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It’s early.

Actually, I, like Ethan, require massive amounts of caffeine to get my day going. I think this is actually how Ethan and I became friends…through our mutual need of caffeine before a class we shared a few years ago. I, unlike Ethan however, have no problem finding my sources of caffeine. This is Manhattan and there are actually 5 Starbucks within a 4 block radius of my place of employment…at least 5 coffee stands, and countless holes in the wall, but I digress…

This morning I found myself at one of the 2 Starbucks on Astor Place. . . And I am doing the milk thing, when this Hispanic guy runs up to an Asian couple and grabs the guy on the arm. In a yelled whisper he starts talking about them drawing too much attention to themselves in the subway for laughing about something….and then gets into this rant about how he gave them the best deal on parts and that if they want to keep doing business with him they have to mind their behavior. What could be so secret? My inner gossip was intrigued and so I lingered pondering the sugar selection.

Turns out this trio is making hacked PlayStations. . . I thought it was hilarious that they were meeting up in Starbucks as a place to yell at each other about their “covert” operation.

Leaving Starbucks, I walk to work and what is one of the newest articles in my Wired RSS feed: Counterfit PlayStations in NYC.

News in your face! Oh, that is one reason I love this city.