WITH BIG WHITE 8S ON THEM TO THEIR OFFICE AND A GROUP OF #ANADIAN GEEKS WENT OUT FOR ROUNDS OF ,ABATTS h"LUEv BEER h4HEY TOASTED EACH NEW MAJOR APP THAT HAS BEEN PORTED OVER TO 8 v 3NAGGY SAID
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)N !UGUST !PPLE HELD SPECIAL LATE NIGHT SALES EVENTS TO PROMOTE THE LAUNCH OF *AGUAR AN UPDATE TO -AC /3 8 4HERE WERE LINES THOUSANDS STRONG AT !PPLE
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#ONSCIENTIOUS SERVICE IS A BIG PART OF 4EKSERVES PHILOSOPHY SAID ,ERNER 4ECHNICIANS TAKE TIME WITH CUSTOMERS CAUSING OTHER CUSTOMERS TO WAIT 7HEN IT COMES TO THEIR TURN CUSTOMERS EXPECT TO GET THEIR SHARE OF ATTENTION h)TS KIND OF AN UNVIRTUOUS CIRCLE v ,ERNER SAID h7ERE TRYING TO FIX ITv 4EKSERVE HAS SEEN EVERY KIND OF COMPUTER CALAMITY FROM OVER HEATED MOTHERBOARDS TO MICE NESTING INSIDE A MACHINE h7EVE HAD COMPUTERS WITH ALL KINDS OF ANIMALS INSIDE v ,ERNER SAID 4EKSERVE ONLY CHARGES FOR DATA RECOVERED )TS A SOMEWHAT RISKY STRATEGY ,ERNER ADMITTED BUT HE SAID THEY ARE ABLE TO RECOVER FILES PERCENT OF THE TIME 4EKSERVE EMPLOYS ABOUT TECH
4HE STORE IS FULL OF OLD -ACS ON SHELVES AND DISPLAYS 4HE OTHER COFOUNDER $ICK $EMENUS IS A COLLECTOR AND CLAIMS TO HAVE ALMOST THE ENTIRE LINE OF VINTAGE -ACS INCLUDING SOME RARE MACHINES 0ART OF HIS COLLECTION OF VINTAGE RADIOS 46S AND TYPEWRITERS IS ALSO DOTTED AROUND THE STORE "USINESS AT THE STORE IS BOOMING )T MOVED TO ITS NEW LOCATION IN THE SUMMER OF FROM A FOURTH FLOOR WALKUP ON THE SAME BLOCK )N THE LAST EIGHT YEARS THE STORE HAS MOVED FOUR TIMES TO BIGGER LOCATIONS ON THE SAME BLOCK 4HE PROSPECT OF COMPETING WITH !PPLES NEW FLAGSHIP STORE HTTPWWWAPPLECOMRETAIL SOHO DOESNT OVERLY ALARM ,ERNER h)TS WORRISOME OF COURSE v HE SAID h4HE !PPLE 3TORE TENDS TO SHOWCASE PRODUCTS BUT WE DO A LOT OF SOLUTION SALES 7E SELL THE WHOLE PACKAGEv
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4ORRONE DIRECTOR OF PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT FOR -INNEAPOLIS ADVERTISING AGENCY &ALLON 7ORLDWIDE ORDERED HIS NEW I-AC FROM !PPLES 7EB STORE "EFORE IT ARRIVED HE CHECKED THE STATUS OF HIS ORDER EVERY DAY (E HAUNTED RUMOR SITES AND CHAT FORUMS TO SEE IF OTHER PEOPLE HAD RECEIVED THEIR MACHINES (E EVEN VIS ITED A LOCAL !PPLE STORE JUST TO LOOK AT THE NEW I-ACS ON DISPLAY 7HEN HIS I-AC FINALLY ARRIVED HE TOOK THE DAY OFF WORK h)TS LIKE @SENIORITIS v HE SAID h) COULDNT DO ANYTHING OR EVEN THINK WHEN ) KNEW THE BOX WAS SITTING THERE WAITINGv 4HERE ARE AT LEAST A HALF DOZEN 7EB PAGES DOCUMENTING EVERY STAGE OF THE UNPACKING AND SETTING UP OF A NEW I-AC 4HE PICTURES LIKE AMATEURISH PORN ARE BADLY LIT AND BLURRY !ND THEY FOLLOW A PREDICTABLE SEQUENCE THE UNOPENED BOX THE OPENED BOX UNPACKING THE MOUSE !ND THEY ALWAYS END WITH THE SAME CLIMACTIC SHOT THE NEW I-AC SITTING ON A DESK 4HE PORN ANALOGY IS APPROPRIATE )N A RECENT FORUM THREAD AT -AC.. ONE POSTER ADMITTED HED RATHER LOOK AT PICTURES OF A PAR TIALLY UNPACKED I"OOK THAN PICTURES OF PARTIALLY UNCLOTHED WOMEN $EAN "ROWELL A 7EB DESIGNER FROM 6IRGINIA WAS INVITED WITH HIS WIFE TO A SETTING UP CEREMONY AT THE HOME OF FRIENDS !NDREA AND $AVID :USCHIN h)T WAS JUST US A BEER OR TWO AND THE ATTEN TION TOTALLY FOCUSED ON THE NEW MACHINE v "ROWELL SAID h)T WAS TRULY NEAT 4HERE IS NO WAY A 0# USER INVITES FRIENDS OVER JUST TO SEE THEIR NEW COMPUTER 4HAT KIND OF EXCITEMENT IS WHOLLY UNIQUE TO -AC CULTURE AND WITH AN ITEM GLOWING WITH PERSONAL ITY LIKE THE NEW I-AC ITS EASY TO FALL IN LOVEv !NDREA AND $AVID :USCHIN SAID THEY FELT LIKE hPROUD PARENTSv WHEN THEY TOOK THE I-AC OUT OF ITS BOX h7E WERENT SURE WHAT TO DO WITH IT WE JUST WANTED TO STARE AT IT v SAID $AVID :USCHIN
4HE :USCHINS DIDNT DOCUMENT THE BIRTH OF "OOTSIE FOR POSTERITY BUT MANY OTHERS HAVE 4HE UNPACKING PHOTO ESSAY WAS PROB ABLY STARTED BY !NDY 'ORE FORMER EDITOR IN CHIEF OF -ACWORLD MAGAZINE )N THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS 'ORE WROTE A SERIES OF SALIVATING AND SLIGHTLY ECCENTRIC REVIEWS OF !PPLE HARDWARE ACCOMPANIED BY PICTURES OF THE BOX THAT JUST ARRIVED IN THE MAIL THE BOX WITH THE FLAPS OPEN AND SO ON %VEN 3LASHDOT WHICH NORMALLY ADOPTS A COOL STANCE TOWARD -AC USERS IS GETTING INTO THE SPIRIT OF THINGS 4HE SITE RECENTLY POSTED A LINK TO AN UNPACKING SITE 3LASHDOT EDITOR 4IMOTHY ,ORD WHO POSTED THE LINK SAID HE SHARES THE TECHNOLUST HE TAKES PLEASURE IN SEEING OTHER PEOPLE FEVERISHLY UNWRAP THEIR NEW TOYS h)TS MUCH MORE FRUGAL TO EXPERIENCE THESE THINGS VICARIOUSLY v HE WROTE IN AN EMAIL h7HEN THE NEW I-AC IS UNDER )D LIKE ONE TOOv ,ORD SAID THE NEW I-AC IS NOT THE FIRST PIECE OF HARDWARE TO BE HONORED WITH UNPACKING PAGES (ED SEEN SIMILAR PHOTO SERIES FOR GAME CONSOLES LIKE THE 0LAY3TATION AND THE 8BOX AND FOR EXPENSIVE GADGETS LIKE DIGITAL CAMERAS ,ORD SAID UNPACKING PICTURES ARE OFTEN POSTED RIGHT AFTER THE GADGETS RELEASE WHEN ITS IN SHORT SUPPLY AND STILL PRICEY h3OMETIMES THESE UNPACKING SITES ARE THE ONLY WAY TO SEE WHAT THE SYSTEMS LOOK LIKE FROM A USER PERSPECTIVE OR TO KNOW WHAT TO REALLY EXPECT IN THE BOX v HE SAID 3OMETIMES THE GOODS BARELY ARRIVE AT ALL 4ATSUAKI 2YUS I-AC UNPACKING PAGE SHOWS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A COMPUTER IS SHIPPED AT THE BOTTOM OF A PARTIALLY SUBMERGED CONTAINER "UT DESPITE ARRIVING SOAKING WET AND COVERED IN MUD 2YUS I-AC STILL WORKED h"47 THE MACHINE IS SIMPLY AMAZING v 2YU NOTED
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h7E FORCED EVERYONE TO GO TO -ACS FOR THE DESKTOPS v HE SAID h4HE SUPPORT LOAD DROPPED TO ALMOST NOTHING AND THE ONLY COMPLAINTS WERE FROM PEOPLE WHO COULDNT PLAY GAMES ON THEIR MACHINES ANY LONGER 3O SORRY NO GAMES AT WORK 7E ARE SO MEANv 4HE COMPANY USES 5NIX BEHIND THE CURTAINS "UT ON THE BOAT ITS -ACS ONLY (UMPHREY INSISTS THE REGULATION IS NOT -AC ZEAL OTRY h7E AVOID THE 7INDOWS OPERATING SYSTEM SINCE IT IS SUCH A HUGE SECURITY RISK v HE EXPLAINED h7E DIDNT WANT TO HAVE VIRUSES BLOWING UP SYSTEMS THAT WE DEPEND ON FOR NAVIGATION AND MONITORING ENGINES AND OTHER SYSTEMS !ND SINCE NOTHING SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO STOP ALL OF THESE 7INDOWS VIRUSES THE BEST WAY TO WIN IS TO JUST STOP USING 7INDOWSv
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- 89Ê - /"*4HE MOST POPULAR WAY TO CUSTOMIZE A -AC IS TO CHANGE THE DESKTOP PICTURE #USTOMIZING THE DESKTOP ISNT UNIQUE TO THE -AC PLATFORM BUT SOME OF THE WAYS ITS DONE ARE ! LOT OF HORNY TEENAGERS FOR EXAMPLE MAKE SOFT PORN DESKTOP PICTURES FOR THEIR COMPUTERS BUT MANY -AC FANS ADORN THEIR SAUCY PICTURES WITH THE !PPLE LOGO OR SOME !PPLE HARDWARE &ETISHIZING THE HARDWARE BY ASSOCIATING IT WITH A SEXY WOMAN IS SOMETHING THAT DOESNT HAPPEN ON OTHER PLATFORMS 4AKE -ARK !LLEN A GAY MAN LIVING IN .EW 9ORK &OR ABOUT A YEAR !LLEN CONDUCTED AN ONLINE RELATIONSHIP WITH A MAN LIVING IN !USTIN 4EXAS "UT AS THE RELATIONSHIP MATURED !LLEN REALIZED IT WASNT HIS CYBERBOYFRIEND HE WAS FALLING IN LOVE WITH IT WAS HIS 0OWER-AC ' -ARK MET "RYAN ONLINE 4HEIR FIRST DATE WAS A ROMANTIC CANDLE LIGHT DINNER VIA WEBCAM )N .EW9ORK -ARK LIT A CANDLE AND ATE #HINESE TAKEOUT WHILE "RYAN DID THE SAME MILES AWAY IN 4EXAS 3OON THEY STARTED SLEEPING TOGETHER -ARK PUT HIS MONITOR AND WEBCAM NEXT TO HIS BED SO HE COULD WATCH "RYAN SLEEPING AND VICE VERSA 7HEN THEY EVENTUALLY MET IN PERSON ABOUT A YEAR LATER THE RELATIONSHIP FIZZLED OUT4HATS WHEN -ARK REALIZED IT WASNT "RYAN HE FANCIED IT WAS HIS -AC
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h4HE -AC BUILDING WAS A VERY LOOSE OUTFIT v SAID ONE JOURNALIST WHO ASKED TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS h4HE BUILDING WAS PERME ATED WITH A CERTAIN ODORv !NOTHER JOURNALISTTHE FORMER EDITOR OF A WELL KNOWN -ACINTOSH MAGAZINESAID THE -ACS ENGI NEERS AND PROGRAMMERS WERE ALWAYS SMOKING WEED h4HERE WERE PEOPLE OUT THE BACK IN THE PARKING LOT SMOKING POT ALL THE TIME v SAID THE EDITOR WHO ALSO ASKED TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS h4HE )"- 0# WAS CREATED BY PEOPLE WHO DRANK ALCOHOL4HE -AC WAS CREATED BY PEOPLE WHO SMOKED POTv 4HE EDITOR NOTED THAT A LOT OF THE -ACS ORIGINAL DEVELOPMENT TEAM WERE FAIRLY YOUNG THE AVERAGE AGE WAS ABOUT HE SAID h4HE PERSONAL COMPUTER INDUSTRY WAS AN OUTGROWTH OF THE SIXTIES COUNTERCULTURE v THE EDITOR SAID h)T WAS A ROCK AND ROLL BUSINESS IN THOSE DAYS ,OOK AT ;!PPLES FAMOUS= AD )T SYMBOLIZED A GENERATION SHIFT4HE )"- 0# WAS THE COMPUTER OF THE ESTABLISHMENT 4HE -ACS PURPOSE IN LIFE WAS TO BE THE COM PUTER OF THE ANTI ESTABLISHMENT ) MEAN IT HAD THE PSYCHEDELIC INTERFACE @7OW MAN GOOD VISUALSv 4HE EDITOR SAID THAT IF THE -AC DEVELOPMENT TEAM HADNT BEEN SMOKING POT IT MIGHT NOT HAVE COME UP WITH A SMALL COMPACT COMPUTER WITH A RADICAL GRAPHICAL INTERFACE h)F THEY HADNT BEEN SMOKING POT MAYBE THEY WOULDNT HAVE INVENTED THE -AC v HE SAID h)T WOULD HAVE BEEN ANOTHER !PPLE )) OR AN )"0# IT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN THE -AC 7HO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THEY WANTED A COMPUTER TO BE CUTE v
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h7E ALL NOTICED THIS WHEN WE WERE COVERING THIS STUFF v HE SAID h!T 0# %XPO PEOPLE SMELL LIKE BOOZE !T -ACWORLD PEOPLE SMELL LIKE MARIJUANAv 4HE EDITOR SAID THERES EVEN A SPECIAL POT SMOK ING AREA AROUND THE BACK OF 3AN &RANCISCOS -OSCONE #ENTER THE LONGTIME VENUE OF -ACWORLD %XPO KNOWN AS hTHE OFFICEv h4EN OR PEOPLE ARE THERE ALL DAY LONG v THE EDITOR SAID h#%/S PROGRAMMERS AUTHORS 0EOPLE SAY @)M JUST GOING TO THE OFFICE FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTESv /NE EARLY !PPLE EMPLOYEE CONFIRMED THE EDITORS POT SMOKING CLAIMS AMONG !PPLE EMPLOYEES h) WAS THERE WE WERE ALL HIGH v SAID THE EMPLOYEE WHO ASKED NOT TO BE IDENTIFIED !NOTHER SOURCE MADE THE OUTRAGEOUS CLAIM THAT ONE OF !PPLES TEAM LEADERS WORKING ON -AC /3 3YSTEM PURCHASED A VIAL OF LIQUID ,3$ AND SHARED IT WITH HIS PROGRAMMERS TO HELP THEM hBREAK THROUGH CREATIVE BLOCKSv h4HE -AC PEOPLE WERE FOCUSED ON GETTING INTO THE HEADS OF NORMAL USERS v THE SOURCE SAID h;4HEY= USED PSYCHEDELICS TO BREAK DOWN THEIR OWN PRECONCEP TIONSv 4HE SOURCE SAID PSYCHEDELICS WERE TAKEN BY THE hTROOPS v AND FEW IF ANYONE IN MANAGEMENT KNEW ABOUT IT 4HE CLAIM COULDNT BE VERIFIED AND SHOULD BE TAKEN WITH A GRAIN OF SALT 4HE DRUG TAKING CLAIMS WERE STRONGLY DISPUTED BY *EF 2ASKIN THE hFATHERv OF THE -ACINTOSH h!S THE CREATOR OF THE -ACINTOSH PROJECT AND THE GUY WHO NAMED IT @-ACINTOSH AFTER HIS BELOVED -C)NTOSH APPLES ) CAN FIRMLY SAY THAT POT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT v 2ASKIN WROTE IN AN EMAIL h5NLIKE OUR PREVIOUS PRESIDENT ) HAVE NEVER EVEN BROUGHT A REEFER TO LIP MUCH LESS INHALED IT ) ALSO DO NOT USE ALCOHOL TOBACCO OR ANY OTHER REC REATIONAL DRUGS AND NEVER HAVEv 2ASKIN SAID TO THE BEST OF HIS KNOWLEDGE THERE WAS NO POT SMOKING AT !PPLE BY THE -AC TEAM DURING HIS TENURE AND NO OTHER DRUG USE h) NEVER SAW 3TEVE *OBS OR 3TEVE 7OZNIAK USE POT v HE WROTE h7HAT PEOPLE DID AT HOME OR AFTER ) LEFT !PPLE IS OF COURSE BEYOND MY KNOWLEDGE BUT EVEN AT OUR SOCIAL OCCA SIONS DRUGS WERE NOT A PART OF THE SCENE 0IZZA YES 0UNS YES 0LAY YES 0OT NO ) EVEN PREFER MY APPLES UNFERMENTEDv
2ASKIN WAS BACKED UP BY $AVID "UNNELL THE FOUNDING EDITOR OF -ACWORLD MAGAZINE HTTPWWWMACWORLDCOM WHO SAW NO POT SMOKING AT !PPLE h) NEVER SAW ANY EVIDENCE OF THAT AMONG THE PEOPLE WHO CREATED THE -AC v HE SAID h!ND ) WAS THERE ) WAS INTIMATELY INVOLVED WITH THE -AC DEVELOPMENT TEAM ) HAD FREE ACCESS TO THE -AC BUILDING ) DONT RECALL SEEING ANY EVIDENCE OF PEOPLE SMOKING POT WHILE THEY WERE DEVELOPING THE MACHINEv "UNNELL CONCEDED THAT ANY POT SMOKING MAY HAVE BEEN WIT NESSED ONLY BY THOSE WHO WERE SYMPATHETIC TO IT h4HEY DIDNT INVITE ME v HE SAID h-AYBE ) WAS TOO STRAIGHTv !NOTHER FORMER !PPLE EMPLOYEE WHO REQUESTED ANONYMITY CONCURRED h)F THERE WAS A DRUG CULTURE AT !PPLE ) WOULD HAVE FOUND IT AND ) DIDNT v HE SAID -ARC #ANTER FOUNDER OF -ACRO-IND NOW -ACROMEDIA AND WELL CONNECTED IN THE -AC DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY SAID OF COURSE THERE WAS DRUG USE AT !PPLEJUST LIKE THE REST OF THE 0# INDUSTRY THEN AND NOW #ANTER SAID DRUG USE CERTAINLY WASNT SANCTIONED AT THE WORKPLACE AND IS NO MORE WIDESPREAD AT !PPLE THAN ANY OTHER COMPANY OR INDUSTRY 4HERE WERE SOME WHO INDULGED BUT MOST DIDNT AT LEAST NOT AT WORK /VER THE YEARS #ANTER SAID HE HAS SEEN A LOT OF THE 0# INDUSTRYS MOGULS TOKING POT AT PARTIES INCLUDING THE INDUSTRYS TOP DOGS 0OT SMOKING IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE CULTURE OF .ORTHERN #ALIFORNIA )T IS THE STATES BIGGEST CRASH CROP 0OT IS PARTICULARLY PREVALENT IN THE HIGH TECH SECTOR ! SURVEY BY 5+ SOFTWARE PROVIDER 4ONGUE7AG OF TO YEAR OLDS REVEALED THAT ONE IN THREE MARIJUANA SMOKERS IS EMPLOYED IN THE HIGH TECH SECTOR A PROPORTION FAR HIGHER THAN FOR THE POPULATION AS A WHOLE h4ECH IS THE ONLY FIELD )VE KNOWN WHERE MARIJUANA IS ALMOST A SACRAMENT v SAID ONE SOURCE h4HE PSEUDO AUTISM IT INDUCES ALLOWS YOU TO FOCUS ON MIND NUMBING DETAIL FOR HOURS AT A TIMEv !LLAN ,UNDELL A JOURNALIST AT )NFO7ORLD AND 7EST #OAST EDI TOR OF "YTE -AGAZINE SAID EARLY -AC CULTURE WAS PERMEATED WITH POT h-OST RELIGIONS HAVE RITUALS v HE SAID h&OR THE FIRST -ACHEADS A POPULAR RITUAL WAS GETTING TOGETHER TO PASS A JOINT OFTEN AT -ACWORLD PARTIES -ANY PROGRAMMERS ) KNEW LOVED TO GET HIGH BEFORE WRITING CODE 4HIS SEEMED TO BE MORE THE NORM THAN THE EXCEPTION LEADING ME TO BELIEVE THAT SOFTWARE PRODUCTION IN 3ILICON 6ALLEY WOULD GRIND TO A HALT IT WASNT FOR GOOD SENSIMILLAv
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$OUGLAS 2USHKOFF AUTHOR OF NUMEROUS BOOKS ABOUT TECHNOL OGY AND CYBERSPACE IS ONE OF THE FEW WRITERS TO COMMENT ON THE CONNECTION BETWEEN -ACS AND POT h#ONCEIVED ON THE BONGWATER STAINED RUGS OF 2EED #OLLEGE DORM ROOMS THE !PPLE PERSONAL COMPUTER BENT OVER BACKWARDS TO BRING EVEN THE MOST STONED OF US INTO THE MIX v HE WROTE IN AN ONLINE COL UMN h)T IS NO COINCIDENCE THAT THE FIRST SHOTS OF THE COMPUTER REVOLUTION WERE FIRED FROM THE SAME "AY !REA THAT BROUGHT US (AIGHT !SHBURY IN THE S4HE VERY CONCEPTION OF THE ALMOST HALLUCINATORY REALM WE CALL @CYBERSPACE REQUIRED THE IMAGINA TIVE CAPACITIES OF PEOPLE WHO WERE FAMILIAR WITH NAVIGATING HALLUCINATORY HEADSPACE 4HIS IS WHY SO MANY 3ILICON 6ALLEY FIRMS ESCHEW THE EMPLOYEE DRUG TESTING OF THEIR COUNTERPARTS IN OTHER INDUSTRIES )F HIGH TECH COMPANIES WEEDED OUT WEED USERS THEYD HAVE FEW EMPLOYEES LEFTv
4HE I"ONG 'IVING NEW MEANING TO THE TERM hHIGHv TECH A COUPLE OF STON ERS HAVE TURNED AN OLD -ACINTOSH INTO A BONG !GAPORNIS AND 0ROZAC A PAIR OF YEAR OLD COMPUTER NERDS FROM !USTIN 4EXAS TRADED CHIPS FOR HITS WHEN THEY TRANSFORMED AN OLD ALL IN ONE
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